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Summer internships are a critical building block in Fletcher's professional development process that leads to full-time employment after graduation. Recent summers have found MIB students in professional internships across the globe, building on their first-year foundation courses. Students secure internships in the public, private, and non-profit sectors and in a diverse array of industries including investment banking, private equity in emerging markets, political risk consulting, high tech, environmental sustainability, economic development, and microfinance. About one-third of the internships typically take place in the emerging markets, including Brazil, Chile, China, India, Mexico, Thailand, and Turkey. Click on a sector below to read more about student internship experiences.

  • "The internship helped me build on the financial modeling and analysis skills that I had developed over my first year at Fletcher. It was also valuable to work throughout the investment pipeline: evaluating new potential markets to invest in, analyzing new and existing investments, and sitting in on investment committee meetings where investments get approved."

    Recent finance industry internships:

    • Bank of America
    • Barclay's
    • MicroVest Capital Management
    • International Finance Corporation
    • Global Impact Investing Network
    • Santander Bank
    • Merrill Lynch
    • State Street Bank
    • Overseas Private Investment Corporation
    • UBS

  • "My internship in strategy with a multinational pharma company was a stepping stone towards my career in life science consulting. I worked in a smaller office in Rwanda, which allowed me to gain insights into a large number of work streams and own large strategy projects. The internship couldn't have prepared me any better for interviews."

    Recent corporate internships:

    • Nike
    • Gap
    • Boston Scientific
    • Amazon
    • Dell
    • Rocket Internet
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • Showtime
    • Yum! Brands
    • Liberty Mutual
    • Tiffany & Co
    • GlaxoSmithKline

  • "My internship gave me an invaluable window into the consulting world. It was a great way to learn about an industry, working style, or geography that is attractive but unfamiliar. I learned how to be a good consultant, using frameworks and strategies for breaking large problems into many smaller ones and working methodically towards their resolution. It also improved some tangible skill sets, like building effective slide decks and building aptitude in the case interview method."

    Recent consulting internships:

    • BCG
    • McKinsey
    • Dalberg
    • EY
    • Deloitte
    • Albright Stonebridge
    • Control Risks

  • "At Fletcher, I had become very interested in the field of impact investing, but was uncertain what the day to day might look like. After gaining experience through my internship, I have a much more fundamental understanding of the work the field involves, and I am more excited about pursuing it full time later in my career."

    Recent NGO and development internships:

    • Acumen Fund
    • Global Impact Investing Network
    • MicroVest
    • African Entrepreneurship Collective
    • The Climate Group
    • Mercy Corps
    • I-DEV

  • "I learned so much about how the UN works, including the atmosphere of the organization, the types of employees, how it deals with tasks, and how it collaborates with governments and other international organizations. It was a great experience to visit some local sites and see the reality for local employees. I saw why this work is worth doing but also why it is so challenging."

    Recent internships in government and international organizations:

    • World Bank
    • International Finance Corporation
    • Asian Development Bank
    • UNICEF
    • UNDP
    • Overseas Private Investment Corporation (US)
    • Environmental Protection Bureau (China)
    • International Trade Commission
    • US Treasury
    • Federal Reserve Bank (US)