A first-year student from Boise, Idaho, interns at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as his interest in Art History grows. A civil engineering major fuels his passion to build skyscrapers while working at Turner Construction Company. A pre-med student works in finance for a summer and then lands a position at Goldman Sachs in Sydney; after an internship in global equity exposed her to options beyond medical school, a new career path was set. The world is their oyster.
More than 5,000 internships open to undergraduates every year. Opportunities to intern all-year round, not just in the summer (the New York City advantage). Professional guidance from the University’s Center for Career Education. Career fairs, resume workshops, tours of internship sites. A campus culture that values hands-on experience. Student-run businesses and a commitment to entrepreneurship. Longstanding ties to the major institutions of both New York and the world. Columbians running international corporations and financial firms, publishing houses and media outlets, arts organizations and cultural institutions, medical centers and research facilities, government agencies and non-profits.
A Columbia alumnus is Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA and has arranged for exclusive Columbia internships. |
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| The New York Stock Exchange, MTV, Lehman Brothers, HBO and St. Vincent’s Hospital - just five internship possibilities on the same subway line as Columbia’s campus. |
The Columbia Advantage
- Career Advising and Preparation – Learn how to promote yourself and make the most of the Columbia advantage.
- Targeted Career Fairs – Learn more about a job or internship that matches your interests and your major through the Engineering Career Fair, the Non-Profit Career Fair and other targeted fairs throughout the year.
- Initiatives that support you as you take advantage of New York City:
- Global Internship Programs:
- The EDGE Program in Scotland or Guatemala
- Columbia Experience Overseas in London or Hong Kong
- Summer Business Chinese and Internship Program in Shanghai
- Entrepreneurship programs:
- Information at your finger tips:
Recent internships have included:
- American Museum of Natural History
- Barclay’s Bank
- CBS Marketing
- CBS Sports
- Center for American Progress
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Ford Motor Company
- Goldman Sachs
- Greenpeace
- Lehman Brothers
- Lucent Technologies
- Miramax Films
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- MTV
- NASA
- National Basketball Association
- New Line Cinema
- New York City Ballet
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital
- New York State Attorney General’s Office
- The New York Times
- Office of Senator Hillary Clinton
- Public Theater
- Teach For America
- UBS
- United States Congress
- United States Department of Justice
- Variety Magazine
- World Bank