Care about the work.
Choose an area you want to understand, then tell us what you have explored for yourself. A class project, club, volunteer activity or personal experiment can show that interest.
About Malaysia Internship
Join a project team, work alongside professionals and build your judgement through useful work. Meet the people and purpose behind Malaysia Internship by TAPiO.
Kuala LumpurBased at TAPiO
No placement feeApply directly to us
Malaysian students firstAllowance for Malaysian interns
The people behind the programme
Your work connects to a bigger picture.
Malaysia Internship is a programme from TAPiO Management Advisory, a Kuala Lumpur advisory team helping companies understand Malaysia, assess opportunities and work with the right partners. Research, commercial judgement, technology and communication all contribute to that work.
You join a real project team and work alongside specialists and professional team leads. Depending on the project and the length of your placement, you may work with several colleagues. Your contribution forms part of the work the team is delivering together.
Explore the six roles
Where it began
A place to start. Room to grow.
Bernhard Schutte started the internship programme in 2012 to give young people a way into professional work. The team has since welcomed Malaysian and international interns across business, technology and creative roles.
We invest time in internships because we want young people to develop confidence, judgement and a sense of responsibility. Questions, discussion and feedback are part of the work. Your perspective can help the team see something differently, too.
Meet past interns
How we learn together
Your thinking matters here.
Thomas started learning to program through computer magazines and his own experiments. The satisfaction of figuring something out still shapes how he works with interns today.
You work with the people leading and delivering the project. Ask why a task matters, explain your reasoning and use their feedback to improve the next version. Responsibility grows as you show understanding, care and follow-through.
“What I really hope they leave with is a different way of thinking.”
Thomas, TAPiO
Check a source, question an AI answer and explain where you are uncertain. Respectful disagreement and different perspectives help the team do better work. Thoughtful questions matter as much as confidence in a room.
What we look for
Show us how you approach things.
Your studies give us context. Your motivation, decisions and follow-through help us understand whether this work and this team could suit you.
Ask, investigate, contribute.
Ask useful questions, investigate before drawing conclusions and explain what you found. Be ready to consider another approach and say what you would change.
Take pride in the details.
Check the details, keep colleagues informed and own mistakes early. Follow through on commitments, respect confidential information and use feedback to improve.
A possible next step
Could this become your team?
For Malaysian students, the internship can also be a path toward employment with TAPiO. Working together gives us time to see how you think, communicate and contribute. It gives you time to decide whether the team and the work suit you.
An ongoing role depends on your contribution, mutual interest and a suitable opportunity in the team. We hope to build working relationships that can continue beyond a placement.
Read about TAPiO’s Internship Leadership ProgrammeWho it is for
Start from where you are.
We give priority to final-year Malaysian students and recent graduates who are interested in growing with TAPiO beyond their placement. Other strong applicants are welcome, including international candidates who can meet the placement requirements.
Malaysian students
Make your university placement count. Work on projects in Kuala Lumpur, receive an allowance and get to know the team that could be part of your next career step.
For Malaysian studentsComing from abroad?
Bring your perspective to a Malaysian team. Check placement requirements, travel and living costs before making plans.
For international applicantsYour next step
Could this be your kind of team?
Explore the work, think about what you could contribute and bring us an example that shows how you approach a problem.