Through UCS-sponsored internship programs, on-campus recruiting, and internship databases, Undergraduate Career Services offers access to numerous internship opportunities.
Yale Internship Websites
The opportunities listed in the following databases may be available to any student and are not necessarily sponsored through a Yale department.
The Center for International and Professional Experience Website provides a database of international summer programs that is searchable by region, country, language, and more.
Internships Through Interviewing
On-campus recruiting provides students with opportunities to interview with representatives of the country's leading employers.
Yale-Sponsored Internship Programs
Positions are available specifically to Yale students through these structured internship programs.
International Programs
UCS-Sponsored Programs
Yale Undergraduate Career Services works with organizations around the world to present opportunities to Yale College undergraduates.
- International Bulldogs - This program allows students to gain career experience and broaden their perspectives by working and living abroad for eight or nine weeks during the summer.
- Fred Packard Yale World Fellows International Experience - Connect with future leaders from around the globe by participating in summer internships hosted by current or former Yale World Fellows. A limited number of awards are available to help underwrite students’ travel and living expenses.
- Unite for Sight - Unite for Sight, an organization dedicated to empowering communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness to provide internship opportunities in Ghana.
- Cultural Vistas - Cultural Vistas is a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of international practical training opportunities for young professionals.
Yale-Sponsored Programs
Numerous summer opportunities are available to students coordinated by Yale departments outside UCS.
- AIESEC Yale - With over 110 countries in its network, the Yale chapter of AIESEC, the world's largest student run organization, offers international internship opportunities in a wide range of sectors and geographies.
- The MacMillan Center Internships - The MacMillan Center is Yale’s principal agency for encouraging and coordinating teaching and research on international affairs, societies and cultures around the world.
- Yale-China Association Summer Internship Program - The Yale-China Summer Service Internship Program matches Yale undergraduate students, including graduating seniors, from all majors and disciplines with non-profit organizations in Hong Kong and Kunming, China.
U.S. Programs
UCS-Sponsored Programs
UCS and Yale Alumni work directly with employers to develop meaningful summer internship positions for Yale students in a variety of career fields. These opportunities are unique to students in Yale College.
- Establishing Pathways for Women in Politics - This program is designed to encourage Yale undergraduates to pursue political careers by participating in challenging internships with elected representatives in congress or in other political arenas. A limited number of awards are available to help underwrite students’ travel and living expenses.
- Pascale International Fellows - The Pascale International Fellowship at the William J. Clinton Foundation provides the opportunity for a funded summer experience with the Clinton Global Initiative in New York.
- Paul Block Journalism Internships - Paid internships at the award-winning, family-owned newspapers the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Toledo Blade are offered to Yale students who seek a summer experience in the fast-paced arena of daily journalism.
- Bulldogs Across America (BAA) - The BAA program offers internship positions in a variety of U.S. cities providing students with the opportunity to work, engage with the community, and connect with local alumni.
- Chinatown Community Service Health Internship - In collaboration with Goldman Sachs, Yale College offers two paid internships each summer at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in New York.
- Yale in Hollywood - Students may participate in internship opportunities in the film and entertainment industries in the Los Angeles area while networking with Yale alumni established in the business.
- Yale Alumni Community Service Fellowship (YACSF) - The Yale Alumni Community Service Fellowship program places undergraduate and graduate/professional students in funded, eight-week, domestic and international community service positions.
Yale-Sponsored Programs
Numerous summer opportunities are available to students coordinated by Yale departments outside of UCS.
- Yale Athletics Internship Program - Since 1994, the Yale Athletic Department has offered internships providing students with valuable and varied hands-on experience in the operation of a successful Division I intercollegiate athletic program.
- Dwight Hall Internship Opportunities - Founded by undergraduates in 1886, Dwight Hall has evolved into a nonsectarian, independent, non-profit umbrella organization that offers students social justice work opportunities in New Haven and beyond.
- President's Public Service Fellowship - The PPSF provides opportunities for Yale students to work on behalf of economic development, human development, and neighborhood revitalization with public sector and nonprofit organizations in the City of New Haven.
- Yale Science and Engineering Research Internships - Yale offers a variety of programs tailored to the individual needs of students in the sciences, ranging from interdepartmental programs such as STARS and Perspectives on Science to department-based programs and other opportunities to perform research in Yale laboratories.
- Yale Sustainable Food Project Internships - The Yale Farm summer internship offers the opportunity to learn about and gain hands-on experience in sustainable agriculture, food production in the Northeast, and local food systems.
Internship Websites
While there are numerous useful internship-advertisement sites, the list below represents some of the most popular sites, as well as others focused in cities where the majority of Yale alumni reside.
Major National Job Boards
The Association of Yale Alumni reports that over two-thirds of their members live in one of seven major cities. Some of the major regional job boards for these communities are included:
