Internships
Internships
Internships provide an excellent opportunity to gain real-world experience, develop essential skills, and make a meaningful impact within an organization. Students who complete internships are often more competitive in the job market and more likely to secure employment after graduation compared to those without internship experience.
Internships can take many forms, including part-time or full-time opportunities, paid or unpaid positions, and experiences completed for academic credit or non-credit. Regardless of the format, internships allow students to explore and refine their career interests, strengthen personal and professional skills, build meaningful connections with industry professionals, and enhance their resumes through hands-on experience.
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Grow in skill, expand in learning, and realize your potential through the SEI program.
Students who participate in the Archer Fellowship Program can expect to have a challenging yet rewarding experience that will enable them to grow both personally and professionally.
All Industries
The Archer Fellowship Program provides talented undergraduate and graduate students from the across the UT System with the opportunity to live, learn, and intern in the nation’s capital.
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) National Internship Program places students in internships in all industries.
WayUp provides all students the opportunity to land and internship or entry-level job at cutting edge startups, Fortune 500 companies or anything in between.
Seizing Every Opportunity (SEO) recruits and trains high achieving college students for challenging summer internships with leading investment banks and Fortune companies.
Students + Startups is a 10-week summer internship program that connects San Antonio’s brightest students and recent graduates with innovative startups, growing small businesses, and mission-driven nonprofits.
Art & Museums
The Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship Program in Los Angeles encourages greater diversity in museums and the visual arts.
The Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship provides specialized training in the curatorial field, and supports the goal of promoting inclusive, pluralistic museums.
The Diversity in the Arts (DITA) Internship program is dedicated to fostering diversity within the leaderships of the arts & culture nonprofit community in Colorado. This full-time paid summer internship program immerses students of different backgrounds into the creative arts.
The Television Academy Foundation Internship program has provided employment pathways into the television industry and launched the careers of prominent writers, producers, directors, executives, and Emmy winners.
Texas for the Arts (TFA) provides students with an internship experience that goes beyond the ordinary, contributing to the intersection of creative industries and the political world to secure public resources for the arts.
Communication & Media
Paramount’s Summer Internship program offers endless ways to explore careers through a diverse, immersive, well-rounded paid program that encourages students to bring their passions and insights to work.
Emma Bowen Foundation places students in multi-year paid internships at some of the nation’s leading media companies.
The NFL Films Internship Program places students in creative and technical positions focused in cinematography, audio engineering & television mixing, business operations, field operations, production budgeting & management, and more.
The T. Howard Foundation is dedicated to increasing diversity within major media, technology, and advertising companies.
Environmental
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NGI Diversity Internship Program provides career exploration in a variety of fields, including coastal science, fisheries management, climate change, ecosystem management, marine technology, engineering, and environmental justice.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Student Internship program exposes undergraduate and graduate students to career opportunities and training in natural and cultural resource fields.
Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program (MLEIP) offers undergraduate and graduate college students a glimpse into the future of environmental science and conservation, helping them launch their careers.
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Paid and Unpaid Student Internships offers a variety of paid and unpaid internships, fellowships, and other opportunities available at their Washington, D.C. headquarters, in ten regional offices and labs and research centers throughout the country.
Government & Law
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute provides paid summer and semester internships. Promising Latino undergraduate students experience what it’s like to work in a congressional office, while participating in weekly professional and leadership development and civic engagement through community service.
Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute Global Leaders Internship & Fellowship Program is a 15-week fall or spring internship program working in a congressional office in Washington, D.C.
Federal Diversity Internship Initiative, through The Washington Center, is a highly selective program that gives students first-hand insight into working for the federal government.
Sports
NFL Summer Internship Program aims to build a pipeline of talent for future opportunities, particularly the League’s Rotational Program.
MLB Summer Internship Program is designed to provide students interested in a career in sports with a unique opportunity to learn firsthand about the diverse business operations of baseball.
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) NEXT Internship Program employs college/university students in a 10-week summer program designed to introduce them to the world of NASCAR and motorsports industry.
Public Health
DSHS internships provide students with hands-on experience working on real-world public health projects that benefit Texans.
GET PHIT Internship Program is part-time paid internship program for students interested in gaining experience within health departments, non-profits, and health systems.
Technology
Code2040 connects diverse tech talent to the opportunity to spend a summer interning with the best tech companies in thendustry in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and New York City.
Uber Internship Program is a paid internship providing opportunities for populations traditionally underrepresented in tech. Open to undergraduate first- and second-year students (freshman and rising sophomores) from Community Colleges and Universities, Uber Internship program connects students interested in tech with full-time internships at Uber.
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