Remote Engineering Internships with NGOs and Nonprofits
We offer cross-cultural experiences focusing on engineering, tech and social innovation.
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We work with mission-driven organizations that are trying to solve important problems in developing countries.
We’ve organized international internships for students at the following top universities.
Boston University
University of Bristol
Berkeley
University of California, Santa Barbara
UCLA
Cambridge University
Cardiff University
Durham University
Edinburgh University
Exeter University
University of Glasgow
Harvard
Imperial College London
King’s College London
University of Leeds
University of Liverpool
LSE
Manchester University
University of Michigan
University of Newcastle
Northwestern University
University of Nottingham
Oxford University
Princeton
Queen Mary
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
Syracuse
UCL
Vanderbilt
University of Virginia
University of Warwick
York
Dartmouth
Some of our internships are particularly popular with…
Electrical Engineers
Renewables Internships
Renewables are an increasingly viable option for businesses and communities in Indonesia.
Working with NGOs and local businesses, we’ve developed several projects ranging from microgrid design for communities to microgrid design for hotels and resorts.
Mechanical Engineers
Electric Vehicle Internships
Low cost, efficient and environmentally friendly transportation has the potential to be a game changer in Indonesia.
In a country as big as Indonesia, transportation poses sizeable challenges.
In conjunction with leading NGOs, we’ve developed several projects that look at everything from electric buses in Jakarta to electric tourist and fishing boats.
Biomedical Engineers
Medical Device Internships
In a collaboration with local NGOs, international engineers and data scientists, we’ve created an internship program for students of Biomedical Engineering.
Students help research and design new low cost prosthetics for NGOs that are suitable for local manufacture in Indonesia.
Chemical Engineers
Ocean Plastic Recycling Internships
Home to more than 267 million people, Indonesia is believed to be the world’s second-largest contributor of plastic pollution in the oceans, after China. Nearly 15% of all plastic waste that end up in the oceans comes from Indonesia.
We’ve developed an ocean plastic internship for chemical engineering students in partnership with NGOs that are working to tackle issues relating to waste in Indonesia.
Civil Engineers
Reef Health Internships
Occupying only 1.3% of the world’s land surface, Indonesia is one of the world’s richest nations in terms of its biodiversity.
In partnership with several reef conservation organizations, we’ve developed several reef health programs spanning everything from remote sensing to robotics.
We’ve placed top undergraduates in a range of roles…
Product Design Internships
Data Science Internships
Data Analytics Internships
Prosthetics Internships
Software Engineering Internships
3D Printing Internships
Design Engineering Internships
Some of the sectors we offer
FinTech
VR
AI
Gaming
HealthTech
EdTech
Health & Fitness
Electric
Vehicles
Social
Enterprise
Big Data
How it works
We provide support from mentors and bilingual project managers, project management training, coaching in how to work remotely and online support over Slack.
Remote Work Training
Bilingual Project Managers
Mentor Support
Why Start Me Up?
Start Me Up is an award-winning provider of entrepreneurial education programs.
We’ve been running remote internships for over four years.
Our alumni hail from top universities and have gone onto work at some of the world’s most prestigious companies.
“Incredible experience. This internship has changed the way I looked at work.”
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100% were happy with the support the Start Me Up team provided during their program
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96% rating on Go Overseas
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60% of those on our program have confirmed work with their startup or are in discussions about it by the end of the program
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97% of our interns said their internship matched their interests
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Our alumni give us on average 9/10 for their overall experience with us
Why Indonesia?
Indonesia is the world’s third biggest democracy.
With a population of nearly 270 million people, Indonesia is 5,120 kilometres from east to west
It’s comprised of over 18,000 islands.
Program alumni destinations have included
