INTERNSHIPS...don't leave Villanova without one!

The Internship Office is located in St. Augustine Center, Room 415.
Regular office hours are: Monday through Friday, 9:00am -5:00pm.

Office Phone: (610) 519-4232

Email: as.internship@villanova.edu

An academic internship is a pre-professional work experience, sufficiently rigorous so that students earn credit for participation. An internship is more formally defined as “any carefully monitored work or service experience in which an individual has intentional learning goals and reflects actively on what he or she is learning throughout the experience” (National Society for Experiential Education).

In today’s fast-paced environment, academic preparation needs to be accompanied by practical experience to land the type of job you want . . . or to gain admission to the right graduate school!

The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Internship Office works exclusively with liberal arts and science students to prepare them to compete for the best internship experience. We do this by working directly with students and employers and through our partnership with the Career Services Office. Working together as a team ensures optimum results.

Why should you complete an Internship? That’s easy. An internship gives you an opportunity to ‘test drive’ and confirm your career interests or show you that a change may be needed. It will build your resume by providing meaningful experience in the work world. The experience will help you enhance the skills employers seek. And, statistics show that internships contribute to career success. Consider these facts:

• Organizations consistently rate their internship programs as one of the top two
  methods (out of 18 possible options) to hire full-time, entry-level employees,
  and report that former interns make up over 40% of their entry-level employees
  (NACE, 2008 Job Outlook Survey)
• Employers offered 69.6% of their interns a full-time job opportunity for after graduation
  (NACE, 2008 Experiential Learning Survey)
• Employers reported offering higher salaries to new graduates who have co-op or
  internship experience than they do to those who do not have that experience
  (NACE, 2007 Job Outlook Survey – Student Edition)