The Summer Internship Programme: Sector List

The Summer Internship Programme advertises hundreds of summer internships, exclusively available to current, matriculated University of Oxford students. The internships offer full-time work for 2-12 weeks during the summer vacation.

Applications are now open for Round 3 of the 2023 Summer Internship Programme. Students don't have any limits on the number of application they can make this time and they can apply by Monday, 10 April on CareerConnect.

Browse the opportunities available by clicking on your sectors of interest to find out more.

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Academia Casa Maga, Performing and Visual Arts, film and teach in Costa Rica (SIP) 

Casa Maga is an Acting Academy in Heredia, Costa Rica with students from ages 6 to 45. Students receive acting classes once a week for cinema and theater. We're looking for Oxford interns interested in performing and visual arts to become part of this family during 6 weeks. You will be part of our family during four weeks, performing tasks related to filming, teaching, photography, branding, content creation for social media, script writing and fundraising. 

Kdm Communications, Marketing & Customer Care Internship, in-person or remote working (SIP) 

This is a great opportunity to enter the marketing industry, increase your scientific knowledge, join a very diverse company, and develop great administrative skills that will help you in any role you have in future. 

UWC Adriatic, Events, Communications and Fundraising Internship, Italy (SIP) 

UWC Adriatic is part of the United World Colleges network and a not-for-profit organisation that offers in the summer an exciting opportunity for anyone with a genuine interest in event organisation, fundraising and communications in an international educational institution. Can you identify with the UWC mission of making education a force to unite people, cultures and nations for peace and a sustainable future? Join UWD Adriatic in Northeast Italy in preparing for the 2023 Reunion! 

Copley Point Capital, Investment Analyst Intern, London (SIP) 

Copley Point Capital is looking for driven, personable and analytical Investment Analyst Interns to join its team. The role will be primarily based in London, but may require travel around the UK for sourcing, diligencing and transacting on opportunities. This will afford extraordinary exposure to real deal-making at an early stage in the candidate’s career. 

Future Planet Capital, Chairman intern, London (SIP) 

In this summer role as a Chairman at Future Planet Capital you will involved in the following: 
1.   Investment overviews and investment memorandums for three companies 
2.  The profiling of potential investors and partners 
3.  Joint publication of two thought leadership pieces around impact, public policy and university venture 

Akshar Foundation, Junior Teacher for Sustainable Development, India (SIP)  

Akshar Foundation has partnered with the Government of India to transform government-run schools into sustainable, holistic communities, combining the best of Occidental and Traditional Indian teaching methods. As a Junior Teacher, you will teach small classes at Akshar Forum model school, lead your own skills development project, and work to implement the new Indian model in government-run schools.    

Reliance Foundation, Global Development Internship, India (SIP) 

This internship provides an exciting opportunity for students to work for India’s largest private sector company, which is leading India’s transformation towards a more inclusive and sustainable future for all. 

Synergy Global, Human Rights/Social Development Consultancy Internship, Oxford (SIP) 

Interns can expect to work on a few projects over the course of the summer. We will choose these closer to the date of the internship to ensure that they suit the intern's profile and interests, as well as depending on the client work Synergy has at the time. However, internship projects will relate to the following three areas: client work, organisational learning and development, or operations. 

Tsinghua University, The Intercultural Communication and Teaching Internship, remote working (SIP) 

The Intercultural Communication and Teaching Internship aims to help students in underdeveloped areas of China to learn oral English and expand their horizons of the world. During the remote internship, Tsinghua University High School Education Foundation will also provide a Chinese Culture Learning Program for foreign participants to have a glimpse of Chinese History and Culture, and understand more about China and its people. 

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Agencies Collaboration Analyst internship, Geneva (SIP) 

What does it take to accelerate response to forced displacement? This internship opportunity is at the frontier of how 2 large UN organizations collaborate in the humanitarian, development and peace nexus using innovative approaches. The UNDP-UNHCR Global Collaboration Framework for Inclusion and Solutions is a first and innovative project including of nature, climate and the environment among the seven thematic areas.  

Pamela Steele Associates, Research Associate Intern, Kenya (SIP) 

Pamela Steele Associates (PSA) is a woman-owned and led niche management consultancy with a mission to ensure that no patient in low- and middle-income countries suffers due to lack of essential medicine. They specialise in Supply Chain Transformation for the public health sector through consultancy, research and training. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, PSA works with governments, International Non-Governmental Organisations and the United Nations. The intern will be involved in the many different aspects of PSA's research projects focusing on health and humanitarian supply chains. 

Synergy Global, Human Rights/Social Development Consultancy Internship, Oxford (SIP) 

Interns can expect to work on a few projects over the course of the summer. We will choose these closer to the date of the internship to ensure that they suit the intern's profile and interests, as well as depending on the client work Synergy has at the time. However, internship projects will relate to the following three areas: client work, organisational learning and development, or operations. 

Academia Casa Maga, Performing and Visual Arts, film and teach in Costa Rica (SIP) 

Casa Maga is an Acting Academy in Heredia, Costa Rica with students from ages 6 to 45. Students receive acting classes once a week for cinema and theatre. We're looking for Oxford interns interested in performing and visual arts to become part of this family during 6 weeks. You will be part of our family for four weeks, performing tasks related to filming, teaching, photography, branding, content creation for social media, script writing and fundraising. 

Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Archival Research Internship, Germany (SIP) 

The Intern will be working in the research department of the Herzog August Library and will be supporting the work of the research projects initiated as part of the Marbach Weimar Wolfenbüttel Research Association (MWW). During their stay the Intern will be also be given an introduction to other areas of the Herzog August Library – such as the Department for Book Restauration and Preservation or the Public Relations Department – and will have the opportunity to pursue their own research projects making use of the library’s holdings. 

Akshar Foundation, Junior Teacher for Sustainable Development, India (SIP)  

Akshar Foundation has partnered with the Government of India to transform government-run schools into sustainable, holistic communities, combining the best of Occidental and Traditional Indian teaching methods. As a Junior Teacher, you will teach small classes at Akshar Forum model school, lead your own skills development project, and work to implement the new Indian model in government-run schools.    

Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT), Teaching summer internship, Kent/Essex (SIP) 

TKAT is delighted to be working in partnership with the Department for Education on an internship programme that will offer students the opportunity to experience teaching in maths, physics, chemistry, computing and MFL (preferably French and Spanish). Interns will be offered a three week paid internship in a secondary school setting. 

Tsinghua University, The Intercultural Communication and Teaching Internship, remote working (SIP) 

The Intercultural Communication and Teaching Internship aims to help students in underdeveloped areas of China to learn oral English and expand their horizons of the world. During the remote internship, Tsinghua University High School Education Foundation will also provide a Chinese Culture Learning Program for foreign participants to have a glimpse of Chinese History and Culture, and understand more about China and its people. 

UWC Adriatic, Events, Communications and Fundraising Internship, Italy (SIP) 

UWC Adriatic is part of the United World Colleges network and a not-for-profit organisation that offers in the summer an exciting opportunity for anyone with a genuine interest in event organisation, fundraising and communications in an international educational institution. Can you identify with the UWC mission of making education a force to unite people, cultures and nations for peace and a sustainable future? Join UWD Adriatic in Northeast Italy in preparing for the 2023 Reunion! 

SEI, Oxford, weADAPT.org knowledge management Summer Internship, Oxford (SIP) 

weADAPT.org, established in 2007, is a global and collaborative knowledge sharing and learning platform on climate change adaptation and related issues. This internship presents an opportunity to support the development of the platform and enhance its usefulness to practitioners, researchers and policy-makers. weADAPT is undergoing an upgrade currently. 

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Agencies Collaboration Analyst internship, Geneva (SIP) 

What does it take to accelerate response to forced displacement? This internship opportunity is at the frontier of how 2 large UN organizations collaborate in the humanitarian, development and peace nexus using innovative approaches. The UNDP-UNHCR Global Collaboration Framework for Inclusion and Solutions is a first and innovative project including of nature, climate and the environment among the seven thematic areas.

Pamela Steele Associates, Research Associate Intern, Kenya (SIP) 

Pamela Steele Associates (PSA) is a woman-owned and led niche management consultancy with a mission to ensure that no patient in low- and middle-income countries suffers due to lack of essential medicine. They specialise in Supply Chain Transformation for the public health sector through consultancy, research and training. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, PSA works with governments, International Non-Governmental Organisations and the United Nations. The intern will be involved in the many different aspects of PSA's research projects focusing on health and humanitarian supply chains. 

Quanna, Research Intern - Sexual Wellness and Femtech, remote working (SIP) 

Quanna is a sexual wellness and femtech start up looking for a motivated intern to assist with research and strategy tasks and gain a better understand of this fast moving space. 

Yutu, Strategic Assistant intern, UK/hybrid (SIP) 

You will be a Strategic Assistant to the CEO and co-founder of YuTU, assisting the team with several aspects of product and go to market strategy. Working full time in this exciting and diverse role, you will be expected to be adaptable, confident, communicate with enthusiasm and learn quickly. 

 

Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Research Internships in Energy, Sustainability and Environment, Engineering and Manufacturing, China/in-person (SIP) 

Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) is pleased to invite a group of current Oxford students to take part in research internships in Wuhan, China. This year, HUST offers 17 different projects, which provide interns with challenging and meaningful scientific research experiences and Chinese cultural immersion classes over the summer. 

Quanna, Research Intern - Sexual Wellness and Femtech, remote working (SIP) 

Quanna is a sexual wellness and femtech start up looking for a motivated intern to assist with research and strategy tasks and gain a better understand of this fast moving space. 

SEI, Oxford, weADAPT.org knowledge management Summer Internship, Oxford (SIP) 

weADAPT.org, established in 2007, is a global and collaborative knowledge sharing and learning platform on climate change adaptation and related issues. This internship presents an opportunity to support the development of the platform and enhance its usefulness to practitioners, researchers and policy-makers. weADAPT is undergoing an upgrade currently. 

Yutu, Strategic Assistant intern, UK/hybrid (SIP) 

You will be a Strategic Assistant to the CEO and co-founder of YuTU, assisting the team with several aspects of product and go to market strategy. Working full time in this exciting and diverse role, you will be expected to be adaptable, confident, communicate with enthusiasm and learn quickly. 

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