CCE Internships+ partners with employers from a variety of career fields and provides you with a QUALITY internship experience plus early career professional development programming.

Through CCE Internships+, you will develop an enhanced professional skill set intended to support you in the early stages of your career, gain hands-on professional experience in the field of your interest, and receive customized career counseling. In the past, students have held internships in the following industries:

  • Start-Ups

  • Media and Communications

  • Nonprofits

  • Financial Services

  • Biotech/Healthcare

  • Arts Administration

  • Technology

  • Legal Advocacy and more!

Find positions in the Spring 2025 Internships+ Positions Collection on LionSHARE, powered by Handshake.

Program Features 

CCE Internships+ offers a combination of an internship experience, CCE’s early career professional development programming and support from a career counselor.

Program features include:

  • Internship opportunity to build your portfolio, develop professional skills, and increase your network
  • Professional skills workshops and resources  to enhance your internship experience and  provide you with tangible tools for success in the early stages of your career and beyond
  • Access to one-on-one career counseling throughout the internship to support and enhance the experience
  • Reflection project and session designed to help you evaluate your growth and challenges during the internship experience and next steps
  • Select nonprofit positions within CCE Internships+ will receive a stipend award for expenses related to supporting this opportunity such as transportation, professional attire, and meals. The amount of the stipend award will be listed in the job description in LionSHARE.

Program Benefits 

You will:

  • Establish professional skills and industry knowledge related to your individual internship
  • Gain familiarity with workplace structure, including tools and techniques to manage responsibilities and share information
  • Strengthen goal-setting, time-management, organization, and communication skills
  • Expand your professional network through building relationships with program participants and colleagues 
  • Be able to articulate your internship experience to highlight key transferable skills for future career-related opportunities

Eligibility 

Eligibility

  • You must be a full-time currently enrolled student in both the fall and spring semesters in Columbia College, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, or School of General Studies
  • You must be able to commit a minimum of 8 hours per week to the internship opportunity and participate in CCE’s early career professional development trainings
  • International students need to apply for F-1 CPT (Curricular Practical Training) or Pre-Completion OPT (Optional Practical Training) as these are off-campus internship experiences. Visit the Columbia International Students & Scholars Office employment section to learn more
  • If you have already secured a spring internship on your own, you can opt-in to the program and receive CCE structured professional development

Application Process & Timeline

Looking for an internship?

Application Process

CCE Internships+ opportunities can be viewed on in the CCE Spring 2025 Internships+ Positions Collection on LionSHARE. Positions will be listed on a rolling basis.

To be considered for a CCE Internships+ position, submit the documents selected by the process in LionSHARE. Some opportunities may direct you to apply externally on the organization’s website.

Program Milestones

  • Students submit applications via LionSHARE
  • Employers will select candidates to interview either in person, by phone or video
  • Offers are made to candidates directly by Employers 
  • CCE hosts early career professional development trainings for all interns
  • Completes internship experience (virtual, in-person, or hybrid)
  • CCE hosts one-on-one mid-program check-in meeting with all interns
  • CCE reviews reflection project and hosts reflection session for all interns 

HAVE AN INTERNSHIP AND WANT TO JOIN CCE INTERNSHIPS+?

Sign up to join the CCE Internships+ program using this simple application form. (Note: opt-in applicants will not be eligible for funding)