Do impactful work and gain career-advancing skills. Learn from thoughtful mentors who care. Connect with a new culture. Build an international network.
Our in-person internship and remote internship programs are carefully planned and thoughtfully implemented. We are with you each step of the way to make sure that your professional experience is meaningful and that you are culturally immersed in Argentina and Uruguay.
Application Process and Internship Placement
1- Apply through your university
Puentes partners with select universities to offer our in-person internship and remote internship programs. Students from our below partner universities must submit all required application materials to your university by the following required deadlines. Your university will notify you of the admissions decision.
Boston College: by February 5, 2024
Education in Motion’s Live Worldwise Grant: January 5, 2024
Ohio State University: by January 15, 2024
Princeton University: by December 4, 2023
University of California, Berkeley: by January 16, 2024
University of California, Los Angeles: by November 27, 2023
University of Maryland, College Park: by February 1, 2024
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: by January 12, 2024
University of Pennsylvania: by January 10, 2024
University of Virginia: by February 15, 2024
2- Speak with us and share your internship interests
As part of the application and enrollment process, you will have a one-on-one advising call with the Puentes team to tell us about yourself and your internship objectives. We will also give you exclusive access to the Puentes Internship Portfolio with examples of the many internship opportunities available through Puentes so that you can share your internship preferences via the Internship Interest Form.
3- fINALIZE YOUR INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT
Once all summer interns are confirmed and enrolled, Puentes will coordinate online interviews between interns and potential internship sites (companies and organizations). After the interviews, we will collect interns’ interview feedback and the internship sites’ preferences in order to confirm the internship placement for each summer intern.
We will then work with you on comprehensive pre-program preparation to ensure that you are fully prepared to dive into your Puentes experience.
SUMMER 2024 PROGRAM DATES
IN-PERSON INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
REMOTE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Puentes Info Sessions for Summer 2024 Programs
All scheduled Info Sessions have passed. Watch a recording of a Puentes Internship Info Session for our 2024 internship programs.
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Funding Opportunities
To help fund your internship adventure, we offer Puentes Access Grants for high-achieving BIPOC and/or low-income students. We have also compiled a funding guide with potential external scholarships, grants, and scholarship databases that support global internship programs.