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Internship-for-Credit Program

APPLYING SKILLS, BUILDING NETWORKS

SVA Career Development manages the College’s Internship-for-Credit Program, allowing qualified juniors, seniors, and graduate students to earn credit while gaining hands-on experience working with creative professionals.


The application period for the fall 2025 Internship-for-Credit Program has closed. The Important Dates for spring 2026 are now listed below, and all of the Resources at the bottom of the webpage have been updated for the spring semester. For more information, please email cd@sva.edu.


New Information for International Students:

  • You must apply at least three full business weeks before your internship Start Date.
  • You will ask your Employer for a Letter of Hire only after your internship-for-credit has been approved by Career Development.


Important Dates for Spring 2026

Online application opens: Wednesday, December 3

FIRST DAY students may work: Monday, January 12*, first day of spring semester

(if all approval steps are met)

Online application closes: Friday, January 16 at Noon

Online internship course begins: Early February

All internship coursework due: Monday, April 20

LAST DAY students may work at internship: Monday, May 4


*International students who want to begin working on January 12 must apply by December 5.


All applications must be submitted through the SVA 12twenty platform during the designated application cycle for each semester. Please review the Resources below before submitting an internship application.

The Information Session for the spring 2026 application process will be November 12 at 3:00pm ET. To RSVP, register here on 12twenty. Until then, you may refer to the fall 2025 Information Session below for a general overview of the application process.

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