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Can The Washington Center Match My Interest?

Your Interests Guide Our Search

Working from your application materials, including your resume, issues essay, and internship request statement, program advisors at The Washington Center develop a number of potential placements that match as closely as possible your goals and skills.

Interested officials at the possible placement sites contact you by phone to talk about the organization and the project(s) you would be assigned to. You choose the placement you want.

No two interns will have the same expectations and interests, so we work to tailor the potential placements to your stated interests. You will have the final say about accepting an offered placement.

All Majors

Because of the wide variety of public, private, international and non-profit organizations located in Washington, D.C., The Washington Center can successfully find internships for students from any academic major. Our placement sites work with the full range of majors, and we know where particular skills and interests might be in demand.

What You Could Be Doing

Our interns become involved in projects and settings as diverse as the many organizations in the Washington area. You might:

Help write business plans for arts organizations
Do quantitative analysis at securities firms
Study legislative proposals for tax incentives for renewable energy producers
Support directors of health clinics in low-income neighborhoods
Plan conferences for international food groups
Devise marketing strategies for professional sports teams
Produce television broadcasts for Spanish-language stations
Review budget requests from federal agencies
Monitor Congressional committees
Create databases for engineering firms
and much, much more...

The possibilities are as various as the missions and needs of the thousands of placement sites that use Washington Center interns.