MAKING THE MOST OF THE INTERNSHIP OFFICE

The Internship Office at the Careers Service offers a range of unique schemes that provide Oxford students with research and professional work experience opportunities with organisations across the UK and around the world.

The Summer Internship Programme

The Internship Programme offers hundreds of summer internship opportunities in locations across the globe, all exclusively available to current, matriculated Oxford University students. They’re offered in a wide variety of sectors, and often come with funding support or travel scholarships. There are opportunities suitable for students of all levels of experience and of all years of study, from first-year undergraduates to final-year DPhils.

Examples of funded opportunities offered previously include: • Internships with world-leading international development organisations, such as the UN

Development Programme as well as development charities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. • Professional placements from multinational organisations like Mitsubishi in Japan and consultancy companies around the world. • Scientific research internships with universities and institutes in China, Brazil, Russia, Germany and more. • • Teaching positions in schools around the world. A wide range of arts and heritage internships, from theatres in the UK to museums in Russia.

The Internship Programme also offers access to placements in the UK, beyond the undergraduate internship schemes of the major graduate employers. Many Oxford-based opportunities frequently feature among these placements, with an increasing number of placements available within Oxford University itself, including colleges, departments, the Bodleian and the University museums.

The Internship Office strives to ensure that every placement, UK or international, comes with funding or assistance with travel or accommodation. Additional internship awards are also available for some internships.

UK internships advertised through the programme are paid at national minimum wage or above if the work is offered by a company in the for-profit sector. The internships are advertised from January each year, with application deadlines from February onwards.

Crankstart Programme

If you are a Crankstart Scholar, additional funding is available specifically for undertaking internships. You can apply for this at any point during your undergraduate studies. Internships can be sourced through our regular programmes, independently (directly with an employer) or through our Crankstart Exclusive Internships, which are advertised via a regular bulletin.

The Micro-Internship Programme

The Micro-Internship Programme offers convenient, short-term work placements with organisations based across the UK and beyond. Placements last two to five days, and take place in 9th week. They are available every term, and are open to all matriculated students.

Micro-internships are an excellent way to fit valuable work experience around your studies. Each placement offers the chance to gain useful insight into a particular sector while tackling a challenging work project that will make a significant difference to the internship host. Micro-internships are available in all sectors, from investment firms to consultancy, tech start-ups to heritage sites. Host organisations provide interns with travel and lunch expenses.

Mentoring Programmes

The Careers Service runs two mentoring programmes. The Crankstart Careers Mentoring Programme, exclusively for Crankstart Scholars, and the Promentor Programme, which matches selected mentees with a number of alumni mentors over the duration of their undergraduate degree. Both programmes handpick experienced professionals to suit the mentee’s area(s) of career interest, and encourage collaboration to explore aspects of a profession that may be of interest. Mentoring can be a great way to gain different perspectives, insight into certain sectors and develop key skills – among many other things.

More information

See the Our Internship Office section of our website: www.careers.ox.ac.uk/internships