Career Services, University of Pennsylvania

Penn Internship Programs
Internships Offered through Penn

For exact deadlines, please visit each program's page

International

Summer Research in Mongolia (January 15, 2012)
Summer Internship in India (deadline end of February )
Penn in Botswana (deadline end of February)
Penn Abroad's Searchable Study Abroad Program Database offers tips for finding international internships

Research

Penn Social Entrepreneurship Mentoring (SEM) Program (deadline mid-February)
Penn in Botswana (deadline end of February)
Penn Undergraduate Environmental Health Scholars Program (deadline April 1)
The Summer Undergraduate Minority Research Program (deadline February 1)

Public Service & Policy

Summer Internship in India (deadline February 1)
Penn in Botswana (deadline end of February)
Penn Public Service Internship Program (deadline March)
Civic House Philadelphia Nonprofit Internship Program (check website for deadline)

Other

Media Internships through RealArts@Penn (deadline mid-January)

Penn Undergraduate Environmental Health Scholars Program
Paid Summer Internship Program for Undergraduates

Special Topics include:
Science, Engineering, and Health Careers Exploration; Graduate School Application Discussions; Scientific Integrity and Research Ethics; Hot Topics in Environmental Health; Weekly Field Trips to Community Environmental Sites or Agencies

Candidates from under-represented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Application Information: http://www.med.upenn.edu/ceet/STEERProgram.shtml
For more information, e-mail: wolfma@uphs.upenn.edu

Penn Public Service Internship Program
Through the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships
A 12-week multi-faceted summer program that immerses approximately 20 undergraduates in real-world problem solving in the West Philadelphia-Penn community. At the core of the internship is an action-oriented, ABCS seminar, "Faculty-Student Collaborative Seminar on Community Based Problem-Solving, Research, Teaching, and Learning: West Philadelphia and Penn as an Experiment in Progress."

Application Deadline: end of February
For more information, please visit: http://www.upenn.edu/curf/research/summer/penn-in-program-for-public-service-internship-program.html

The Summer Undergraduate Minority Research Program (non-Penn students also eligible)
To prepare top candidates to pursue careers in health services research, the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI), the Health Care Systems Department of the Wharton School, and the VA Center of Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) are co-sponsoring a summer program for rising undergraduate sophomores, juniors and seniors from underrepresented minority groups, or anyone interested in exploring the field of health services research. The SUMR program provides students with an opportunity to receive a stipend to conduct health services research on a topic of their choice, under the guidance of Penn faculty. The program is funded in part by a grant from CHERP.

Application Deadline: February 1
For more information, please visit: http://www.upenn.edu/ldi/sumr/

Penn Social Entrepreneurship Mentoring (SEM) Program

The flagship Program of the Penn Social Entrepreneurship Initiative attaches Penn students over the summer months to successful social entrepreneurs who have had the experience of founding and leading social enterprises. The Penn SEM Program is differentiated from standard summer internships because it offers students the opportunity to be mentored directly by a successful social entrepreneur leading one of our partner organizations.

Application Deadline: mid-February
For more information, please visit: http://www.pennsem.org/

Media Internships through RealArts@Penn
A project from the College of Arts & Sciences intended to support creative Penn undergraduates doing art in the realm of practice. RealArts@PENN is sponsoring six paid summer internships. In 2011 these internships included MTV Networks, Rolling Stone magazine, Brooklyn Films, Philadelphila Magazine, Granary Books, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. RealArts pays a stipend to work in such venues. And RealArts internships and programs are open to students in all four undergraduate schools. Preference is given to sophomores and juniors, but seniors may apply.

Penn in Botswana
Information about and materials required for the Penn in Botswana program can be found by clicking on the pdf linked below. Internship activites fall under the headings: Health Policy and Manpower, Veterinary Medicine, Archeology/Anthropology, Education, Law, Industry and the Environment, and Business.

Sponsored Penn Department of Biology and Parternships for International Research and Education (PIRE)

Advancing the training of graduate and undergraduate students is a major goal of the project. Both Ph.D. students and undergraduates are directly involved in the field research each summer at the Lake Hövsgöl ILTER site. The site is very remote, requiring 2-3 days travel from Ulaanbaatar, and does not have running water or electricity. Housing is in gers - traditional Mongolian structures, which are warm and weatherproof. Due to site limitations, students must be in good health and adaptable.

Sponsored by the Piramal Foundation Partnership with Penn’s Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), these internships are with NGOs in different regions of India.

Though these are not Penn programs, students can apply to them through Penn Abroad. In order to search for study abroad programs that offer internships and other experiential learning opportunities, select "Internships" from the "Additional Features" list under "Parameters."

The Civic House Philadelphia Nonprofit Internship Program is designed to assist the work of Philadelphia area nonprofit organizations through providing funds to University of Pennsylvania undergraduates to support semester-long internships at the organization. The Civic House Philadelphia Nonprofit Internship Program will enable students to learn more about the work that area nonprofits are involved in as well as actively participate in the Philadelphia community in a productive and meaningful way.