ECO400Y5 Internship Application

2026/27 Intake: Dec 1, 2025 - Feb 22, 2026

Eligibility

• Are you officially registered in an Economics Program of Study (Subject POSt: Specialist, Major, or Minor)?
• Are you looking to apply your economics knowledge to the 'real' world?
• Will you be *graduating in June or November at the end of the internship course?
• Will you have completed 15.0 full course equivalents (FCEs) by the time the course and placement begins in September?
• Will you be taking no more than 4.0 other full course equivalents (FCEs) during the academic year in which the course and placement will take place and not be enrolled in another academic internship course
• Will you be able to commit 200-hours over the academic year (an average of a full-day during the fall/winter terms) for your placement?
• Will you have a *CGPA of 2.5 or higher at the time of application

Note: *Optional: Explain relevant extenuating circumstances in your application .

Priority Considerations:

• Economics Specialist, followed by Majors, then Minors (although due to the competitiveness of the applicant no Minors were admitted in the past three years)
• Completed at least 1.0 FCE Economics course at the 300/400 that is relevant to the selected cluster
• *The 2.5 cGPA is only a minimum requirement; the average of successful applicants is higher and varies each year, depending on the applicant pool. The Finance cluster is especially competitive (with an average of 3.7+ for successful interns in the past two years). No direct Investment Banking placements are offered.
• Students who are not in affiliated programs that offer their own internship experience (Management, Political Science, CCIT etc.)

Timeline 

Please take note of the following important timelines (all in EST)

Information Session

If you are an eligible student in the Economics program, sign-up for an Information Session to learn more about the EC0400Y5 academic internship course, eligibility requirements, and application process for the next cycle:

Sign-Up  RSVP required by 10 AM, Monday, January 12, 2026 ** extended to 10AM Tues, Jan 13

• Tues, January 13, 2026
• 01:10-3:00 PM
• UTM  Room DV3140.

Application

Review the instructions, application fields, and document checklist for submitting your completed package online via this link; requests for extensions or late applications by email will not be accepted!

Online Application

Checklist - Required Components

(A) Fill out - All required fields of the online application form; focus on key written responses:

• Personal Statement (see instructions in online application)
• Career Goals & Placement Interest (pick your preferred and alternative category)
  • Economic Data Analysis (various subfields: e.g. Financial, Market Research, Labour, Behavioural, Health, Environmental)
  • Policy/International Relations/NGOs/ Law/Development
  • Financial Planning/Wealth Management
  • Investment/Private Equity/Fund Management/Trade/Risk (technical)
  • Business Incubator/Start Up Strategy

(B) Upload as one bundled PDF file LastName_FirstName_ECO400_2026-27

1. Upload - Resume (highly recommended: critiqued by UTM Career Centre prior to submission)
2. Upload - Academic History on ACORN (print screen is sufficient, no need official transcript)
3. List of Economics courses - only all 2nd, 3rd, 4th year (see sample/template Excel Sheet)
4. Study Permit clear scan - only if applicable to international students (if expired, mention when renewing in comments).

Tips:

• Gather documents - Collect all necessary information and documents ahead of time, before starting to fill out submission form. Online submission needs to be completed in one sitting by the deadline. No late responses by email will be accepted.
• Written responses - Review the application fields, and prepare your answers offline using word count (e.g. on MS Word), save a copy, and then copy + paste responses into online form fields
• Uploads - Save final version in pdf and/or using the suggested naming convention and upload in the respective fields as one bundled package file
• Save a copy - Take advantage of the automatic functions at the end of the form submission to receive a copy of your submission via email and save a pdf version thereof.

Virtual Q&A Drop-In

• TDB in Feb 2026

Address any individual circumstances and questions not answered in the instructions or case-by-case and accommodation requests with our Internship Coordinator & Outreach Officer.