President Lydia B. Echauz, Far Eastern University, Philippines

Industry – Academe Linkage on
Internship
SATU Forum
11 November 2008
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan City, Taiwan
Far Eastern University
Dr. Lydia B. Echauz
FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY
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Founded in 1928
by Dr. Nicanor Reyes, Sr.
Publicly listed in 1986
Private-non sectarian
university
1,200 faculty
500 employees
24,000 students
Semestral schedule
Address:
Nicanor Reyes Street
Sampaloc, Manila 1008
Philippines
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Year
Established
1928
Institutes
Semestral Schedule
Age
1933
Accounts, Business and
Finance
Arts and Sciences
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1933
Education
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1934
Law
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Oct. 1945 FEU reopened after WW II
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Nursing
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1957
Graduate Studies
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1970
Architecture & Fine Arts
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FEU offices involved in
Internship Program:
• Admissions and External Relations
Office
• University Career and Counseling
Office
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Rationale:
• Technology advances significantly
changed industry demands on
graduates
• Dissatisfaction of industry with
shortcomings of fresh graduates
• Industry and academe had to
collaborate
Gaps:
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Written and spoken English
Analytical thinking
Initiative
Punctuality, self-discipline
Reliability
Teamwork
Flexibility
Maturity
Leadership skills
Self-confidence
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Objectives of Internship:
• To better prepare graduating students
for industry through internship in good
institutions
• To expose graduating students to good
choices of companies for employment
• To get feedback from industry for
updating curriculum
• To keep FEU on the radar screen of
employers
Collaboration other than internship:
• Company presentations
• University job fair
• Graduating students’ interview and testing
on campus, by companies
• Research
• Scholarship grants
• Community training
• Faculty immersion in industry
• Easy recruitment of best talents by
companies
• Info dissemination on job opportunities via
FEU website
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Tracer study on graduates:
Hired:
• 75% in 6 months
• 93% in 1 year
• 100% in 2 years
Courses with Internship
Course
Schedule
Hours
Institute of Accounts and Business and Finance
Accountancy
1st & 2nd Sem
300 hrs
Internal Auditing
1st & 2nd Sem
300 hrs
Marketing
1st & 2nd Sem
300 hrs
Management
1st & 2nd Sem
300 hrs
Tourism
1st & 2nd Sem
300 hrs
Finance
1st & 2nd Sem
300 hrs
Institute of Arts and Sciences
Mass Comm
Summer
200 hrs
Psychology
2nd Sem
120 hrs
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Courses with Internship
Course
AB English
Schedule
Hours
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BS Biology
1st
Applied Math in
Information and
Technology
Summer
120 hrs
Political Science
Summer
300 hrs
sem
180-200hrs
Institute of Architecture and Fine Arts
Architecture
Summer
200 hrs
Fine Arts
Summer
122 hrs
1st sem
200 hrs
Institute of Education
Education
Procedure for getting into
internship partnership:
• Prepare a matrix of internship
schedule of students to match industry
needs.
• Identify companies.
• Have various Institutes meet with
companies
• Prepare draft MOAs for review of both
parties
• Finalize MOAs.
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Procedure for managing
partnership:
• Assign interns to companies.
• Monitor interns.
• Get company feedback and evaluate
same.
• Summarize feedback.
• Propose curriculum changes to the
Institute.
Issues and concerns:
• FEU internship hours of 120-300 hours
vs. company requirements of 300-400
hours
• FEU students have other classes to
attend to, but companies want 40 hourweeks from interns
• Feedback system of companies not yet
institutionalized
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Current Partners:
• Institute of Accounts, Business and
Finance: 37 companies
• Institute of Nursing: with 4,200 junior
and senior students who do internship
– 21 tertiary hospitals (300-bed capacity)
– 63 other affiliate hospitals
Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance
5th year BS Accountancy & 4th Year BSC Internal Auditing
Program
Objectives
Accounting/Au To expose students to
dit Apprentice actual accounting and
internal auditing
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functions in auditing
firms and private and
government entities
Company or Association
• Sycip Gorres & Velayo, CPAs
Ernst
• Isla Lipana & Co. CPAs Price
Waterhouse Coopers
• Punongbayan & Auraulo CPAs
Grant Thorton
• KPMG Manabat Sanagustin &
Co. CPAs
• Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
• Commission on Audit
• Bureau of Internal Revenues
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IABF Industry-Academe Linkage Programs
for 4th & 5th year BS Accountancy Students
Program
Achievers
Workshop
Objectives
To provide lectures to
accountancy students
on difficult topics in the
CPA government board
exam
Company or Association
• CPA Review School of the
Philippines
• Professional Review &
Training Development
• Review School of
Accountancy
• Casiño Review Center
IABF Industry-Academe Linkage Programs
for BS Accountancy Students taking up Cost Accounting
Program
Objectives
Cost Accounting To familiarize
Familiarization
accountancy students
Plant Tour
with the flow of costs in
actual manufacturing
set-up
Company or Association
• Chowking Food Corp.
• Sterling Company
• Coca-Cola Bottlers
Philippines, Inc.
• Lamoiyan (Hapee
Toothpaste) Company
• Uniliver Phils., Inc.
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IABF Industry-Academe Linkage Programs
for BS Accountancy Students taking up Auditing Theory
Program
Objectives
Auditing Firms To create awareness
Tour
among accountancy
students of audit
activities often
encountered in actual
practice
Company or Association
• Sycip Gorres & Velayo (SGV)
CPAs Ernst
• Isla Lipana & Co. CPAs Price
Waterhouse Coopers
• Punongbayan & Auraulo
CPAs Grant Thorton
• KPMG Manabat Sanagustin &
Co. CPAs
IABF Industry-Academe Linkage Programs
for BSC Internal Auditing Students
Program
Internal
Auditing
Lecture Series
Objectives
To provide lectures on
various topics, such as
risk management, fraud
examination, forensic
accounting, audit
assurance & consulting
services, etc.
Company or Association
• Institute of Internal Auditors
- Philippines
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IABF Industry-Academe Linkage Programs
for BSC Tourism Management & BS HRM Students
Program
Objectives
Company or Association
Travel Expo
and Lecture
Series
To expose Tourism and HRM
• Phil Travel Agencies
students to various sectors of Association
the travel industry and to latest • Phil Tour Operators Association
trends and best industry
practices
Tourism/
HRM
Apprenticeship Program
To expose students to
practices in the Tourism and
Hospitality Industry
•Hotels and Restaurants of the
Association of Human Resource
Managers
• Pancake House of Companies
Workshops,
Management
Seminars &
Conventions
To provide students the latest
developments in the Tourism
and Hospitality Industry
Hotel and Restaurant Association
of the Philippines
IABF Industry-Academe Linkage Programs
for Marketing Management Students
Program
Objectives
Company or Association
Selling
Immersion
Program
To develop the selling skills
of Marketing Management
students through free
seminars and actual directselling.
• Alliance in Motion Global,
Inc.
• Fuller Life Direct Selling
Phils.
• Dragonworld Enterprise Inc.
Marketing
Seminar
Series
To update the students on
Best Practices in the sales
and marketing industry
• Association of Marketing
Educators
• PANA Foundation
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IABF Industry-Academe Linkage Programs
for Tourism Management Students
Program
Tourism
Computer
Application
Objectives
To train students in
software use for online
booking operations,
Global Distribution
System, Point of Sales
System, and Property
Management System
Company or Association
• Abacus Distribution
Systems Phil.
• Crevel International, Inc.
IABF Industry-Academe Linkage Programs
for Management & Legal Management Students
Program
Objectives
Company or Association
On-the-Job
Training
Program
To train students on-the-job in
preparation for their future
careers
• Maritime Clinic
International Services
• Boardex Inc.
• Integrated Bar of the
Philippines
Career Day
To orient students on the preemployment processes in
preparation for their jobs
• Maritime Clinic
International Services
• Boardex Inc.
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IABF Industry-Academe Linkage Programs
for Finance & *Financial Economics Students
Program
Financial
Institutions
Immersion
Objectives
Company or Association
To expose the students
to various financial
institutions via company
walk-through and inhouse seminar
• Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
• Bank of the Philippine Islands
• Phil. Depository Insurance
Corporation
• Philippine Clearing House
*Online Stock With the Phil. Stock
Trading
• Philippine Stock Exchange
Exchange as partner, to
have Finance and
Financial Economics
students do stock trading
IABF Industry-Academe Linkage Programs
for BS Accountancy & BSC Internal Auditing Students taking
up Basic Accounting & Systems Analysis and Design
Program
Objectives
Mind Your Own
Business
(MYOB) GL
System
MYOB accounting
software programs
are incorporated
into the curriculum
for use by students
Company or Association
• MYOB Asia SDN.BHD Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
• BSC Systems & Technologies,
Inc., Quezon City
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IABF Industry-Academe Linkage Programs
for Operations Management and Total Quality
Management Subjects
Program
Tamaraw
Quality Tour
Objectives
To expose students
to ISO
manufacturing setup and processes
Company or Association
• Chowking Food Corporation
• Melawares
• Middleby Corporation
• Sterling Products
• Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines
An FEU affiliate
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Founded in 1992
200 faculty
100 employees
4,000 students
Trimestral schedule
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Course Programs
The College of Engineering:
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BS
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BS
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Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE)
Electrical Engineering (EE)
Industrial Engineering (IE)
Civil Engineering (CE)
Computer Engineering (CpE)
Internship Duration: 3 to 4 months
The College of Computer Studies
• BS in Computer Science (CS)
• BS in Information Management (IM)
• BS in Information Technology (IT)
Internship Duration: 6 to 8 months
Curricula
CHED Minimum
Required Units
FEU – EAC
Units
FEU-EAC
Additional
Units
Information
Technology
134
192
58
Computer Science
134
203
69
Information
Management
134
200
66
Computer
Engineering
186
219
33
Civil Engineering
176
217
41
Electrical Engineering
192
225
33
204
222
18
183
217
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Courses
Electronics and
Communications
Engineering
Industrial
Engineering
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Internship Curricula
COMPUTER STUDIES PROGRAMS:
CHED Minimum
Required Units
FEU – EAC
Curricula Units
FEU-EAC
Additional Units
English Courses
12
24
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Major Courses
72
91
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6
18*
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CHED Minimum
Required Units
FEU – EAC
Curricula Units
FEU-EAC
Additional Units
9
15
6
101
109
8
3
6*
3
Courses
Internship
ENGINEERING PROGRAMS:
Courses
English Courses
Major Courses
Internship
*40 hrs a week on Industry Site
Testimonials of Students
CHRISTOPHER ONG
Engineering Student
REINHARD GLENN
NARAGA
Intern 2 Student
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Testimonials of Graduates
JOHN SIMON D. CHUA
MICHAEL V. SUMULONG
IT Specialist
Scripting Architect for ERP Group
IBM Philippines
Netsuite Philippines
Testimonial of Industry Partners
JOAQUIN QUINTOS IV
ANNA MARIA ROQUEZA
Country General Manager
Country HR Manager
IBM Philippines
IBM Philippines
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Internship Benefit
For the Industry Partner
FEU-EAC provides
industry partners a
pool of industry-ready
professionals!
ROBERTO M. MARANAN
Chief Operating Officer
Intelligent Wave, Inc.
(Philippines)
Continuous Feedback and Alignment
The Industry-Academe Linkage, Alumni, and
Placement Office:
• Reviews internship program to ensure
relevance to industry
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Continuous Feedback and Alignment
Feedback is done via surveys, interviews,
focused group discussions
Continuous Feedback for Alignment
of Curriculum to Industry Needs
Internship evaluation is done by using feedback
From Students and Alumni on their:
•Pre-internship
•Internship proper
•Post Internship
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Continuous Feedback and Alignment
From Faculty Members involved in the
Faculty Immersion Program.
From Industry Partners, mostly the HR
Office, Industry Supervisors etc.
Industry Partners
School
Year
01 - 02
02 - 03
03 - 04
04 - 05
05 - 06
06 - 07
07 - 08
O8 - 09
Partners
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64
99
113
156
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Some of our Industry Partners:
We intend to increase our IP by 15% every school year.
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Internship: Learning by doing in industry
Thank you.
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