The Darden Career Development Center provides a variety of career resources to help you in your search for a summer internship. The curriculum is also structured to allow you to take electives related to your summer internship in the final term of the First Year.

Internships are a critical part of the Darden experience because they help you:

• gain experience in the job function and/or industry you plan to pursue after graduation
• apply new knowledge and approaches learned during the First Year
• further develop skills that will help you in your full-time job search

If you are a career switcher, a summer internship is an important opportunity to try out and gain experience in a new job function and/or industry.

Internship Statistics/Facts

• Every year, over 95% of Darden students do a summer internship, and a large number of these students come back to Darden in the fall with full-time job offers.
• 80% of students get their internships through on-Grounds recruiting (opportunities from companies who travel to Charlottesville to recruit Darden students).

Internship Companies & Opportunities

Below is a list of the top 10 hiring companies at Darden for summer interns last year:

• Accenture (7)
• Bain & Company (7)
• Boston Consulting Group, Inc. (11)
• Citi (6)
• Danaher Corporation (7)
• Deloitte (8)
• IBM - Consulting (7)
• JP Morgan (6)
• McKinsey & Co. (14)
• Microsoft Corp.  (9)

Visit Hiring Companies for a complete list of companies that have hired students for summer internships or full-time jobs.

Alternatives to the Traditional Summer Internship

• Darden Business Incubator (DBI): The DBI provides a community of student and faculty support, as well as $13,000 in funding for a select group of students to start business ventures during the summer.
• Batten Venture Internship Program: This program provides Darden students the opportunity to pursue summer internships with venture capital firms or start-ups around the country. To promote and support student involvement with these firms, the Batten Endowment provides a matching stipend to supplement a student’s summer salary.
• Darden Nonprofit Internship Fund (DNIF): Students interested in doing an internship for a nonprofit organization can apply for a stipend through the DNIF to help defray summer living expenses.