UCSD - The Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies

Career Services
Internships at IR/PS
The value of an internship is in exploring possibilities, developing contacts, and extending and obtaining new skills and insights. Career Services works throughout the first year of IR/PS to direct students toward the best internship for them. IR/PS interns have worked all over the world in a scope of jobs that transcend their IR/PS specialties. Check out our recent stats on 2005 interns, or descriptions of their experiences in their own words.

The map below highlights a few of the diverse internships held by IR/PS students in the last few years.

Sector Summaries
Internships in Management:
Interns work in a variety of firms in fields such as finance, strategic marketing, supply chain management, and corporate social responsibility and consulting with Fortune 500 firms and small businesses working in the international business environment.

Internships in Politics and Public Policy:
Interns work with U.S. and foreign government agencies, as well as political research and advocacy groups across a wide range of interests including diplomacy, trade promotion and education policy.

Internships in International Development and Nonprofit Management:
Interns work with international nonprofits, as well as in the development policy field. Development interns have worked on refugee return issues, health initiatives and in microfinance.

Internships in International Environmental Policy:
Interns have worked with advocacy organizations and multilateral actors on Environmental policy issues ranging from forest conservation, cross border watershed management and agricultural production issues.