Co-op Work Permit

Eligibility criteria

As an international student, you can participate in student work placements if you meet all of the following conditions:

• Have a study permit that includes conditions allowing you to work on campus.
• Have a letter from SAIT confirming that the work placement is a required part of your study program.
• Hold a valid study permit, or apply to extend your study permit before it expired (the initial study permit must have included work authorization).
• You must be enrolled full‑time at SAIT.
• Your program is at least 6 months in duration and leads to a degree, diploma, or certificate.
• The work placement accounts for 50% or less of the total program of study.

Where students can work

You may complete a work placement with any employer approved by SAIT’s work placement program, including employers located off campus.

Placements in healthcare, childcare, or elderly care settings

If your work placement takes place in a setting where the protection of public health is important such as a hospital, childcare centre, or elderly care facility, you must:

• have completed an immigration medical exam, and
• hold a study permit without restrictions that prevent work in public health‑sensitive environments.

Internship or co-op work opportunities that are not part of your SAIT study program

If you wish to participate in an internship or co-op activity that is not part of your SAIT study program, this would be considered off-campus work and you will need to use your study permit’s off campus work authorization to engage in this work activity.