For many students at UC Davis, the cornerstone of the career development process is an internship. Internships are work-learn experiences in a professional environment outside of the classroom where students can explore career areas, gain practical skills, and make industry contacts.
Internships provide opportunities to not only learn practical skills, but also offer chances to examine a work culture and the different styles that come along with it: how to work in a team or alone, how to dress, or how to work under deadline pressure. Internships may even lead to full-time job offers after graduation.
Academic Credit for Internships
In addition to many developmental benefits, statistics students may also be able to receive academic credit for participating in an internship. You can petition for academic credit (course STA 192) using the Internship Credit Proposal Form.
How to Find Statistics Related Internships Info Session
Video Recording
In Winter 2021, the Department of Statistics and the Internship and Career Center (ICC) held an information session about services at the ICC and how to find internships.
Resources
- Internship and Career Center
The Internship and Career Center provides diverse services to students looking for a job or internship. You can schedule an appointment to meet a career counselor to explore your career options or go to one of their many workshop to improve your resume, interviewing skills, and more. Subscribe to their newsletters to receive updates about internship listings, upcoming internship/career fairs, workshops, and employer information sessions.- Use Handshake to find both internship and career position postings.
- Statistics Job Search Resources
This page provides a list of tools and websites to help you in your job/internship search. - LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a social networking site for professional networking. The Department of Statistics has created a LinkedIn group to better connect statistics alumni, current students, faculty and staff. Join the department group to get connected. - State Opportunities
- CalCareers, InternSource and University Enterprises all post state jobs and internships. You can also look into the UC Center of Sacramento.
- Washington Program
The Washington Program gives UC Davis students from all majors the opportunity to intern at one of hundreds o organizations in our nation’s capital, including internationally recognized research facilities, federal and state agencies, and non-governmental organizations. Some of the places in Washington DC where students with an interest in Statistics could intern include:- Bank Information Center
- Federal Reserve Board
- Jefferson Consulting Group
- Congress Committee on Ways and Means
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Urban Land Institute Trade Information Center
- National Center Bureau of INTERPOL
- Center for Science and Public Interest
- Mathematics and Science Teaching Program (MAST)
Explore your interest in teaching with experience in K-12 classrooms. MAST sponsors three seminars for academic credit through which participants explore the teaching of math and sciences in a rigorous academic environment. MAST advisors also offers academic planning advice and information about multiple pathways to a teaching credential and about scholarships and financial aid for prospective math and science teachers. - Networking
Network with professors in the department. Ask a faculty member if they have any resources or advice for you. Talk with your peers, ask what internships they have done and how they went about finding one. You would be surprised at the great insights you may gain from these conversations. - Statistics Newsletter
Subscribe to this weekly e-mail newsletter to receive updates about upcoming internship and career opportunities related to statistics as well as other Statistics Department announcements. You can subscribe by e-mailing the Undergraduate Program Coordinator at stat-advising@ucdavis.edu.