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Momentum – internship for students

The aim of the internship programme is to introduce students to alternative career paths where they can utilise their knowledge and competence. Companies get access to smart, hard-working students who are interested in learning and contributing.

Momentum is a student internship program created by students for students at the UiO Growth House UiO's innovation unit for life sciences, health and technology.

The Growth House has a strategy to create a robust and sustainable engagement around student innovation for all students at UiO. Momentum has been established as part of the student innovation hub UiO iHub at Oslo Science Park.

Momentum is a collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Educational Sciences, and the Faculty of Humanities. The collaboration is run through student engagement in the student associations for Medical Innovation (SMI), Pharmaceutical Innovation (SFI) and Educational Scientific Innovation (SUI).

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Timeline and information for 2025

Fall 2025: Open for applications from companies.
Please fill out this registration form before 20 december
- describe your company
- describe the internship
- accept our internship guidelines
- request 50 per cent co-funding from the UiO Growth House – first come, first served 10 positions
16 January: Digital information meeting for businesses.
21 January: Digital informasjon meeting for students.
5 Febuary: Matchmaking in Oslo Science Park.
6 March: End of selection process.

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.

Mortaza Masi is a medical student at UiO

(The interview is in Norwegian)

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.

More about the internship programme

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 4–6-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.

This is our amazing team!

The outstanding students and advisors of 2024-25 from the left: Orion Alemayohu, Yoonis Kahiye, Lok Tsang, Alhame Koubaa, Maria Farooq, Nada Al-Hassan, Najaat Molhem & Anette Fagermoen.