The University of Virginia's Internship Placement Program (IPP) connects undergraduate students with tailored professional internships. This program is designed to build on students' academic knowledge and provide hands-on experience in a variety of professional settings.

Our approach ensures that students gain valuable work experience and develop crucial skills and insights into their career goals, interests, values, and talents. The program is overseen by the UVA Career Center and IPP faculty instructors, ensuring the quality of the internship experience.

Internship placements can be virtual, hybrid, or in-person (Charlottesville, VA). Interns are interested in research, archival, policy and legal projects.

All interns complete 10 hours per week over 15 weeks during their internship.

The UVA Internship Placement Program begins with intern recruitment, selection, and preliminary matching to ensure partners receive the best possible intern for consideration.

Private, public, non-profit, start-up, and community organizations across a diverse range of industries are represented in the IPP. Organizations must meet the following criteria to participate:

• Provide a project that fits the time requirements: 10 hours/week for 15 weeks (January to April)
• For in-person internships, offer interns a professional workspace that is not a home business location
• Consist of a staff of at least three members (start-up founders are encouraged to apply if all other criteria can be met)
• Appoint a supervisor to support the internship experience and fulfill program requirements
• Develop an internship learning plan with intern at the beginning of the internship 
• Complete the IPP performance evaluation process 
• Adhere to internship guidelines and requirements as dictated by the Department of Labor Fair Labor Standards Act
• Participate in Supervisor Orientation prior to the start of your first internship session

If your project meets the minimum requirements, a Riipen UVA Admin team member will be in touch to schedule a 30-minute screening call. Once your project is screened, you will be invited to meet with a member of the UVA IPP team and requested to complete the intake form before being matched to a student.

Deliverables will vary depending on the scope of the internship. However, these deliverables must be discussed and agreed upon prior to the start of the internship.