Denison’s 30+ career professionals help you identify internship opportunities, prepare for interviews, and stay connected to employer pipelines. You’ll receive support to fully utilize learning and networking opportunities during an internship — and effectively communicate the skills you’ve developed afterward.
A career advantage that sets you apart.
$1 million in internship stipends
We back up our belief in career experiences by ensuring that cost doesn’t prevent you from accepting valuable career opportunities. If an internship you would like to pursue is unpaid or low-paid, Denison provides stipends to supplement your compensation.
Committed to helping you find internships
Get 1:1 support from 30+ career professionals as you prepare for interviews, maintain connections, and build pipelines with major employers to give you more opportunities.
Where recent students have landed internships:
Unique internship opportunities
Denison reimagines how you gain career experience in distinct ways, including:
- Exclusive internships — Our relationships with alumni and major employers create career experiences available only to Denison students. Through carefully curated internship pipelines, these internships provide hands-on learning, mentorship, and professional exposure.
- Micro-internships — Unique to Denison, micro-Internships are short-term, paid, professional projects, designed to help rising sophomores and juniors build skills, explore careers, and grow their networks.
- Global internships — Many off-campus study programs now offer global internship placements to provide a broader world perspective, which is valuable to global companies and organizations. Through global internships, you’ll gain experiences that few of your peers can claim.
Signature career experiences
With 200+ on-campus career programs, we help you develop the skills, experiences, and relationships that prepare you to land your top job and build a life.
Journey Career Discovery Program — Denison’s exclusive Journey Program helps you turn overwhelming career choices into clarity. Through reflection, exploration, and career path planning, you’ll identify your strengths, values, and interests, imagine multiple possible futures, and develop actionable plans for your time at Denison. You’ll leave with possible career pathways, alumni connections, and a clear plan for putting your ideas into motion.
Graduate & Professional School Preparation — Get advice on pre-professional and graduate schools, and access to guidebooks and standardized test prep materials for everything from the GRE to the GMAT, plus free Kaplan resources. And we support you in pursuing international fellowships, such as Fulbright.
Big Red Career Expo — Twice each year, 100+ representatives from highly desirable employers and graduate schools, including Google, Oracle, McKinsey, Bath & Body Works, Chipotle, Warner Bros. Discovery, Edelman, Bank of America, Cardinal Health, Nationwide, and Ford, converge on our campus to recruit students for full-time jobs and internships.
Career Treks — These short, exploratory company site visits give you understanding and professional knowledge to plan your future with confidence. Our Career Treks programs are varied to cater to a range of experiences and interests that align with our career communities, from consulting & business to healthcare & clinical research.
Career-Ready Bootcamps — Through three-day winter-break workshops taught by career services professionals, you’ll build essential professional skills, designed to help you master career basics, explore industries and career paths, fine-tune your interviewing skills, articulate your experiences, and boost your confidence.
Research & Clinical Experiences — Gain meaningful, hands-on experience through research and clinical programs on campus and beyond. Opportunities range from off-campus summer research programs, including Ohio SURE, to distinctive experiences such as the Community Health Coach Program, where students learn alongside healthcare professionals and work directly with patients in the local community.
FAQ
Yes. If the internship you’re interested in is unpaid or low-paid, Denison may offer stipends to help bridge the compensation gap so that cost won’t stop you from pursuing valuable career experiences.
The Journey Program is Denison’s career discovery program, rooted in design thinking and guided by career experts. You’ll move through four steps: Reflect, Imagine, Plan, Build, to gain clarity and confidence, develop three actionable career plans, connect with alumni in areas of interest, and leave with an action plan.
Exclusive internships are opportunities available only to Denison students through alumni and employer relationships and curated internship pipelines. Micro internships are short-term, paid professional projects (typically 40 hours) designed for rising sophomores and juniors to build skills, explore careers, and grow networks. Global internships are placements connected to many off-campus study programs, offering international experience and a broader perspective.