The Osaka Employment Service Center for Foreigners aims to promote mutual understanding between international students and companies, provide practical preparation for full-fledged employment after graduation, promote the utilization of highly skilled foreign human resources in companies, and further promote domestic employment for international students by implementing business internships and work experience programs for international students.
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We are currently accepting applications from companies interested in business internships and work experience programs for international students!

 

The Osaka Business Internship for International Students has been running since 2008 for international university and graduate school students in order to promote mutual understanding between international students and companies, provide practical preparation for full-fledged employment after graduation, encourage companies to utilize highly skilled foreign human resources, and further promote domestic employment for international students.
Starting from fiscal year 2024, in light of the "Basic Principles for Promoting Internships" agreed upon by the three ministries of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Economy, Trade and Industry, and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in June 2022, and the efforts to support the career development of university students and others through internships and other programs categorized by the "Industry-Academia Council on the Future of Recruitment and University Education," the system will be partially revised to implement two programs: a "business internship" and a "work experience program," and the name will be changed to the "Osaka Business Internship and Work Experience Program for International Students." This refers to activities in which students undertake work experience (experience at a company) related to their field of interest, including their major, or their future career, with the aim of determining whether they can get that job (whether they can apply themselves to that job). This program complies with the standards for internships (Type 3) categorized by the Business-Academic Council on the Future of Recruitment and Higher Education and meets the following requirements.

• Work experience: More than half of the period must be spent on work experience
• Guidance: Employees at the workplace will instruct students and provide feedback after the program is completed.
• Duration: 5 days or more
• Implementation period: Summer vacation (July to September) and spring vacation (February to March) for 3rd and 4th year undergraduates and 1st and 2nd year masters students
• Information disclosure: The purpose (objectives) of the program, the content of the work experience, the skills required for the work experience, and information such as the fact that the company will use the student information obtained through the internship only after the start of recruitment activities will be included in the recruitment guidelines and published on the website, etc.

*There are separate requirements for specialized internships, so please contact the person in charge for more information. This is a similar initiative to a business internship, but with the following differences:

• Implementation period: Summer vacation (July to September) and spring vacation (February to March) for all undergraduate and graduate students (including exchange students)
• Information disclosure: Students' information obtained through internships cannot be used by companies for recruitment activities. Company records regarding internships and recruitment selection activities are not made public.

1. (1) Having an attitude of deepening understanding of the different ways of thinking, cultures, and customs of international students
2. (2) The program provides internships and other programs in specialized and technical fields to give international students an opportunity to experience the working practices of Japanese companies and to provide them with practical preparation for employment after graduation.
3. (3) The institution has full-time staff members who are responsible for guiding and supervising students participating in internships, etc.

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Please contact the Osaka Employment Service Center for Foreigners and submit the "Osaka Business Internship and Work Experience Program Application Guidelines for International Students (Excel file)".
For more information, please contact us by phone (06-7709-9465).

Osaka International Student Business Internship and Work Experience Program Implementation Guidelines (PDF file)

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