Internships
The value of an internship is in exploring possibilities, developing contacts, and extending and obtaining new skills and insights. Career Services works throughout the students' first year of IR/PS to direct them toward the best internship given their career interests. IR/PS interns have worked all over the world in a wide scope of jobs that transcend their IR/PS specialties.
Read what employers are saying about recent interns, or check out our recent statistics about 2008 internships. You can also find quotes from IR/PS Globetrekkers in regions of the world including Asia, Korea, China/Taiwan, Japan, United States, Latin America, and Africa/Europe. Internships are in a wide range of settings and fields, including:
International Development and Nonprofit Management interns work with international nonprofits, foundations, and in the development policy field. Development interns have worked on refugee return issues, health initiatives and in microfinance.
International Economics interns work with U.S. and foreign government ministries, private firms, and research think tanks on trade policy, exchange rate management and economic forecasting.
International Environmental Policy interns work with advocacy organizations and multilateral actors on environmental policy issues ranging from forest conservation, cross border watershed management and agricultural production issues.
Management interns work in a variety of firms in fields such as finance, strategic marketing, supply chain management, and corporate social responsibility and consulting with Fortune 500 firms and small businesses working in the international business environment.
Politics and Public Policy interns work with U.S. and foreign government agencies, as well as political research and advocacy groups across a wide range of interests including diplomacy, trade promotion and education policy.
