LINKS TO INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

The Office of Career Services has created the following list based on suggestions and what has worked for students in the past.

Please be advised however that The UMW Career Services office does not endorse any particular website or program listed below. Consider utilizing Ripoff Report (a consumer driven site) to identify internship postings that may be a scam.

Local and regional internships (listings)

• Employ·An·Eagle (formerly eRecruiting)
• Virginia Space Grant Consortium

Regional and national internships (listings and general information)

• GetThatGig
• Campuscareercenter
• Collegecentral
• Internjobs
• College Recruiter
• InternPrograms
• One Day One Internship
• Internships.com
• InternWeb
• InternshipsUSA (username = work / password = credit)
• RisingStarInternships
• CampusInternships
• Externs.com
• Intern Zoo
• FastWeb
• The Riley Guide
• Job Search USA
• Collegegrad
• InternshipPrograms
• NY Jobs

Volunteer Opportunities

• Volunteer Match
• Volunteer.Gov
• Do Something

The following schools have excellent links to internship opportunities, sorted by field of interest/major

• University of Denver Career Center
• Longwood University Career Center
• Rutgers University Career Center

Medical / Health Summer research programs

• Biomedical (provided by RIT)
• Genetics (provided by RIT)
• Immunology (provided by RIT)
• General Pre-Med (provided by RIT)
• Pre-Vet (provided by RIT)
• National Institutes of Health
• CDC
• Ecology, Animal/Plant Bio, Marine Sciene (provided by RIT)

Public health (policy and advocacy)

• Advocates for Youth
• Alliance for Health Reform
• American Public Health Association
• American Medical Student Association
• Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
• Center for Food Safety
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Washington DC Department of Health
• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
• Families USA
• Food Research and Action Center
• Men’s Health Network
• NAADAC
• Mental Health America
• National Women’s Health Network
• Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Shared Hope
• Whitman-Walker Clinic

Political

• Political Jobs and Internships
• Policy Jobs and Internships

Science and Engineering

• Dice
• National Science Foundation
• American Society for Engineering Education
• Internships for Undergraduates in Chemistry, (provided by ACS)
• APA Science Directorate
• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
• Society of Physics Students
• Northrup Grumman
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• International Biopharmaceutical Association 
• Commonwealth STEM Industry Internship Program
• Commonwealth STEM Facebook Page
• Merck
• Dominion Virginia Power
• Physics Today
• Naturejobs.com
• Naval Research Laboratory
• Nuclear Energy Institute
• Association for Women Geoscientists
• Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (REU)
• U.S. Geological Survey
• The Foundation on Economic Trends
• SAIC
• Science.gov
• Oceans Research (International Biology/Environmental Science Opportunities)

International*

UMW Affiliated Programs:

• Knowledge Exchange Institute (worldwide)
• Global Learning Semesters (worldwide)
• International Studies Abroad (worldwide)
• AIFS (worldwide)
• The Education Abroad Network (internships in Australia and throughout Asia):
• Cultural Experiences Abroad (CEA) (worldwide)
• Athena Study Abroad (internships available in the United Kingdom)
• GlobaLinks (AsiaLearn, AustraLearn, and EuroLearn) (worldwide)
• CAPA (worldwide)

Other:

• Internabroad
• Working Abroad
• Global Experiences
• Students Go Abroad
• Intern Exchange
• AIESEC
• BUNAC
• Europlacement
• Institute of International Education
• Phi Beta Dingo (Australia/Asia Internships)
• CRCC Asia
• absoluteinternship (Summer internships in London,Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Barcelona)
• CIS Abroad
• Absolute Internships (Professional internships in London, Barcelona, Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing)
• IEM
• the Greenprogram.com

*For students wishing to do an internship as part of their study abroad experience, please make sure to collaborate both with the Office of Career Services and the Center for International Education.

New York Metro Area

• Internships with the City of New York
• New York City Interns

Journalism/Media Entertainment

• 4entertainmentjobs
• Entertainment Jobs
• Media411
• Entertainment Careers
• International Radio and TV Society Foundation
• Walt Disney World
• Voice of America
• Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Magazine Publishers of America
• National Public Radio
• Media Research Center
• NBC4 News Washington DC
• WETA – Washington DC
• Fairfax Public Access
• ABC News 7 Washington DC
• WUSA – 9 – CBS – Washington DC
• WPFW (Washington, DC)
• The Virginia Quarterly Review
• Richmond Magazine
• The Washington Opera
• The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
• MTV
• Journalism Jobs
• J-Jobs, from University of California, Berkely Graduate School of Journalism
• Greenpeace USA, Media/Communications Internship 

Sports Related

• California League Baseball
• Frontier League Baseball (Midwest)
• Keystone Baseball (MidAtlantic)
• All Major League Baseball Team Jobs / Internships
• Washington DC Wizards
• Washington DC Mystics
• Washington DC Capitals
• NFL Teams Job Board
• Work in Sports Jobs and Internships
• DC United
• Potomac Nationals
• Richmond’s Flying Squirrels
• Teamwork Online

Women’s Interests

• Women’s Policy
• National Women’s Studies Association

The Arts

• ArtJob
• Creative Hotlist
• Art Schools
• MoMA

Museum Interests/ Preservation

• National Gallery of Art
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Museum of Modern Art
• American Association of Museums
• Virginia Association of Museums
• Smithsonian
• Navy Museum – Washington, DC
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• National Air and Space Museum
• The Hermitage Foundation (Norfolk, VA)
• The Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, VA)
• PreserveNet
• The History Factory
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Museum Employment Resource Center
• DC Area Museums
• The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation

Environmental/ Outdoor / Conservation

• EPA
• National Park Service
• Cyber-Sierra’s Natural Resources Job Search
• Student Conservation Association
• The Humane Society of the U.S.
• Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
• National Wildlife Federation
• Association of Zoos and Aquariums
• Environmental Jobs and Opportunities
• Sierra Club
• National Audubon Society
• Green Dream Jobs
• Back Door Jobs
• Greenpeace USA
• Sustainable Business Jobs 

Nonprofit

• Idealist
• Disability Resource Center
• Opportunity Knocks 
• Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN)
• Future Leaders in Philanthropy
• nonProfit-Jobs.org
• Encore Careers
• Council on Foundations

Spanish

• Spanish Education Center

VA State Government

• Virginia (Government and Non-Profit Opportunities)

Washington DC / Federal (Various)

• DCinternships
• Common Cause
• Democracy Matters
• The Washington Center
• Washington Internship Institute
• Washington Internship
• Presidential Classroom
• USA Jobs
• Making The Difference
• Federal Government Internships
• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
• Homeland Security and Development of the National Terrorism Advisory System (general information about studying or pursuing a career with Homeland Security or national security )
• To intern with a specific state Senator, go directly to that Senator’s website

Specific Federal Government Agencies

• USA.gov (A – Z index of government agencies and organizations)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• National Security Agency
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Defense Intelligence Agency
• Department of Homeland Security
• U.S. Secret Service
• Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
• U.S. Department of Justice
• The White House
• The Supreme Court
• National Institute of Health
• Internal Revenue Service
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• U.S. Department of Energy
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Department of Education
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Department of State
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• U.S. Department of Interior
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Naval Surface Warfare Center – Dahlgren
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Office of Communications (Office of Justice Programs)
• U.S. Department of Transportation
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Federal Communications Commission
• Federal Reserve Board
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• NASA
• National Transportation Safety Board
• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
• U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Social Security Administration
• National Archives and Records Administration
• Department of Commerce
• Library of Congress