Summer Internships
Fletcher launches remarkable careers across sectors: private, public, non-profit, and international organizations. The Office of Career Services is available to help students, alumni and employers find the right fit for success.
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| Public | 23.6% | 22.5% | 20.5% | 21.8% | 21.7% | 25.0% | 31.9% |
| Private | 24.7% | 22.5% | 26.1% | 23.6% | 23.9% | 22.1% | 13.9% |
| Non-Profit | 35.7% | 39.1% | 39.8% | 42.4% | 45.5% | 37.9% | 39.2% |
| Int'l Organizations | 15.9% | 16.0% | 13.7% | 12.1% | 10.9% | 15.0% | 15.1% |
Fletcher students completed a total of 166 internships in 49 different countries during the Summer of 2018. Students found their internship opportunities through a variety of sources including organizations invited by the OCS to recruit interns, Fletcher CORE (OCS' online job and internship search database) as well as through formal and informal networking opportunities. Fletcher's alumni continue to be an invaluable source and resource for internships. In addition to the students who did internships, several students spent their summer engaged in language studies and pursuing summer course work both at Fletcher and at other universities.
Summer 2018 Internships by Sector
Public Sector
| Organization | City | State | Country |
| Foreign Government | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Education and Higher Education | Beirut | Lebanon | |
| US Government | |||
| Defense Innovation Board | Arlington | VA | United States |
| Defense Technology Security Administration | Alexandria | VA | United States |
| National Defense University | Washington | DC | United States |
| Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute | Carlisle | PA | United States |
| RTI International | Nairobi | Kenya | |
| US Army War College | Washington | DC | United States |
| US Department of Commerce | Algiers | Algeria | |
| US Department of Defense | Washington | DC | United States |
| US Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship & Immigration Services | Fort Lauderdale | FL | United States |
| US Department of State | Multiple Countries | ||
| US Department of State, Various Departments | Washington | DC | United States |
| US Department of the Treasury | Washington | DC | United States |
| US Mission to the EU, Foreign Commercial Service | Brussels | Belgium | |
| US Naval War College | Newport | RI | United States |
| US Navy | Boston | MA | United States |
| US Overseas Private Investment Corporation | Washington | DC | United States |
| US State/Local Government | |||
| Army War College | Carlisle | PA | United States |
| City of Cambridge Community Development Department | Cambridge | MA | United States |
| Massachusetts Executive Office of Technology Services and Security | Boston | MA | United States |
| Office of Massachusetts State Representative Jonathan Hecht | Boston | MA | United States |
| Rappaport Institute | Boston | MA | United States |
Private Sector
| Organization | City | State | Country |
| Consulting | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CMPartners | Cambridge | MA | United States |
| Eurasia Group | New York & Boston | NY | United States |
| FDI Analytics | Cambridge | MA | United States |
| GreenMax Capital Advisors | New York | NY | United States |
| Network Science Initiative | Washington | DC | United States |
| Consumer Goods/Services | |||
| Adelante Shoe Company | Pastores | Guatemala | |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev | New York City | NY | United States |
| JetBlue | New York | NY | United States |
| Scholastic | New York | NY | United States |
| The Tap Room | Johannesburg | South Africa | |
| Energy | |||
| ACT Commodities | New York | NY | United States |
| Finance | |||
| MFS Investment Managment | Boston | MA | United States |
| Standard Chartered Bank | Houston | TX | United States |
| State Street Global Advisors | Stamford | CT | United States |
| Wave Equity Partners LLC | Boston | MA | United States |
| Media/Entertainment | |||
| qsupport | Provo | UT | United States |
| Technology | |||
| BitSystems Development | Boston | MA | United States |
| Oracle Dyn | Manchester | NH | United States |
| Other | |||
| Egyptian American Enterprise Fund | New York | NY | United States |
| Greentown Labs | Somerville | MA | United States |
| John Snow, Inc | Lusaka | Zambia | |
| Oltre Venture | Milan | Italy | |
Non-Profit Sector
| Organization | City | State | Country |
| Foundation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DONA International | Boston | MA | United States |
| The Asia Foundation | Yangon | Myanmar | |
| United Nations Foundation | New York | NY | United States |
| Impact Investing, Inclusive Business & Social Enterprise | |||
| Ashoka: Innovators for the Public | Arlington | VA | United States |
| Asian Venture Philanthropy Network | Yangon | Myanmar | |
| Future State | Bangalore | India | |
| MEST Africa | Lagos | Nigeria | |
| Research/Think Tank | |||
| Atlantic Council | Washington | DC | United States |
| Brookings Institution | Washington | DC | United States |
| Caribbean Institute of Human Rights | San Juan | PR | United States |
| Carnegie Middle East Center | Beirut | Lebanon | |
| Center for Advanced Defense Studies | Washington | DC | United States |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) | Washington | DC | United States |
| Council on Foreign Relations | New York | NY | United States |
| EastWest Institute | New York | NY | United States |
| Fund For Peace | Washington | DC | United States |
| Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies | Tbilisi | Georgia | |
| Institute for Democracy and Mediation | Tirana | Albania | |
| International Center for Religion and Diplomacy | Washington | DC | United States |
| International Institute for Counter-Terrorism | Herzliyya | Israel | |
| New Europe Center | Kyiv | Ukraine | |
| Stimson Center | Washington | DC | United States |
| The Tripoli Project | Beirut | Lebanon | |
| Social/Charitable Organization | |||
| Advocacy Project | Kathmandu | Nepal | |
| Bread and Water for Africa | Alexandria | VA | United States |
| CARE | Washington | DC | United States |
| CDP | New York | NY | United States |
| Feedback Labs | Washington | DC | United States |
| Hands of Mothers | Kigali | Rwanda | |
| International Rescue Committee | Washington | DC | United States |
| Mercy Corps | Beirut | Lebanon | |
| Namati | Washington | DC | United States |
| Only Through US | San Francisco | CA | United States |
| Population Reference Bureau | Washington | DC | United States |
| Search For Common Ground | Multiple Countries | ||
| Solidarity Center | Bogota | Colombia | |
| Sustainable Energy For All | Washington | DC | United States |
| Teach For india | New Delhi | India | |
| The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative | Yerevan | Armenia | |
| The Chain Collaborative | Cuenca | Ecuador | |
| Women Without Borders | Vienna | Austria | |
| University/Education | |||
| International Economic Alliance | Cambridge | MA | United States |
| Refugee4Refugees | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | |
| University of Puerto Rico | Mayaguez | PR | United States |
| Other | |||
| Accountability Counsel | Washington | DC | United States |
| ACDI/VOCA | Dhaka | Bangladesh | |
| C-Watch | New York | NY | United States |
| EarthRights International | Washington | DC | United States |
| Global Network Initiative | Washington | DC | United States |
| Independent Diplomat | New York | NY | United States |
| Maine International Trade Center | Portland | ME | United States |
| March Lebanon | Tripoli | Lebanon | |
| Save the Children | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | |
| UMAM Documentation & Research | Beirut | Lebanon | |
| Yabal Handicrafts | Quetzaltenango | Guatemala | |
International Organizations Sector
| Organization | City | State | Country |
| Asian Development Bank | Bangkok | Thailand | |
| International Finance Corporation | Washington | DC | United States |
| International Organization for Migration | San Jose | Costa Rica | |
| International Solar Alliance | Washington | DC | United States |
| NATO Defense College | Rome | Italy | |
| OAS, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights | Washington | DC | United States |
| Special Tribunal for Lebanon | The Hague | The Netherlands | |
| United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | Multiple Countries | ||
| United Nations Headquarters, Various Departments | New York | NY | United States |
| United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) | Multiple Countries | ||
| United Nations, Various Departments | Multiple Countries | ||
| World Bank | Washington | DC | United States |
| World Wind Energy Association | Bonn | Germany | |