DCC receives applications and selects 2-3 students every semester on the basis of academic achievement, research experience and overall fit with the prospective projects. These students are later nominated and send to NII. Then, NII evaluates all the nominations from all around the world, and select the final NII interns. Both NII Professors and an NII Selection Committee must accept the students for them to be accepted to the program. Once the student is accepted as NII intern, the relation is directly NII-student (with no involvement of DCC). 

The DCC-NII Internship Program is open to Master's and PhD students whose supervisor is from DCC. If accepted, candidates are expected to maintain their enrollment status at their home institution for the full duration of their Internships. Exceptions can be made for *Titulo students (5th, 6th years) who have already obtained the official Licenciatura certificate and have a track record of academic success and research experience. Notice that some projects may have specific requirements (e.g., only PhD students). The DCC-NII application will require proof of enrollment, transcripts, research experience, work experience and English proficiency, but no formal test (IELTS, TOEFL) are necessary. Unfortunately, the program does not accept current bachelor (licenciatura) students (those students are invited to continue their studies with a Master or a PhD). 

Yes! NII provides a "sojourn expense" stipend of ¥5,700 per day (about $1.100.00 CLP per month). Interns are expected to cost flights, housing and living expenses with this sum. For reference, Sakura House is recommended for housing and daily lunch options are available at NII for ¥ 400-700.  Be aware that the sojourn will be paid in cash during the first days at NII (so students need resources on advance). 

Interns are expected to be self-motivated and manage their own work, assigning daily task to later report on weekly meetings with supervisors and the broader laboratory. A day-to-day life of an NII intern would generally consist in performing independent research at NII, with very frequent lunches with other interns and sporicidal meetings with research collaborators. NII has over 100 agreements with leading institutions around the world such fostering an international community at the institute. An intern's afternoons and weekends are completely for them to explore around the city and the broader Tokyo area!

NII has dozens of laboratories working on multiple computer science research subjects! The specific projects change from call to call. You are free to apply to any of the +100 topics from the list available when the call opens. 

As previous DCC-NII students claim this to be a life-changing experience, we encourage to apply for as much time as possible (6 months better than 3). Notice that some projects may have a specific time requirement (e.g., 6 months mandatory). For the same reason, it is highly advised to apply for 3 projects. Finally, not all NII supervisors receive the same number of applications: some well-known professors or hot topics receive hundreds of applications for a couple of open positions. Therefore, it is also highly advised to select projects from different supervisors.

The DCC-NII program has two calls per year. News about the calls are always published on the DCC's social media platforms. Follow DCC on instagram at instagram.com/dcc_uc  or follow DCChannel at t.me/DCC_UC.

To learn about the DCC-NII program, the telegram group with previous DCC-NII interns (see the current call important links section) is the best opportunities to learn more about the program.  If you want to lean more about the internship experience, check out this guide about the NII Internship written by the Intelligent Systems Group at University of Siegen!