Undergraduate Internships and Other Opportunities

You will find below opportunities in international affairs, public policy, human rights, government, and policy consulting organized by geographic location and/or field.

General Resources

Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania
Foreign Policy Association Job Board
American Association for Public Opinion Research’s Job Bank
SIPA Career Fact Sheets
SAIS Career Guides and Resources
Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs’s International Careers Guide
Kennedy School’s Career Gateway Guides
Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs’s Website
SAIS Special Research and Fellowship Opportunities
SAIS Guide to Effective Resumes

Summer Fellowships & Training Programs

Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy’s Summer Program for Undergraduates
PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Princeton University
ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the University of Michigan
Institute for International Public Policy’s Fellowship Program

New York City Internships

Foreign Affairs

Council on Foreign Relations
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
International Center for Transitional Justice
United Nations Foundation
Coalition for the International Criminal Court
Human Rights Foundation
Council of the Americas / Americas Society
Asia Society
United Nations Population Fund
Peace Dividend Trust
Human Rights First
Revenue Watch Institute
List of Various Columbia University Centers & Institutes
North American Congress on Latin America
World Policy Institute
Asia Catalyst
The Global Network for Public Interest Law
Doctors’ Without Borders
Carnegie Council for Ethics in Foreign Affairs
EastWest Institute
Global Justice Center
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
International Rescue Committee
American Jewish Committee
National Committee on United States-China Relations
New York City Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol
Scholars at Risk
Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict
Human Rights in China
Humanity in Action
International Center for Transitional Justice
Madre
Rainforest Alliance

Domestic Public Policy

Brennan Center for Justice
Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
New York Federal Reserve
Clinton Foundation
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office
List of New York Senators and Representatives
Legal Aid Society
Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrants Rights
American Civil Liberties Union
Social Science Research Council

Washington, D.C. Internships

Foreign Affairs

Brookings Institution
Center for Strategic and International Affairs
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
U.S. State Department
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Center for Economic & Policy Research
Washington Office on Latin America
U.S. Office on Colombia
Arms Control Association
Atlantic Council
European Institute
U.S. Agency for International Development
Bank Information Center
Council on Hemisphere Affairs
Office of U.S. Trade Representative
Center for International Environmental Law
Inter-American Development Bank
Organization of American States
Center for Justice and International Law
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission)
International Justice Mission
Migration Policy Institute
British American Security Information Council
American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative
Council of the Americas / Americas Society
Guatemala Human Rights Commission
Inter-American Dialogue
Latin American Working Group
National Democratic Institute
Academy for Educational Development
Bank Information Center
Center for International Policy
National Security Archive
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Center for Hemispheric Defense
Amazon Watch
Ashoka
Banyan Global
Center for Global Development
Refugees International
Pew Hispanic Center

Domestic Public Policy

Brookings Institution
Center for American Progress
Cato Institute
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Department of Justice
National Resources Defense Council
Federal Trade Commission
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security Internship
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
American Political Science Association
League of Latin American Citizens

U.S. Policy Internships Outside of Washington, D.C. and New York City

Center for Justice & Accountability
The Advocates for Human Rights
Council of the Americas / Americas Society
USAID’s Africa Bureau
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
Acción (Boston, MA)
Amazon Watch (San Francisco & Malibu, CA)
Annunciation House (El Paso, TX)
Carter Center (Atlanta, GA)
Center for World Indigenous Studies (Olympia, WA)
Cultural Survival (Cambridge, MA & Boulder, CO)
Grassroots International (Boston, MA)
International Development Exchange
English for Action (Providence, RI)

Latin America Internships

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Central American Bank of Economic Integration
Andean Development Bank
Inter-American Development Bank
Centro de Recursos para Análisis de Conflictos
UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Latin America Offices
Red de Seguridad y Defensa de América Latina
Acción
Atraves (Managua, Nicaragua)
Conectas (São Paulo, Brazil) Contact Muriel Soares
Fundación Directorio Legislativo (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Finca (Many locations) Contact Amelia Kuklewicz
Justiça Global (Rio, Brazil)
La Pedrera (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala)
Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos International (Many locations)
Poder Ciudadano (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Nouvelle Vie Haiti (Haiti)
Ser para Hacer (Quito, Ecuador)
Asociación de Voluntarios para el Servicio en Areas Protegidas (San José, Costa Rica)
Fronteras Unidas Pro Salud (Baja California, Mexico)
La Fundación Paniamor (San José, Costa Rica)

Europe Internships

International Fund for Agricultural Development
International Commission of Jurists
International Institute for Humanitarian Law
The Global Network for Public Interest Law
INTERPOL
International Criminal Court
Westminster Foundation for Democracy
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Court of Justice
International Committee of the Red Cross
Center for International Environmental Law
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization
The Hague Conference on Private International Law
UN Institute for Disarmament Research
UN Institute for Training and Research
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
UN International Computing Centre
International Committee of the Red Cross
UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research institute
International Labor Organization
International Organization for Migration
International Telecommunications Union
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
International Service for Human Rights
World Conservation Union
World Food Program
World Health Organization
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
World Intellectual Property Organization
World Organization for Animal Health
Food and Agriculture Organization
European Court of Human Rights
Human Rights in China
Humanity in Action
British American Security Information Council

Africa Internships

United Nations Office in Nairobi
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Special Court for Sierra Leone
African Development Bank
Economic and Social Research Foundation
East Africa Center
Uganda Village Project
USAID’s Africa Bureau

Asia Internships

Asia Pacific Economic Commission
Human Rights in China

Middle East & North Africa Internships

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Carnegie Middle East Center

Political Risk Internships

Aon Corporation
Business Monitor International
Control Risks Group
CountryWatch.com
Eurasia Group
Exclusive Analysis
Fitch Ratings
IHS Energy
FTI Consulting
Kreller Business Information Group
Kroll
Medley Global Advisors
Oxford Analytica
Scowcroft Group
Smith Brandon International
Stratfor
Southern Pulse

For a longer list check out Political Risk Explored and SAIS’s guide.