Momentum ¨C internship for students

Timeline for 2025

• Fall 2025: Open for applications from companies.
  Please fill out this registration form before 1 Febuary 
  • describe your company
  • describe the internship
  • accept our internship guidelines
  • request 50 per cent co-funding from the UiO Growth House ¨C first come, first served 10 positions
• 16 January: Digital information meeting for businesses.
• 21 January: Digital informasjon meeting for students.
• 22 January: CV and Cover workshop. 
• 5 Febuary: Matchmaking in Oslo Science Park. 
• 7 March: End of selection process.

How the Application Process works

The first step in the application process is attending the company presentations held on February 5th. You can sign up for the event here . At the event, you will receive some information about each of the companies, and you will also have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have. While you are welcome to read up on the companies in advance, the event does not require any prior knowledge.

If you decide to apply after the company presentations, you will have four days to submit your application, until February 9. On February 10, the Nettskjema form will be closed).

Applications are submitted via Nettskjema. In Nettskjema, you will need to fill in personal and contact information so that the companies can reach out to you for a potential interview. In addition, you will be asked to upload:

Your CV, and an application of approximately 400 words including:

• Your motivation for applying for an internship with the specific company.
• Relevant skills and previous experiences you wish to highlight

The companies will review the applications and select candidates by March 2nd. The chosen students will be contacted by the companies during week 10 (March 3¨C7). You must respond within 24 hours to confirm whether you accept or decline the offer. If the initially selected candidate declines, the company will select from the remaining candidates.

It is possible to apply to multiple internships, and the companies will not have information about whether candidates have applied to other companies.

Momentum acts as an intermediary and will not read the applications. We will only forward the applications and will not be involved in the selection process. For the continuation of the project, we will retain anonymized information about the number of applicants per company and their academic year. All other information about applicants will be deleted after the application process is complete.

Feedback from former students and companies

The feedback from both students and companies that have attended the programme so far has been overwhelmingly positive.

This is evident through the high application numbers and the annual evaluations we conduct. In 2023, every third applicant was offered a summer job and the participating companies has reported that the students have added value and collaborated well with other employees. 100% of participating companies expressed interest in having interns in the future, and 95% of the students would recommend the program to other students. 

Hear from Mortaza Masi, a medical student at UiO

Introducing Mortaza Masi, an ambitious and dedicated medical student at the University of Oslo. He has gained valuable experience through two internships, one at Bayer in 2023, and at Takeda this year.

(The interview is in Norwegian)

More about Momentum

The UiO Growth House wants to support and develop an innovative mindset among students, employees and researchers. To bring this about the Growth House is actively supporting cooperation between academia and industry in a range of programmes. Together with the student associations  we want to invite companies to host a 4¨C6-week internship programme for affiliated students.

The aim of the internship is to introduce students to alternative career paths where they can utilise their knowledge and competence to the fullest. 

The internship programme will bring students and companies together for a matchmaking event where the companies present themselves to the students. As a part of the registration companies are asked to confirm that they will follow the guidelines regulating the principles for the internship. 

Students are encouraged to apply freely for the various internships at hand, and the company has the option to choose the most suitable candidate for their project.

As an additional incentive for startups and small innovative companies to participate in the program, UiO Growth House will sponsor 50% of the salary and expenses for one of the company's interns. This offer is available on a first-come, first-served basis for the first 10 companies that apply! The only condition is that the company must have fewer than 10 employees.

Any rights to any inventions or other outcomes resulting from the student¡¯s performance of the internship with the company is solely between the company and the student.