Silicon Valley Internship Programme

Silicon Valley is the high-tech start-up capital of the world. Beyond the interconnected ecosystem of entrepreneurs, companies, universities and venture capital, there is a pervasive attitude of “the possible” that provides the underlying connective tissue that makes it all work.
The SVIP aims to give newly graduating Software Engineering Students from the UK the unique experience of working with hot start-ups in Silicon Valley through a one-year internship. Hopefully this experience will bring a little of the Silicon Valley attitude back to the entrepreneurial community in the UK.

Successful graduate applicants are matched with sponsoring start-ups and, working with the British Consulate and the British American Business Council, are issued J1 visas. The graduates will then join the engineering teams of their sponsoring start-ups in the late summer. During the internship, the grads work as full members of the start-up teams and take part in monthly, half day SVIP learning events that aim to broaden the understanding of the entrepreneurial process.

Graduates are paid a salary of $60,000 during the year of the internship and are provided with a round trip flight to the Bay Area.