The RWU Internship Experience

The RWU Internship Experience builds opportunities for our students to explore different career paths, gain valuable professional experience, join research projects, and prepare to be career-ready upon graduation. RWU offers internships as part of the powerful combinations of joining your classroom studies with hands-on experience in industry, community, and research facilities. 

RWU students benefit from competitive internship and research opportunities, small class sizes with personalized attention from academically and professionally qualified faculty, and helpful assistantship and financial aid options to make education affordable.

Undergraduate Admission      Graduate Admission

Undergraduate Real-World Experience 100% Guaranteed

The RWU difference tailors experience to the student’s program, allowing for high engagement in their chosen career path. This is an integral part of our undergraduate curriculum as the Engaged Learning Graduation Requirement and the fabric of our academic program. 

Graduate Student Internships

Internships are a staple of our hands-on graduate programs. Roger Williams University offers more than a dozen master's and certificate programs in a variety of disciplines, including Architecture and Preservation Practices, Business Administration, Construction Management, Criminal Justice and Cybersecurity; Forensic and legal Psychology and Forensic Mental Health Counseling; Leadership, Public Administration; and Special Education. 

Paid and For-Credit Opportunities

By discovering the work students are passionate about, they can enhance their skills, certifications, and qualifications, making them more competitive and prepared for their future jobs. Internship opportunities include for-credit, paid, full-time, and part-time internships with organizations, research internships, student teaching, and service internships.

International Internships

Roger Williams University offers two international internship programs that integrate a cultural element into the workplace experience and earn academic credits.

Kelice Agosto

Internship, Leadership Roles Prepare Graduate Student for Clinical Therapist Position

Kelice Agosto , RWU Class of 2023
Forensic Mental Health Counseling (M.A.)

“My internship at the Rhode Island State Psychiatric Hospital helped me take what I learned from the classroom and apply it to real world settings. I learned how to conduct competency to stand trial evaluations with individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses. In my Law and Mental Health class, I learned about the issues the criminal justice system and mental health care faced. At my internship, I witnessed how those issues affected the patients that I worked with.”

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