We offer guaranteed tailor-made pharmacy internships.

Next Step Connections internship program provides students and young professionals with guaranteed tailor-made pharmacy internships. Before you start the internship placement process, you must apply first and get accepted. During the placement process, you will be working with our program advisor who will organize interviews with our large network of pharmaceuticals firms in Asia.

Next Step Connections has partnered with the best pharmaceuticals companies in Asia.

It is not just science graduates who can have successful careers in the pharmaceutical industry. It is vital that the right graduates join the sales and marketing side of company operations too. Companies need graduates with excellent communication skills and a sound understanding of the industry to promote new products to a highly competitive international marketplace.

Medical or non-medical graduates can also pursue a career in registration and regulatory affairs, as it is essential for companies to show compliance with the necessary regulations before a drug can be developed or marketed. Strong writing and linguistic skills are desirable in this area, as is proven expertise in statistics and computer technology. Other specialist functions within the industry offer challenging opportunities for graduates interested in business management. Specialist support services include finance, legal, personnel, safety and environmental control, purchasing, accounts, and administration.

The pharmaceutical industry develops, produces, and markets drugs licensed for use as medications. Pharmaceutical companies can deal in generic and/or brand medications. They are subject to a variety of laws and regulations regarding the patenting, testing, and marketing of drugs in China and India.

We organize internships with international pharmaceutical organizations where you will learn about the production, marketing and distribution of drugs in a developing country. As an alternative, you will also be able to work as a lab assistant in a research center or for an A4 healthcare advertising company.

We also organize placements at biomedical research centers where you spent most of your time in labs doing various research projects and experiments.

Example of past internships in Shanghai

We have placed pharmacy students at companies such as McCann Healthcare Worldwide Group, Shanghai Ethypharm, Pasteur Research Institute, Bayer.

Example of past internships in Hong Kong

We work with various pharmaceutical firms such as Bayer Healthcare Division, McCann Healthcare, IMS Health

Choose your destination

Shanghai Internship

• Internships available all-year round
• Flexible start date and length of stay (1-6 months)
• All-inclusive Programs
• See program fees

Hong Kong Internship

• Internships available all-year round
• Flexible start date and length of stay (2-6 months)
• All-inclusive Programs
• See program fees

Beijing Mandarin Program

• Intensive mandarin course (20h/week)
• On-campus housing
• All-inclusive Programs
• See program fees

Next Stepper testimonial

"I have had a fantastic and extremely rewarding two month experience in Shanghai. The city, the people, the different culture and the way of life will always remain a significant learning experience which will follow me in the future. The knowledge and skills I'd got and increased whilst working at my host company were invaluable. To Next Step Connections team who I made all this possible: many thanks for giving me the opportunity to live this awesome adventure. I definitely recommend NSC to anyone who is interested :) "M. Pimentel, Oxford University, UK, Summer 2010, Immunology Department of Institute Pasteur,(Chinese Academy of Sciences).

Background picture: Marco Pimentel at work.