The Department of Computer Science must approve internship positions as suitable learning situations. It is expected that an employer will:

• Engage the student in a productive professional practice that provides challenging and instructive work experience
• Extend appropriate remuneration for the work performed.
• Provide accurate and complete information on job responsibilities, duties and expectations, compensation and benefits;
• Provide supervision and mentorship for work duties
• Encourage the student to ask questions to clarify job responsibilities
• Complete an evaluation after 4 months of the student’s employment
• Provide the student with relevant training and development opportunities;

The performance of students is supervised and monitored by both the employer and the Department.  The Department maintains informal telephone and email contact with the student and employer to monitor progress on an ongoing basis, and may undertake site visits on a periodic or exceptional basis.

CSPIP students are registered undergraduate students in a Computer Science (B.Sc. four-year, Honours Degree, or Honours with Software Engineering Option), Interactive Systems Design, or Bioinformatics program at the University of Saskatchewan. Double major students are also eligible.

The full eligibility criteria is as follows:

• Applicants must be registered as a full-time undergraduate student
• Applicants must be pursuing a 4-year (or Honours) B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or Applied Computing, or a 4-year (or Honours) B.A.& Sc. in Interactive Systems Design.  
• At the time of application, applicants must have:
  
  • an average of at least 70% both in Computer Science courses and overall
  • successfully completed at least 15 credit units of CMPT classes numbered 141 or higher
• By the end of the winter term after they apply, applicants must have completed the following:
  
  • At least 78 credit units toward their degree.
  • No more than 111 towards their degree. This means that students must be returning as a full-time student after their internship. Students with more than 111 credits are considered to be too close to graduation
  • "Intermediate Software Engineering" (CMPT 370)
  • At least two other 300-level Computer Science courses

Notes:

• Graduate students are not eligible for the program.
• Double major students involving Computer Science and another discipline are also eligible. Students from the College of Engineering must be pursuing a double degree with one degree in Computer Science or Interactive Systems Design.
• Internship candidates must be Canadian citizens, landed immigrants, or visa students with appropriate work permission for off-campus employment when they begin their internship in May (or September). 

CSPIP job postings must be submitted online through CareerLink under the Computer Science Internship Program tab. This is our exclusive job posting board; only students who have been approved to participate in our Internship Program have access to these postings. 

• Post a Job

Following the application deadline, employers have approximately three weeks to interview students. Employers can contact students directly at this point to arrange and perform interviews. 

For employers wishing to conduct interviews on campus: The University's Career Services office has several interview rooms on campus that can be booked by employers. Please see their website for more information about interview rooms. 

• Interview Room Services

Our program uses a rank/offer system during the closed round of recruitment. We follow the closed round with an open round of recruitment that more closely resembles typical hiring processes. 

To hire a co-op student during our closed rounds of recruitment, offers of employment must be submitted online through CareerLink. We kindly ask that offers not be made directly to students during the closed round of recruitment.

During the open recruitment period, offers may be made directly to the student. Employers are required to inform the Internship Coordinator of offers made to our students during this period so we can complete the required paperwork with the student. 

Each position posted in the closed recruitment round will have a ranking form in the system. This form lists students who have applied for your position and is used to identify whom you would like to issue an offer, in order of preference. 

The Internship Coordinator will use the completed ranking forms to issue an offer to the first ranked candidate on your behalf. If that candidate declines or is no longer available, an offer will be sent to subsequent candidates until the position is filled or your ranking list has been exhausted. It is critical that you only rank candidates to whom you are prepared to employ.

Following the offer days for the closed, rank and offer recuitment round, employers are invited to join an open recruitment round. Students who did not secure a placement during closed recruiting will be able to apply for these positions. This is a great option for employers who did not secure an intern during the closed round, or for new job opportunities that didn't fit the closed recruiting timeline. 

This round is very similar to a regular recruiting process; employers are encouraged to post their positions on CareerLink, can arrange interviews directly with students, and can reach out directly to students to make job offers. We ask that you contact the Internship Coordinator to inform them if you have hired a student in this round so we can fill out the necessary paperwork with the student.