Internship Opportunities
There are a wide variety of internship possibilities open to students majoring in physics. Summer is the most popular time to take an internship and you should start planning in the fall semester for the following summer since many deadlines for applications are early in the New Year. Internships can be very valuable in guiding you toward a specific career and in forming direct connections with companies that you are interested in for future full time employment. Internships within the Department of Physics, at National Laboratories or participation in a summer program at a University, such as the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, sponsored by the NSF, are an excellent introduction to basic research and the techniques involved and provides a valuable experience that will help you in deciding whether graduate school would be a good option.
Some Internship Opportunities for Physics Majors Summer 2007
Internship Program Links
Research Fellowships in Engineering at Purdue. (765) 496-2349 or (765) 494-2122 Application form Physics 217.
Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) at Cornell University
Chicago Public Schools Summer Fellows Program
Division of Educational Programs
DOE - Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) and Education Programs and Activities at the U.S. Department of Energy
Feminist Majority Foundation Internship Program
Fermilab IPM - Internship for Physics Majors
Fermilab's Education Office
High energy density physics
IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program
Jet Propulsion Laboratories
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
Material Processing Center at MIT
Mount Holyoke College Internship Program
NASA Jobs
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education - Grad Student Opportunities
Physical Sciences Internships at College of Science Purdue University
Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS)
Roche Diagnostics in R'D
Sandia National Laboratories Summer Technical Student Internship Program (California)
School of Arts - Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Internships
Science Education Internships at The Children's Museum - Emily Clossin (317) 334-3830
Solar Astrophysics
Summer Intern Programs at Fermilab
SURFO -Summer Undergraduate Fellowships in Oceanography
Teaching Internships
Teaching majors or students who are pre-service teachers
Technical Student Internship Program (New Mexico)
The Purdue Interns for Indiana Summer Program
UNAVCO is looking for a number of student summer field assistants to work as part of a regional engineering
team to perform station siting, reconnaissance installation of permanent GPS and strainmeter instruments in the western US including Alaska.
U.S. Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Scholarship and Fellowship Program
Walt Disney Internships
Women in Science and Engineering Summer Internship Program at Iowa State
Research Fellowships in Engineering at Purdue. (765) 496-2349 or (765) 494-2122 Application form Physics 217.
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
All NSF sponsored REU's
Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) at Cornell University
Contact Information for All NSF sponsored REU programs
Purdue University, Department of Physics, Research Experience for Undergraduates
REU at the University of Florida in the Particle Engineering Research Center
REU in Materials Research at Cornell
Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC) is
The University of Oklahoma physics Undergraduate Summer Research Program
UNLV Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program
University of California, Los Angeles REU
US NSF - Funding - Research Experiences for Undergraduates
On GOOGLE, conduct a search on "Science Internships", "Science undergrad research", "Physics Internships" or "Physics Undergraduate Research".
Center for Career Opportunities at Purdue
Register on CCO Express, search for companies, and refer your resume to participate in on-campus interviewing. Register on CCO express, choose "Job Listings" and search for internships on our CCO express database.
