The University Internship Programs is an interdisciplinary program
that coordinates and administers the academic and administrative
components of internships for U.Va. students in more than 50
undergraduate majors and concentrations in the College of Arts and
Sciences. The program is intended and designed to provide students with
academically relevant classroom content and a field placement which
builds on knowledge and skills learned from study in their major and in
the social sciences generally. The majority of students participating
in the UIP are in the College of Arts and Sciences; however,
participation is open to students from other schools. In addition to
the College, UIP interns have included students from the McIntire
School of Business, Curry School of Education, School of Engineering
and Applied Science, and the School of Continuing and Professional
Studies.

The UIP combines academic instruction and work experience in an
applied setting under the supervision of UIP liaisons, faculty members
and field sponsors. The interdependence of the classroom-field
combination involves intentional learning that supports interns'
academic, career and personal interests. The UIP field placement is a
meaningful, closely monitored, career-related, major-related and/or
interest-related work experience that extends interns' learning beyond
the classroom to non-profit organizations, government agencies, and
for-profit businesses. The upper-level Sociology and Psychology UIP
seminars provide interns with a structured classroom environment to
actively reflect on their field placements and to discuss and learn
about themselves, their professional areas of interest, the workplace,
and life in organizations.

Through its "To-Go" program option, the UIP offers U.Va. students
the opportunity to participate in internships outside of the
Charlottesville area and abroad. The UIP develops opportunities for and
the mechanisms by which U.Va. students are able to integrate academic
and applied experiences in the context of service within public and
private organizations, and to make contributions to society and to the
local and global communities; thereby extending the public service
mission of the University of Virginia.

Since its beginning in 1976, the UIP has placed approximately 7,500
U.Va. interns in public and private sector organizations in the
Charlottesville area. A conservative estimate of the value of UIP
interns' contribution and service from 1976 through AY 2009-10 to
organizations in the Charlottesville area is $15.8 million dollars.

Please see Program Overview & Eligibility on the left sidebar for more information about the UIP.