ECO400Y5 Internship Application

Now accepting Applications for the 2025-26 cycle

Eligibility

• Are you officially registered in an Economics Program of Study (Subject POSt: Specialist, Major, or Minor)?
• Are you looking to apply your economics knowledge to the "real" world?
• Will you have completed 15.0 full course equivalents (FCEs) by the September of the academic year in which the course and placement will begin (be considered a fourth year student by then)?
• Will you be *graduating in June or November at the end of the internship?
• Will you be taking no more than 4.0 other full course equivalents (FCEs) during the academic year in which the course and placement will take place?
• Will you be able to commit 200-hours over the academic year (an average of a full-day during the fall/winter terms) for your placement?
• Will you have a *CGPA of 2.5 or higher at the time of application

Note: *Optional: Explain any extenuating circumstances in application that you wish to share for better context.

Priority Considerations:

• The 2.5 cGPA is only a minimum requirement; the average of successful applicants is higher and each year, depends on the cohort of applicants. The Finance cluster is especially competitive (with an average of 3.7+ for successful interns in the past two years)
• Economics Specialist, followed by Majors, then Minors (although due to the competitiveness of the applicant no Minors were admitted in the past two years)
• Students who are not in affiliated programs that offer their own internship experience (Management, Political Science, CCIT etc.)

Timeline 

Please take note of the following important timelines:

Information Session

If you are an eligible student in the Economics program, sign-up for an Information Session to learn more about the EC0400Y5 academic internship course, eligibility requirements, and application process for the next cycle:

Sign-Up  Required by: 12 noon Monday, January 13, 2025.

• Wed, January 15, 2025
• 03:10-5:00 PM 
• UTM  Room DV3140.

Application

Review the instructions, application fields, and document checklist for submitting your completed package online via this link:

Online Application

Checklist - Required Components

(A) Fill out - All required fields of the online application form [opens December 1, closes Feb 1]; focus on key written responses:

• Personal Statement (see instructions in online application)
• Career Goals & Placement Interest (pick your top two categories) 
  • Economic Data Analysis (various subfields)
  • Policy/International Relations/NGOs/ Law/Development
  • Financial Planning/Wealth Management
  • Investment/Private Equity/Fund Management/Trade/Risk (technical)
  • Business Incubator/Start Up Strategy 
  • Market Research/Analysis
  • Other Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics focused areas suggested by students.

(B) Upload as one bundled PDF file LastName_FirstName_ECO400_2025-26

1. Upload - Resume (recommendation: critiqued by UTM Career Centre prior)
2. Upload - Academic History on ACORN (print screen is sufficient, no need official transcript)
3. List of Economics courses - only all 2nd, 3rd, 4th year (see sample/template Excel Sheet)
4. Study Permit clear scan - only if applicable to international students (if expired, mention when renewing in comments).

Tips:

• Gather documents - Collect all necessary information and documents ahead of time, before starting to fill out submission form. Online submission needs to be completed in one sitting by the deadline. No late responses by email will be accepted.
• Written responses - Review the application fields, and prepare your answers offline using word count (e.g. on MS Word), save a copy, and then copy + paste responses into online form fields
• Uploads - Save final version in pdf and/or using the suggested naming convention and upload in the respective fields as one bundled package file
• Save a copy - Take advantage of the automatic functions at the end of the form submission to receive a copy of your submission via email and save a pdf version thereof.

Virtual Q&A Drop-In

TBD after Information Session

Address any specific questions not answered on the instructions with our Internship Coordinator & Outreach Officer.