National Internship Program

What is NIP (National Internship Program)?

It is an early-career program conducted by the Presidential Human Resources Office to ensure that young talents benefit from career opportunities provided by public institutions and private sector organizations within the framework of equal opportunity and merit principles.

Through the program, it is aimed to increase the employability of youth, support equal opportunity in accessing career opportunities, and extend various early-career opportunities to all academic disciplines.

Students applying to the program are evaluated transparently, traceably, and innovatively based on their academic/professional, artistic/social, and sports competency scores, considering their performance throughout their education, their efforts to improve their skills, and their achievements. Employers send offers to students based on their scores in these competency areas without seeing their identity and university information.

In addition to its domestic success, the program is also followed with appreciation abroad and has been recognized six times as a best practice by the OECD. It offers many young people the opportunity to experience professional life while still students and to gain early-career awareness

What to Expect at NIP?

Internship: It is the professional work that higher education students do in an institution / enterprise in order to improve their professional knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors, to get to know the industry and to adapt to business life.

Job Shadowing: A short-term, observation-based learning process that allows higher education students to gain knowledge and experience about the profession and work.

Training: It is the training process prepared and offered by relevant institutions on specific topics to support the career development of higher education students.

Who Can Apply?

• Individuals, who have not yet reached the age of 35 as of January 1, 2025 (born on or after January 1, 1990),

• Continuing their education at universities in Turkey, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), or abroad, with a minimum GPA* of 2 out of 4 (or its equivalent in other grading systems),

• Students in the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th years of undergraduate programs offered through formal education (excluding medicine, teaching, and dentistry programs),

• Students in the 1st or 2nd years of associate degree programs offered through formal education, and,
 

• Students, who are Turkish citizens or Blue Card holders pursuing masters or doctoral studies at universities abroad.

* Since their overall GPA has not yet been finalized, this requirement does not apply to 1st-year associate degree students during the application period.

** At the time of the internship: 2nd-year undergraduate and 1st-year associate degree students are expected to have advanced to the next grade, 4th-year undergraduate and 2nd-year associate degree students should not have graduated, and the GPA of 1st-year associate degree students should be above 2. Otherwise, employers may cancel their internship offers.

The National Internship Program 2025 applications are now open! Apply now and take a step forward in your career.

Application Link: https://kariyerkapisi.cbiko.gov.tr

Application Deadline: February 28, 2025