On-campus internships can be a great way starting point for students interested in getting involved. There are various departments that offer diverse internship opportunities to help you gain valuable experience and develop transferable skills.
Click on the programs below to learn more about these individual internship opportunities.
Campus Internship Programs
- Peer Consultant Program
• The UCI Division of Career Pathways’ Peer Consultant Program helps students gain professional skills while helping their peers! Learn more at http://career.uci.edu/peer-program/ - UCDC Summer Internship Program
•The UCDC Summer Internship Program (UCDC) sends 40 to 50 outstanding undergraduate students to live and intern in Washington, D.C. for 10 weeks each summer. Students live and have the opportunity to take classes at the UC Washington Center in the heart of DC, just blocks from the White House. Learn more at https://civicengagement.uci.edu/ucdc. - University Studies 193 Field Study / Internship
• University Studies 193 | 2 - 4 units | This course allows students from all majors to receive credit for an approved internship on or off-campus. This course is managed online via UCI Canvas including assignment submissions as well as supplemental resources.
Programs by Academic Unit
- Arts
Claire Trevor School of the Arts + Humanities Art/History | https://www.humanities.uci.edu/arthistory/internships-general - Biological Sciences
School of Biological Sciences | https://ceb.bio.uci.edu/intern-programs/ceb-internship/ - The Paul Merage School of Business
The Paul Merage School of Business | https://merage.uci.edu/programs/undergraduate/career-services.html
- Division of Undergraduate Education
Division of Undergraduate Education - http://catalogue.uci.edu/allcourses/uni_stu/• UCDC / UC Center Sacramento - Academic Washington DC Internship | Course #170 | 4-8 Units | http://home.due.uci.edu/enrichment/
• University Studies - Advanced Internship in Undergraduate Education | Course #170 | 1-2 Units
• University Studies - Internship in Civic and Community Engagement | Course #181 | 2-4 Units
• University Studies - Internship | Course #193 | 2-4 Units | Email dcp-internships@uci.edu for information
- Education
School of Education | For grad students (future): https://grad.uci.edu/professional-development/teaching-internships/
- Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering | Civil Engineering: https://engineering.uci.edu/dept/cee/career-opportunities
- Humanities, Art History, Film/Media
- Information and Computer Science
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences | https://www.ics.uci.edu/ugrad/resources/index
- Interdisciplinary Studies
Interdisciplinary Studies | https://www.ethicscenter.uci.edu/awards/summersinternship.php
- International Center
International Center | https://ic.uci.edu/programs/volunteer.php
- Nursing
Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing | https://www.ucihealth.org/volunteer/patient-experience-internship-program
- Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | https://pharmscimentorship.wixsite.com/psmpuci/intern - Physical Sciences
School of Physical Sciences | https://ps.uci.edu/internship-programs
- Public Health
Program in Public Health | https://publichealth.uci.edu/ph/_documents/show_form/ucdc_uc_sac_info_checklist
- Social Ecology
School of Social Ecology | https://fieldstudy.soceco.uci.edu/
- Social Sciences
School of Social Sciences | https://www.ssarc.socsci.uci.edu/forstudents.php
- Student Affairs
• Administrative Internship Program | Course #198A/B/C | 4/4/4 Units | https://dos.uci.edu/adminintern.php - Sustainability
• Energize Colleges Internship | https://sustainability.uci.edu/energize-colleges/