It’s tempting to make assumptions about the type of internship, volunteering, or other work experience you’re supposed to pursue with a particular major.
The truth? An IR major — or any Tufts major for that matter — doesn’t limit you to only 1 or 2 career paths. In reality, there are many, many possibilities! Take a look at the chart below, which provides samples of places where Tufts students have interned in recent summers (industry, organization name, position, title, and location). As you review the listings, consider the following:
- While you’ll certainly see some common themes in the types of internships, what we want you to notice is the variety in the industries and organizations where students are working.
- A second major, though helpful for some positions, is by no means required.
- Do some of these organizations sound interesting? Jot down the names and go to their websites to learn more. Do they list jobs or internships that appeal to you, whether for now or sometime in the future?
- Search tip: This is an extensive list. Try using CTRL+F to search for an organization, e.g., U.S. Department of State, or an industry of interest, e.g., Communications & Media.
We encourage you to chat with a career advisor if you’d like help with brainstorming more potential experiences that could match well with your interests.
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| Industry | Organization | Position Title | Location | Double Major, if applicable |
| Healthcare/Biotech/Pharma | Acetylon Pharmaceuticals | Biology Department Research Intern | Boston, MA | Biology |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | ActBlue | Intern | Somerville, MA | Environmental Studies |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | AES World Languages and Cultures Institute | Director of Community Programs & Interim Director of Language Programs | Boston, MA | Quantitative Economics |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | AES World Languages and Cultures Institute | Language Programs Coordination Intern | Boston, MA | German |
| Finance & Consulting | Albright Stonebridge Group | Summer Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Finance & Consulting | AlphaSights | Research Intern | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | Economics |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | American Friends Service Committee | Programs Intern | Harare, Zimbabwe | |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | Amigos de las Américas | Project Supervisor | Chitré, Panamá | Peace & Justice Studies |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | Armenian National Committee of America | Leo Sarkisian Intern | Washington, DC | Arabic |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | The Asia Foundation | Intern, Women’s Empowerment Program | Washington, DC | Economics |
| Government & Think Tank | Atlantic Council | Strategic Foresight Initiative Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Government & Think Tank | Australian Institute of International Affairs | Research and Projects Intern | Canberra, Australia | |
| Government & Think Tank | Baker-Polito Committees | Finance Intern | Boston, MA | |
| Government & Think Tank | Bipartisan Policy Center | Communications Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Healthcare/Biotech/Pharma | Boston Children’s Hospital, Office of Government Relations | Government Relations Intern | Boston, MA | Community Health |
| Law | Boston Court Service Center at the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse | Intern | Boston, MA | Economics |
| Law | Boston Lawyers Group | Press Relations Intern | Boston, MA | |
| Healthcare/Biotech/Pharma | Boston Medical Center, Pediatric Growth and Development | Growth and Development Intern | Boston, MA | Community Health |
| Engineering/Energy | BP | Commodity Risk Intern | Chicago, IL | Economics |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | BritishAmerican Business | Program Assistant | New York, NY | Spanish |
| Healthcare/Biotech/Pharma | Brookside Community Health Center | Family Services Intern | Jamaica Plain, MA | Psychology |
| Government & Think Tank | Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) | Research and Programming Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | Catalyst | Membership Intern | New York, NY | Spanish |
| Law | Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) | Public Policy & Advocacy Intern | Silver Spring, MD | Italian Studies |
| Start-up/Entrepreneurship | CEEI Guadalajara | European Projects Assistant | Guadalajara, Spain | Economics |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | Center for Catalyzing Change India | Youth Division Intern | New Delhi, India | Spanish |
| Government & Think Tank | Center for International Policy | Transparency and Accountability, Africa | Washington, DC | |
| Environmental/Wildlife | Ceres | Development Intern | Boston, MA | Environmental Studies |
| Finance & Consulting | Charles Schwab | B to B Marketing Intern | San Francisco, CA | Economics |
| Start-up/Entrepreneurship | Chicago Ideas Week | Strategic Partnerships Intern | Chicago, IL | French |
| Arts & Museum | China Residencies | General Intern | Brooklyn, NY | English |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | Chinese Progressive Association | Eva Lowe Fellow / Seeding Change Fellow | San Francisco, CA | Economics |
| Finance & Consulting | CID Consulting | Business Development Assistant | Cairo, Egypt | |
| Government & Think Tank | City of Little Rock, Mayor’s Office | Summer Intern | Little Rock, AR | |
| Government & Think Tank | Civilian Complaint Review Board | Community Outreach and Program Development Intern | New York, NY | |
| Environmental/Wildlife | Clean Water Action | Community Organizer | Montclair, NJ | German |
| Communications & Media | Clear Channel Media and Entertainment | Promotions Intern | Denver, CO | History |
| Environmental/Wildlife | The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium | Group Sales & Marketing Intern | Columbus, OH | Economics |
| Government & Think Tank | Congressman Max Rose | Legislative/Multipurpose Intern | Washington, DC | Economics |
| Government & Think Tank | Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard’s District Office | Intern | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Government & Think Tank | Consulate General of France in Boston | Intern in the Office of Science and Technology | Boston, MA | |
| Government & Think Tank | Consulate General of France in Chicago | Cultural Service Intern | Chicago, IL | French |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | Corporate Accountability International | Non-Profit Administration Internship | Boston, MA | Community Health |
| Government & Think Tank | Council on Foreign Relations | Meetings Intern | New York, NY | |
| Government & Think Tank | Council on Foreign Relations | National Program and Outreach Intern | New York, NY | |
| Government & Think Tank | Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) – Foreign Affairs Magazine | Advertising and Marketing Intern | New York, NY | Economics |
| Start-up/Entrepreneurship | Cuisine en Locale | Business Development Intern | Somerville, MA | |
| Communications & Media | David R. Godine, Publisher | Editorial Intern | Boston, MA | English |
| Engineering/Energy | Dell EMC | Marketing Intern | Hopkinton, MA | |
| Finance & Consulting | Deloitte Chile | Consulting Intern | Santiago, Chile | |
| Communications & Media | DigitasLBi | Strategy & Analysis Intern | Boston, MA | Economics |
| Healthcare/Biotech/Pharma | Doctors Without Borders | Field Human Resources Intern | New York, NY | Community Health |
| Environmental/Wildlife | Earthwatch Institute | Development Intern | Boston, MA | |
| Government & Think Tank | EastWest Institute | Communications Intern | New York, NY | |
| Government & Think Tank | Economic Policy Institute | Peterson Fiscal Policy Intern | Washington, DC | Economics |
| Government & Think Tank | Ed Markey Campaign for Senate | Fellow | Cambridge, MA | Political Science |
| Start-up/Entrepreneurship | EdTrips | Development Coordinator | Boston, MA | History |
| Government & Think Tank | ELIAMEP (Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy) | Research Intern | Greece | |
| Government & Think Tank | Embassy of Pakistan | Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Government & Think Tank | Embassy of Uruguay, Department of Economics and Commerce | Economic Research Intern | Washington, DC | Economics |
| Government & Think Tank | Empire State Development | Assistant to International Director | Buffalo, NY | |
| Start-up/Entrepreneurship | Enbiotix, Inc. | Business Development Intern | Cambridge, MA | Biology |
| Start-up/Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurial Finance Lab | Summer Associate | Cambridge, MA | Quantitative Economics |
| Environmental/Wildlife | Environment America | Global Warming Solutions Intern | Washington, DC | Environmental Studies |
| Finance & Consulting | Ernst & Young | Auditing Intern | Hangzhou, China | |
| Government & Think Tank | Executive Office of the Mayor, District of Columbia Government | L.E.A.D. (Leadership, Engagement and Development) DC Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Finance & Consulting | Federal Reserve Bank of New York | Financial Institution Supervision Summer Analyst | New York, NY | Economics |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | The Foundation Center | International Data Relations Intern | New York, NY | Child Study and Human Development |
| Government & Think Tank | Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies | Research Intern | Tbilisi, Georgia | Russian Eastern European Studies |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | Global Partnerships | Green Technology Field Associate | Managua, Nicaragua | Economics |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | GlobalSolutions.org | Government Relations Research Associate | Washington, DC | |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | GoodWeave USA | Development Fellow | Washington, DC | |
| Law | Greater Boston Legal Services | Legal Intern | Boston, MA | Child Study and Human Development |
| Environmental/Wildlife | Green Corps/The Fund for the Public Interest | Green Corps Intern | Boston, MA | |
| Finance & Consulting | Grosvenor Fund Management Limited | Summer Analyst | Tokyo, Japan | Economics |
| Government & Think Tank | The Hague Institute for Global Justice | Research Fellow | The Hague, Netherlands | |
| Communications & Media | Havas Worldwide | Account Intern | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | Healing Kashmir | Intern | Srinagar, Kashmir, India | |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | Heartland Alliance Refugee and Immigrant Community Services | Resettlement and Placement Intern | Chicago, IL | |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | HIAS/RSC Austria | Resettlement Intern | Vienna, Austria | |
| Finance & Consulting | HSBC Global Markets | Summer Analyst | New York, NY | Economics |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | Human Connections | Marketing and Growth Intern | Bucerias, Mexico | |
| Government & Think Tank | IBC | Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | Immigration Hub | Assistant to Director of Federal Advocacy | Washington, DC | Political Science |
| Government & Think Tank | Institute for Policy Studies | Foreign Policy in Focus Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Government & Think Tank | Institute for the Study of War | Turkey Research Intern | Washington, DC | Middle Eastern Studies |
| Government & Think Tank | International Food Policy Research Institute | Research Assistant | Washington, DC | Economics |
| Government & Think Tank | International Institute for Counter-Terrorism | Research Intern | Herzliya, Israel | |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | International Institute of New England | Administration Intern | Boston, MA | |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | International Peace Bureau | Outreach Coordinator | Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | International Rescue Committee (IRC) | Asylee Program Intern | Silver Spring, MD | |
| Government & Think Tank | Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information | Research Assistant, Intern | East Jerusalem, Israel | |
| Finance & Consulting | J.P. Morgan | Corporate Analyst Development Program Intern (Operations) – Internal Technology Consulting | New York, NY | Psychology |
| Government & Think Tank | Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs | Marketing and Research | Jerusalem, Israel | French |
| Communications & Media | KNBC Los Angeles | Investigative News Intern | Los Angeles, CA | Film and Media Studies |
| Law | Law Offices of the Public Defender | Law Clerk (Legal Intern) | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Spanish |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | Let’s Get Ready | Development and Programming Intern | Boston, MA | Economics |
| Government & Think Tank | Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development | Intern to the Director of Policy | Boston, MA | |
| Government & Think Tank | Massachusetts Export Center | International Market Research Assistant | Boston, MA | Economics |
| Healthcare/Biotech/Pharma | Massachusetts General Hospital, Neuroendocrine Unit | Research Assistant | Boston, MA | Environmental Studies |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition | Citizenship and Civic Engagement Fellowship | Boston, MA | Economics |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance | Summer Fellow | Boston, MA | Environmental Studies |
| Start-up/Entrepreneurship | MassChallenge | Creative Intern | Boston, MA | |
| Government & Think Tank | MassGOP | Intern | Boston, MA | Political Science |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | MassVOTE | Communications Intern | Boston, MA | |
| Healthcare/Biotech/Pharma | McLean Hospital, Behavioral Health Partial Hospital Program | Clinical Research Assistant | Belmont, MA | Psychology |
| Government & Think Tank | Meridian International Center | Professional Exchanges Division Intern | Washington, DC | Economics |
| Law | Middlesex District Attorney’s Office | Special Investigations Unit College Intern | Woburn, MA | History |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | MINDS Foundation | Research Associate | Remote | Economics |
| Start-up/Entrepreneurship | MIT Solve | Communications Intern | Cambridge, MA | |
| Research | National Defense University | Research Intern | Washington, DC | Arabic |
| Communications & Media | NBCUniversal | International Marketing Intern for New Release | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) | International Accompanier | Guatemala | |
| Government & Think Tank | New America | Cybersecurity Initiative Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Research | Northeastern University Marine Science Center, Helmuth Lab | Summer Research Intern | Nahant, MA | Environmental Studies |
| Healthcare/Biotech/Pharma | Nyaya Health | Research and Data Intern | Achham, Nepal | Community Health |
| Government & Think Tank | O’Neill and Associates | Government Relations Intern | Boston, MA | |
| Government & Think Tank | Office of Akihisa Nagashima, House of Representatives, National Diet of Japan | Student Intern | Tokyo, Japan | Russian Eastern European Studies |
| Government & Think Tank | Office of Congressman Joe Garcia | Legislative Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Government & Think Tank | Office of Governor Deval Patrick | Government Affairs Intern | Boston, MA | Arabic |
| Government & Think Tank | Office of Senator Ed Markey | Intern | Washington, DC | Political Science |
| Government & Think Tank | Office of Senator Bill Nelson | Summer Intern | Miami, FL | History |
| Government & Think Tank | Office of Senator Patty Murray | Intern | Seattle, WA | English |
| Law | Office of the Attorney General of MA | Non-Legal Intern | Boston, MA | |
| Government & Think Tank | Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Analysis and Program Evaluation | Force and Infrastructure Analysis Summer Fellow | Washington, DC | Economics |
| Start-up/Entrepreneurship | Omidyar Network | Summer Associate | Redwood City, CA | |
| Communications & Media | Pearson | Business Analyst | Boston, MA | |
| Environment/Wildlife | PennEnvironment | Climate Defender Intern | Philadelphia, PA | Environmental Studies |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | Refugee Immigration Ministry | Case Management Intern | Malden, MA | Arabic |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | The Refugee Response | Farm Intern | Cleveland, OH | Peace and Justice Studies |
| Government & Think Tank | Representative Carl Sciortino | Communications Intern | Medford, MA | Political Science |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | RESPOND, Inc. | Development & Communications Intern | Somerville, MA | |
| Law | Ropes & Gray LLP | Strategic Initiatives Intern | Boston, MA | |
| Education | Sakae Institute of Study Abroad | Education Consultant | Cambridge, MA | |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | Santa Fe Council on International Relations | Summer Intern | Santa Fe, NM | |
| Government & Think Tank | Shaanxi Provincial Government, China | Web Management Intern | Shaanxi Province, China | |
| Arts & Museum | Smithsonian Office of Facilities Management and Reliability (OMFR) | Strategic Writing and Editing Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Environment/Wildlife | Solstice Initiative | Fellow | Boston, MA | Environmental Studies |
| Government & Think Tank | Strategic Research and Communication Centre | Student Intern | London, UK | |
| Government & Think Tank | Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy | Policy Advocacy and Government Relations Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Finance & Consulting | Teneo | Strategy Intern | New York, NY | |
| Communications & Media | Today’s Zaman | Writer | Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Real Estate | Tokyu Kensetsu (Tokyu Construction) | International Division Intern | Tokyo, Japan | Japanese |
| Education | Tufts European Center | Summer Staff | Medford, MA | Economics |
| Education | Tufts Office of Sustainability | Programs Intern | Medford, MA | Spanish |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Agency for International Development | Press and Congressional Outreach Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | U.S.-Asia Institute | Political Affairs Intern/Program Assistant | Washington, DC | Chinese |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service | International Development Intern | Washington, DC | Economics |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of Defense | Cost Assessments Nuclear Nonproliferation Fellow | Arlington, VA | Quantitative Economics |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of Defense, Acquisition Resources and Analysis/Enterprise Information | Acquisition Visibility Intern | Arlington, VA | History |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of Defense, CAPE | Cost Analysis Fellow – Advanced Systems Cost Analysis Division | Washington, DC | Economics, Arabic |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy | Volunteer Student Intern | Washington, DC | Chinese |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of State | Foreign Service Management Intern | Cotonou, Benin | Africana Studies |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of State | Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of State | Office of Refugee Admissions Summer Intern | Washington, DC | Quantitative Economics |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of State | Foreign Service Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | Community Relations Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs | Iraq Program Intern | Washington, DC | Arabic |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) | Junior Program Officer | Washington, DC | |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Institute | Transition Center Intern | Arlington, VA | |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of State, Office of eDiplomacy | Intern | Washington, DC | Computer Science |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of State, U.S. Mission to the EU | Public Affairs Intern | Brussels, Belgium | |
| Government & Think Tank | U.S. Department of State, Ukranian Embassy | Political Sector Intern | Kyiv, Ukraine | Russian Eastern European Studies |
| Engineering/Energy | UGE International | Business Development Intern | New York, NY | English |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNAGB) | Education Intern | Boston, MA | History |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | United Nations Office of the Bahai International Community | Research Assistant Intern | New York, NY | Economics |
| Nonprofit: Human Services | United Planet | Alumni Relations Coordinator | Boston, MA | Economics |
| Research | University of Maryland, Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism | Research Intern | College Park, MD | Arabic |
| Research | University of Miami User Experience Laboratory | User Experience Intern | Miami, FL | Human Factors Engineering |
| Healthcare/Biotech/Pharma | UpToDate | Marketing Intern | Waltham, MA | Economics |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | Washington Office on Latin America | Sally Yudelman Intern for the Mexico and Migration Program | Washington, DC | Latin American Studies |
| Communications & Media | WBUR (NPR Boston) | Newsroom Intern | Boston, MA | |
| Law | Winston Law Group LLC | File Clerk | Somerville, MA | |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | Women and Public Policy Program | Undergraduate Intern | Cambridge, MA | |
| Government & Think Tank | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Communications Intern | Washington, DC | |
| Nonprofit: Advocacy | World Bank Group | Intern | Washington, DC | Spanish |
| Consumer Products & Business Services | XO Group Inc. | Marketing Intern | New York, NY | |
| Law | Youth Advocacy Division | Undergraduate Intern | Somerville, MA |
