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Internships
All SIPA students are required to fulfill a minimum of 3 credits in an internship. Internships may be performed both during the academic year and in the summer between the first and second years. Although the summer break is an ideal period to do an internship, students may also wish to consider the possibility of combining internships with classes during school semesters.
Internships provide an opportunity to test your value in the job market and are an excellent way to explore and better define areas of professional interest. Students should investigate internship possibilities through the Office of Career Services (OCS) as soon as possible, and may also wish to consult the EPS alumni list, EPS faculty, and the Program Assistant for further suggestions. It is important to be aware that in the past, many EPS students have found the contacts made through internships extremely helpful in their job searchs.
EPS students are encouraged to visit SIPA's Office of Career Services (OCS) as a first step in finding an internship.
There are a wide range of internship opportunities available. Here are some places SIPA students have had found rewarding internships:
United States Government
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Department of State
- U.S. Department of Treasury
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. General Accounting Office
- NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
State and Local Government
- California Public Utilities Commission
- NYC Department of Environmental Protection
- NYC Department of Sanitation
- NYC Office of Management and Budget
- Pierce County (Washington) Solid Waste Division
- Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission
Government - Non-U.S.
- Czech Ministry of the Environment
- Government of Brazil, Trade Bureau
- Government of Mexico
- Government of Nicaragua
- Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
- Colombian Ministry of the Environment
International Organizations
- Climate Treaty Secretariat
- Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change
- UNEP
- UNDP
- UNIDO
- World Bank
- Ecology International (Kazakhstan)
- UN Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific (Thailand)
Private Corporations
- Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc.
- Booz, Allen, Hamilton
- Hagler Bailly
- ICF, Inc.
- McLaren Hart
- Solomon Brothers
NGOs
- Ford Foundation
- World Wildlife Fund
- Esquel Ecuador Foundation (Ecuador)
- PROCESS (Philippines)
- Center for Our Common Future (Switzerland)
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Natural Resources Defense Fund
- INFORM, Inc.