At the heart of the programme is a year's work placement in or near New York City with one of many American sponsor companies.  We have established an impressive range of sponsors who provide our interns with a variety of practical training opportunities.

Here we hope you will learn some key skills and competencies - such as communications, team building, problem solving and decision making - that underpin any career path.

Sponsors vary from large multinational organizations to small businesses and reflect many different fields such as: Financial Services, Accountancy, Law, Executive Search, Advertising, Event Management, HR, Post-production Editing, Marketing, IT (including programming), Non-profit and Real Estate.  We try hard to place you in your industry of choice.  However a great deal depends on your experience, skills, demeanour and some luck of the draw.  The majority of placements offered by our sponsors are office-based and entry level in nature.  Your placement within an administrative role may range from a project-based to perhaps a research-based position.  Although the Programme expends great effort in setting up these positions, ultimately the sponsor defines and controls them.  Thus we cannot guarantee which skills and competencies you will be exposed to.  Our view is that, generally speaking, any exposure to New York's various corporate practices - and even seemingly negative experiences such as learning to cope with a bad boss - will serve you well in whatever career path you eventually choose.

Your performance at your company will be evaluated, in writing, by your supervisor twice throughout the year as you gain in skills, knowledge, and confidence (see Postgraduate Certificate or MBA).