Securing an internship is the responsibility of the student. Internships in the United States are an open, competitive process and the Program does not have any special arrangements to place students into specific internships. However, NYU IR students continually excel at securing internships at leading institutions in NYC and beyond.
Career & Internship Resources
- NYU School of Law's Center for Human Rights and Global Justice Human Rights Job Board
- United Nations Careers
- UNjobs.org - United Nations and International NGOs
- Daybook - Political, Policy, and Non-Profit Job Board
- GlobalJobs.org — Policy, NGOs, and Academia
- Devex Job Board — Relief and Development
- ReliefWeb Job Board — Relief and Development
- USAjobs.gov — U.S. federal Government Jobs
- ZipRecruiter - International Relations Job Search Engine
Asia Society - internships / careers
Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs
Center for Constitutional Rights
Center for International Policy
Center for Migration Studies
Clinton Foundation
Council on Foreign Relations
Doctors Without Borders
East-West Institute
Eurasia Group
Risk Strategies
Human Rights First
Human Rights Watch
International Action Network on Small Arms
Japan Society
National Committee on US-China Relations
North American Congress on Latin America
New York City Mayor's Office for International Affairs
Open Society Foundations
Outward Bound Peacebuilding
Oxford Analytica
United Nations Foundation
US Fund for UNICEF
WNYC - New York Public Radio
World Federalist Movement- Institute for Global Policy
Other Locations
Fulbright U.S. Student Study/Research Program
NBC Universal
Virtual Student Foreign Service Internship Program
Asia Society - internships / careers
American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Arab American Institute
Arms Control Association
BAE Systems
Brookings Institution
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Center for American Progress
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) - internship / careers
Center for European Analysis
Center for a Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - internship / careers
Council on Foreign Relations
Department of Defense
Department of State - internship / careers
Heritage Foundation
History and Public Policy Program (HAPP) at the Wilson Center
House of Representatives
Human Rights First
Institute for Defense Analyses
Institute for Policy Studies - Next Leaders Program
McLarty Associates
Mercy Corps
National Security Archive
New America Foundation
Project on Middle Eastern Democracy (POMED)
Search for Common Ground
Stimson Center
Union of Concerned Scientists: Science for a Healthy Planet and Safer World
United States Intelligence Community
Women in International Security
Prospective Employers in National Security and Foreign Policy (Mainly U.S.)
Private Sector National Security Contractors
Boeing
Booz Allen Hamilton
CACI
Centra Technology
General Dynamics
L3 Communications
Leidos
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon
SAIC
Federally Funded Research & Development Centers
Aerospace Corporation (VA)
ANSER (VA)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (NY)
Center for Naval Analyses (VA)
Institute for Defense Analyses (VA)
MITRE (MA, DC, VA)
RAND (DC & CA)
Policy Research and Think Tanks
Global Issues
Aspen Institute (NY, DC, CO)
Atlantic Council (DC)
The Brookings Institution (DC)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (DC)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (DC)
Council on Foreign Relations (NY & DC)
Center on International Cooperation (NY)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (London & DC)
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CA)
U.S. Institute of Peace (DC)
Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars (DC)
Policy Research & Advocacy
American Enterprise Institute (DC)
Cato Institute (DC)
Center for American Progress (DC)
Center for New American Security
Center for the National Interest
Heritage Foundation (DC)
Hoover Institution (CA & DC)
Hudson Institute (DC)
Nixon Center (DC)
Regional Think Tanks & Policy Advocacy
Americas Society (NY, Miami)
Asia Foundation (SF, DC, others)
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (Hawaii)
Asia Society (NY, DC, LA, SF)
Center for European Policy Analysis (DC)
Eurasia Foundation (DC)
Middle East Institute (DC)
Washington Institute for Near East Policy (DC)
World Policy Institute (NY)
Other NGOs
Amnesty International
Carter Center (Atlanta)
Human Rights First
Human Rights Watch
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Crisis Group (Brussels, DC)
International Rescue Committee (NY)