An internship is a structured and supervised professional experience for which a student has intentional learning goals, reflects actively on what they are learning, and receives academic credit.

Benefits of an Internship:

• Experience: Internships give you valuable real world work experience in a professional job setting.
• Competitive Edge: Students graduating with internship experiences, in general, are more likely than students without those experiences to find employment upon graduation (National Association of Colleges and Employers Journal 2017).
• Career Exploration: Internships allow you to explore potential careers to help you choose what professions would fit best.
• Professional Skill Development: Interns are engaging in substantive work requiring problem solving, communicating with clients, and project management. The majority of an intern’s time is spent engaged in professional activities.
• Networking: An internship facilitates the development of professional contacts that may help you in the future
• Personal Development: You will develop a personal work ethic and be able to investigate your career interests, prospective career goals, and your approach to a professional workplace

Recent internships undertaken by Politics & IR majors have included: 

• Intern at Embassy of Papua New Guinea, Washington DC
• Intern for Mayor’s Office of Human Services, Homeless Services Program, Baltimore MD
• Legal intern at the law offices of Stanley J. Ellenberg, Esq., Philadelphia PA
• Campaign intern for Steve Grossman for Governor, Boston MA
• Conference management intern at Institute for Humane Studies, Arlington VA
• Intern at U.S. Mission to the United Nations, New York , NY
• Research intern at Greek Liaison Office, Macedonia
• Intern with International Medical Corps, Chad 
• Intern with Tagesspiegel newspaper, Berlin, Germany

Visit our pages on Organizations in the Philly Area and Organizations Outside of the Philly Region for more ideas on where to intern.