Sponsored Internships

Caption: Mehak Sarang ‘18, The Exploratory and STEMKit (formerly SeedKit), Nsawam, Ghana

Wellesley-Sponsored Internships

Internships can confirm a professional interest or lead to a surprising new path. They help translate theory into practice and get your foot in the door. While seeing your lecture come to life on the legislative floor is exciting, and securing a job as a result of a previous internship experience is fabulous, we know — and our students discover — that an internship provides so much more than that. Inevitably, internships help our students fully understand themselves and grow academically, professionally, and personally.

Step 1: Explore Opportunities

Signature Internship Programs

Through Career Education's signature internship programs, students gain professional skills, networks, deep immersion in their communities, and an aligned, purposeful career mindset. We achieve this through close collaboration with a variety of stakeholders, including domestic and international organizations on nearly every continent that provide unparalleled access to a wide-range of industries and experiences.

Deadline: Monday, December 2, 2019.

Explore Signature Internship Programs

More College-Sponsored Opportunities

Several academic departments and other institutional offices also offer internships or grants for unpaid student-identified internships for students to receive stipends for unpaid, summer internships. Explore additional opportunities and funding through these programs.

Deadlines vary.

Explore Additional College Internships & Grants

Grants for Student-Identified Internships

Wellesley Career Education offers opportunities for students to receive stipends for unpaid, summer internships that they find outside of placement-driven programs. Award amounts vary; most students will receive about $4,000. Deadline: Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Additionally, Wintersession Mini Grants are available for short-term Internships and job shadowing over wintersession. Deadline: December 2, 2019.

Explore Grants

Summer Internship Credit

Wellesley now makes it possible for you to obtain credit for many summer experiences, including internships, research, and volunteering. While the credit is neither required nor is it degree-bearing, Wellesley believes internships and other forms of experiential learning are an important complement to academics and should be acknowledged on official student records.

Deadline: Monday, June 15, 2020.

Learn more about Internship credit

Step 2: Complete your Application

How to Apply

Learn about application requirements and how to prepare your materials. Find application instructions and a link to the internship centralized application here.

Application instructions

FAQs

You've got questions, we've got answers. Take a look at the frequently asked questions for help with Signature Internships, Grants, and Internship Credit.

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Step 3: Experience

Internship Resource Toolkit

This document provides valuable guidance and resources to help plan your summer and navigate your internship environment. Covering an array of important topics including budgeting, accommodations, travel, health, and safety, this guide is a central resource for all internship students.

Access the Toolkit

Summer Syllabus & Learning Portfolio

Students receiving stipends and/or non-academic internship credit from Career Education should carefully review this document for information about program requirements and deadlines.

Review the Syllabus & Learning Portfolio

Newsletters

Our summer newsletters provide helpful information about program requirements as well as insights and resources relevant to the internship experience.

Newsletter 1: July 1, 2019
Newsletter 2: July 17, 2019
Newsletter 3: July 30, 2019
Newsletter 4: August 15, 2019

Calendar & Deadlines

Fall 2019

September

3: Learning Portfolio Assignments due for all students receiving stipends and/or credit from Career Education.
12: Internship Debrief Event. Required for all students receiving stipends and/or credit from Career Education. Register on Handshake.
15: Internship Evaluations due (Students and Supervisors)

October

1: Confirmation of summer internship credit (if successfully completed)
2: Signature Program Application Opens
23: Signature Programs Live Webinar Q & A. Register on Handshake.
29: Tanner Conference. Learn about your classmates’ summer experiences!

November

5: Signature Programs Live Webinar Q & A. Register on Handshake.

December

2: Signature Program Application Closes
20: Notification of Signature Programs Application Results

Wintersession & Spring 2020

January

7: Cover Letters due for Signature Programs Nominees

February

3: Grants Program application opens. Grants Program Live Webinar Q & A. Register on Handshake.
19: Grants Program Live Webinar Q & A. Register on Handshake.

March

3: Grants Program Application Closes
20: Notification of Grants Program Application Results

April

Career Education Pre-Departure Conference (date TBA)

May

15: Deadline for Grants Program Awardees to confirm their internship opportunities with Career Education

June

15: Internship Credit application closes for students not receiving stipends through Career Education.

Exploration Through Internships

89.7%

89.7% of Class of 2018 graduates had at least one internship during their time at Wellesley College

Funding Opportunity

$620,400+

awarded in 2018-19 for Wellesley-Funded Internships

Internship Impact on Career Readiness

94.7%

of Class of 2018 graduates stated that their internship contributed somewhat or quite a bit to their career readiness

Contacts

Lorraine Hanley ’98

Program Manager, Internships

Contact

2018–19 Credit for Internships

215

students received .5 non-academic credit for their summer internship experience

24

First Years

101

Sophomores

89

Juniors

1

Seniors