Internships & Experiential Learning
Launch Your Public Health Career with an Internship
Internships provide valuable opportunities for University of Michigan School of Public Health students to apply public health skills and coursework concepts within a work setting, explore career preferences and goals, and build meaningful connections within the public health field.
Internships are required for all residential Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA), and Master of Health Informatics students. Undergraduate, Master of Science (MS), and PhD students are welcome to complete internships if they choose to do so. While students are responsible for finding, securing, and completing their internships, the School of Public Health provides support for students throughout the process. Students can search for internship postings, sign up for career coaching appointments, and register for employer events and workshops using the Careers Gateway.Internship Organizations
Below are examples of organizations where Michigan Public Health students have interned within the various Public Health Career Fields.
- Eli Lilly and Company - Industrial Hygiene Intern
- NSK Corporation, NSK Americas - Environmental Health and Safety Intern
- Breathe Project - Air Quality and Environmental Public Health Fellow
- Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment - Intern
- Boeing - Occupational Health and Safety Intern
- Church & Dwight Co.- Toxicology Intern
- Comcast - Environmental Health and Safety Intern
- Women for a Healthy Environment - Environmental Health Fellow
- Henry Ford Health System - Research Design & Analysis Intern
- Center for Global Health Equity - Research Intern
- Detroit Urban Research Center - Graduate Research Assistant Intern
- Regeneron - Intern
- Veteran Affairs Medical Center - Infection Control Intern
- Merck - Epidemiology Operations Intern
- Washtenaw County Health Department - Firearm Data & Informatics Intern
- Oakland County Health Division - Epidemiology Intern
- Michigan Center for Respiratory Virus Research and Response - Research Assistant
- Boston Scientific - Urology Biostatistic Intern
- Henry Ford Health - Health Policy Intern
- Feeding Michigan Families - Policy Research Assistant
- Global Health Action - Health Policy, Research and Advocacy Intern
- Center for Health & Research Transformation - Health Policy Intern
- Our National Conversation - Healthcare Policy Writer Intern
- Institute of Health Policy and Innovation - Analyst Intern
- Gift of Life Michigan - Administration and policy Intern
- Health Policy Matters - Intern
- District 10 Health Department - Health Planner
- Michigan Public Health Institute - Graduate Student Intern
- Monroe County Public Health Department - Emergency Preparedness Epidemiology Intern
- American College of Chest Physicians - Health Equity and Inclusion Intern
- The Nature Conservancy - Innovation Intern
- Michigan Clinicians for Climate Advocacy - Community and Clinical Engagement Intern
- National Science Foundation - Building Water Systems Intern
- Growing Forward Together - Intern
- Food Gatherers -Community Engagement Intern
- Michigan League of Conservation Voters - Our Water Activist Intern
- Consumer Advocate Network - Educational Outreach Intern
- The Farm at St. Joe's - Farm and Nutrition Intern
- Henry Ford Health - Employee Wellness Intern
- Michigan Medicine - Administrative Intern
- Ballad Health - Administrative Intern
- Cleveland Clinic - Graduate Intern
- Southwestern Michigan Behavioral Health - Administration and Policy Intern
- Health Alliance Plan - Healthcare Administration Program Development Intern
- Alacura Health - Administrative Intern
- Henry Ford Health - Intern
- UC Irvine Health - Administrative Intern: Clinical Support Services Department
- Vista Grand Villa - Administrative Intern
- Stanford Healthcare - Graduate Administrative Intern
- Elevance Health - Consulting Intern
- Deloitte - Summer Consulting Associate
- Accenture - Management Consultant
- Vizient - Solution Strategy and Management Intern
- The Chartis Group - Summer Consultant
- Benchmark Risk Group - Intern
- FTI Consulting - Risk and Litigation Consulting Intern
- Mercer Government Human Services Consulting - Government Financial Health Consulting Intern
- Plante Moran - Healthcare Consulting Intern
- Three Point Health Care - Dietetics Intern
- Michigan Medicine Metabolism Endocrinology and Diabetes - Dietetics Intern
- Wolverine Wellness - Student Services Assistant
- Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) Michigan - WIC Student Intern
- Michigan Medicine Integrative Family Medicine - Intern
International Student Requirements
If you are a student on an F1 visa applying for an internship or Applied Practice Experience (APEx) that is not located at the University of Michigan you will need to file a Curricular Practical Training (CPT) visa application through the University of Michigan's International Center. Please note that regardless of whether the internship is paid or unpaid, you need to file for CPT. Please begin this process early as CPT Authorization takes 1-2 weeks to process and requires several documents that may take time to compile. Current students can view additional details on the Heights.
Undergraduate Internships
MPH Internships & APEx
MHSA, MS, MHI & PhD Internships
Internship Field Notes Video Series
Get an insider's view into recent internships completed by Michigan Public Health students through the Field Notes video series: