Internship Ideas
Some of the possibilities available to International Relations majors in Washington DC:
- Africa Action
- Africa Society
- American Foreign Policy Council
- American Foreign Service Association
- Amnesty International
- Asia America Initiative
- Asian American Lead
- Asia Policy Point
- ASPIRA Association, Inc
- Association of American Universities
- Atlas Corps
- Business Council for Sustainable Energy
- California News Service
- Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict
- CBS News
- Center for American Progress
- Center for American Progress - Ethnic Media Team
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Center for National Security Studies
- Center on Politics & Foreign Relations
- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
- Congressional Management Foundation
- Council for Court Excellence
- D.C. Action for Children
- D.C. Mayor's Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
- Dershowitz Group
- Diaspora African Women's Network
- District of Columbia Office of Human Rights
- Economic Commission for Latin American & the Caribbean
- Education for Peace in Iraq Center
- Embassy of Canada
- Embassy of Greece - Cultural Section
- Embassy of Jordan
- Embassy of Mexico
- Embassy of the Philippines
- Embassy of the Republic of Korea
- Environmental Law Institute
- European Union
- Federal Reserve Board - Consumers Affairs and Community Development Division
- Georgetown's McDonough School of Business
- Grayling
- Hudson Institute
- Humanities Council of Washington, D.C.
- Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability
- Inter-American Foundation
- International Business Government Counsellors, Inc.
- International Business Law Firm
- International Center for Terrorism Studies (ICTS)
- International Center or Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
- International Child Art Foundation
- International Food Policy Research Institute
- International Law Institute
- International Organization for Migration
- International Rescue Committee
- International Trade Administration
- INTERPOL
- Kohn, Kohn, & Colapinto, LLC
- Latin American Working Group (LAWG)
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
- Libraries Without Borders
- Meridian International Center
- NAACP Economics Education Program
- NASA: Office of International and Interagency Relations
- National Association of Attorneys General
- National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
- National Council on U.S. Arab Relations
- National Defense University
- National Defense University - Center for Complex Operations
- National Defense University - Industrial College of the Armed Forces
- National Defense University - Institute for National Strategic Studies
- National Defense University - Institute of National Studies
- National Defense University - International Student Management Office
- National Geographic
- National Geographic Television
- National Governors Association
- National Human Services Assembly
- National Low Income Housing Coalition
- National Public Radio
- NHK Broadcasting
- Nixon Center
- Noetic Group
- Office of the Chief Financial Officer
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Office of the Secretary of Defense - International Security Affairs
- Oxfam America
- Peace Corps
- Plexus
- Prosperity Now
- Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch
- Public Justice Foundation
- Refugees International
- Sierra Club
- Smithsonian Folkways
- Smithsonian Museum of American History - Office of Special Events
- TechNet
- The Alliance for International Exchange
- The Cohen Group
- The Constitutional Project
- The Globalist
- The Humanities Council of Washington, D.C.
- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- The New Republic
- The Ocean Conservancy
- The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)
- The United States Conference on Mayors
- U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
- U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration - Trade Mission's Office
- U.S. Department of Commerce - Trade Missions
- U.S. Department of Education - Office of Postsecondary Education
- U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Homeland Security Council
- U.S. Department of Justice - Civil Rights Division, Coordination & Review Section
- U.S. Department of Justice - U.S. National Central Bureau Interpol
- U.S. Department of State
- U.S. Department of State - Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy & Labor
- U.S. Department of State - Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
- U.S. Department of Treasury - Office of Consumer Policy
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Department of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
- U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- U.S. House Committee on Foreign Relations
- U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- U.S. Treasury Department
- United Nations Development Program
- United States Trade Representative
- Voto Latino
- Washington Lawyers’ Committee - D.C. Prisoners' Project
- Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (ACLU/DC Prisoners’ Rights Projects)
- Washington Office on Latin America
- Washington Wine Academy
- White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
- Women's Foreign Policy Group
- Women for Women International
- Women for Women International - Japanese
- Women Thrive Worldwide
- World Affairs Councils of America
- World Jurist Association
- World Resources Institute - Funnel the Money Project
- Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
Major/Minor Credit
Many UCD majors and minors incorporate credits earned while completing an internship and/or an independent research project. Students in some programs have been able to use their Washington Program Internship (WAS 192) and Research Seminar (WAS 199) credits as substitutions for their major or minor requirements.
Check with your advisor to see if you can do this as well!