ABOUT AUW

The Asian University for Women (AUW) is being established as a leading institution of higher learning for women from across Asia.  The campus is located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The University is a regional institution dedicated solely to women’s education and leadership development.  AUW educates promising young women from diverse cultural, religious, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds from across South and South East Asia, with a particular emphasis on the inclusion of women from poor, rural, and refugee populations. With an initial student body of 300 in August 2009, and growing towards an enrolment of 1100 after 5 years, the target student/faculty ratio is 13:1.
 

internship opportunities

Spring Internships for AUW Support Foundation (Cambridge, MA, USA)

The Asian University for Women Support Foundation (AUWSF) is responsible for planning, funding and developing the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Bangladesh—the first university to be exclusively dedicated to the education and leadership development of women from throughout the region. This academic year, AUW has students from 13 countries.

 

Internships at the AUW Support Foundation (Cambridge, MA, USA)

The Asian University  for Women Support Foundation, based in Harvard Square in Cambridge, seeks undergraduate and graduate students who qualify for Federal Work Study to serve as interns during the spring semester.  The AUW Support Foundation is the principal sponsor and creator of Asia's first regional university for women.  The University is currently in the process of undertaking additional construction, curriculum planning, faculty recruitment and student recruitment and extensive fundraising.

Interns are needed in the following areas:

1. Fundraising: Several interns with exceptional research and writing skills are needed to help the fundraising group.

2. Outreach: Students who are native Chinese and Arabic speakers are needed to help prepare materials for outreach in China and the Middle East.

3. Communications: Students are needed to support media relations and marketing.

To Apply:

Students who qualify for federal work-study are preferred.

Please send your resume and cover letter to Christine del Castillo at christine.delcastillo@asian-university.org.