As an effort for human resource training through industry-academia-government collaboration, Mazda provides internships for technical college and university students. Since FY2015, Mazda has improved the organizational relationship with the schools to provide a program with different levels that cover students from lower grades up to the doctorate level.
192 interns were accepted in FY2019. This initiative offers students a chance to nurture their own ambition and dreams through corporate ambition and philosophy and to improve their practical skills through co-creative work and practical training.

Group companies and dealerships accepted university student interns.
Kobe Mazda continues to offer internships, mainly consisting of work experience in a dealership for one or two weeks, that aim to teach students about work and help them select a job. In FY2019, in addition to the main 15 interns, a new one-to-two-day internship was offered to a further 105 students.
The students set individual goals at a pre-internship session so that they will have something to work toward during their internship. Through sharing their results at another post-internship session, the students recognized their own growth. The students gain new understanding through sharing with others their experiences and learning. Participants commented, "I was able to learn society's rules and standards" and "Work isn't something you can do on your own; I felt that many people's efforts go into a single project."