The Derby Entrepreneurship Center’s Entrepreneurial Internship Job Program connects hiring managers from startups, small businesses, nonprofits, or new programs within large companies or government agencies with Tufts students for internships.
Tufts students benefit by gaining real world experience working directly in an organization. Employers benefit by recruiting and developing early stage talent from a pool of students who come from all backgrounds, all around the world.
Fall And Spring: Internship For Credit
For Fall and Spring, students have the option of taking an entrepreneurial internship under the supervision of a faculty member. They may receive 3 graded academic credits for 120 hours of work per semester. Students can take this course for credit a maximum of two times during their tenure at Tufts.
Summer: Entrepreneurial Internship Grant
For the summer, students who receive an offer for a 10-week long, 200 hour internship within an eligible entrepreneurial company may apply for a $4,500 Entrepreneurial Internship Grant through the Career Office’s summer grant program.
Examples of student skills and job characteristics
Marketing and Creative
Operations and Customer Experience
Finance
Technical Roles
Student & Employer Testimonials
The Student Perspective
“Things were very much hands on and self-driven. I overall gained a better understanding of how testing infrastructure is made and I got better at problem solving. I learned I was much more capable than I thought I was.”
– Matt, a CS major
The Employer Perspective
“I was blown away by how well our interns worked independently. They were eager to get stuff done, and they absolutely helped us to perform better as a company while they were here.”
– Sebastian Coates, Cofounder & CEO of Tellescope