Want to gain a competitive edge in your future career? Internships can help you develop valuable job skills, gain practical work experience, and explore potential career paths—all while learning in a real-world environment. Many physics students seek internships within their chosen field.
Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program
The Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program helps prepare physicists for careers in industry and government labs. We believe an advanced degree should help you land a job and prepare you for a successful career. Students who successfully complete the program will earn an applied physics master’s degree.
This program includes coursework, professional development, and a 9-month paid internship. The internship salary helps offset the cost of tuition. The program offers focus areas in Optical Materials & Devices or Semiconductor & Photovoltaic Device Processing.
Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program
UO Science Literacy Program
The UO HHMI Science Literacy Program aims to improve scientific awareness and general science literacy of UO non-science majors by enhancing competence in and appreciation of science. Undergraduate junior- and senior-level science majors can participate in learning and teaching as Undergraduate Science Literacy Program Scholars.
Undergraduate scholars can participate in designing a 100-level science course for non-science majors at the university level, pairing with faculty from one of the participating departments (biology, chemistry, earth sciences, or physics), and experiencing university instruction from the other side. The program offers outstanding opportunities for undergraduates to develop educational and communication skills by assisting with course development, lecture preparation, lecture presentation, in-class demonstrations, and office hours. Scholars will receive a stipend award, paid through their student account, for participating in the program.
Graduate students can participate in teaching as Science Literacy Program Graduate Fellows. Fellows are directly involved in designing a 100-level science course for non-science majors at the university level, supporting faculty from one of the participating departments (biology, chemistry, earth sciences, or physics) and helping to design curriculum. The program offers outstanding opportunities to develop educational and communication skills by assisting with course development, lecture preparation, lecture presentation, in-class demonstrations, and office hours. Science Literacy Graduate Fellows will have a portion of their FTE paid by the Science Literacy Program, which is funded in part by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Student Academy to Inspire Learning
The University of Oregon’s Summer Academy to Inspire Learning (SAIL) pre-college program inspires middle and high school students from low socioeconomic, first-generation and underrepresented backgrounds from across the state of Oregon to pursue, enroll and succeed in higher education by providing first hand experiences with faculty, volunteers, college student mentors and university campus resources. We offer hybrid programs, with a mix of in-person and virtual experiences.
Get Help Finding Internships
The University of Oregon Career Center provides career and job search assistance, offers strategies for choosing a career, and helps connect students with local and global internship opportunities. Students participating in internships can earn up to 12 upper-division credits in a 10-week term.
IE3 Global Internships
Would you like to earn internship credits toward your major while living and working abroad? The IE3 Global program offers internships at over 100 different organizations in 50 countries, where students can earn credits toward their major or university requirements.
Learn about IE3 Global Internships
Attend a Career Fair
Career, internship and job fairs occur throughout the academic year. Stop by to discover opportunities within your area of interest.