Entrepreneurial Internship and Opportunities Hub
Gain experience in the entrepreneurial sector through exciting internships and job opportunities working with startups and entrepreneurial ecosystem partners. FORGE has curated this list to make it easy for students to find these types of opportunities all in one location.
If you are an employer or campus/community partner that would like to promote your entrepreneurial internship/job opportunities, please contact Paul Valdez at paulvaldez@arizona.edu
Campus Opportunities
FORGE
A unique entrepreneurial community that combines startup acceleration alongside experiential student and community education. FORGE student and community programs provide entrepreneurial education, mentoring, coaching, exposure to the venturing process, and readiness assessment tools.
Design Thinking Internship
Explore and apply design thinking skills in a unique paid group internship opportunity offered through Student Engagement and Career Development.
McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship iVenture Program
Participate in a unique e-commerce internship opportunity to help you take your venture to the next level.
The Production and Design Lab
The Production and Design Lab helps students bring their business ideas to market by developing physical and application-based prototypes, web presence, visual content as well as social media and print marketing for student and community-based startups. Join the team of student leaders helping run the lab.
Resilience Internships and Student Experiences (RISE) Program
Gain professional experience in resilience through paid internships with federal, state, nongovernmental, and private organizations across the globe.
Tech Launch Arizona
Through their research and investigative, creative work, University of Arizona faculty, researchers and staff develop new inventions every day. Gain real-world experience with inventors, entrepreneurs, startup teams, and experts of all kinds working to commercialize these inventions and bring them from the university to the marketplace.
University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI)
UACI creates the place, environment, and interactive ground that generates, attracts, and retains technology companies and talent in alignment with the research, mission, and goals of the University of Arizona (UA). Explore exciting opportunities in the tech industry.
Local Ecosystem Opportunities
Startup Tucson
Startup Tucson is a nonprofit working to transform our region’s economy through entrepreneurship and innovation. They regularly post job and internship opportunities. They also have an amazing Ecosystem Guide where you can find other entrepreneurial organizations and opportunities.
Arizona Luminaria
Arizona Luminaria is a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to truly local journalism. They are seeking an intern to help with philanthropic fundraising and advertising sales.
National/Global Ecosystem Opportunities
Echoing Green Fellowship Program
Through a full-time Fellowship, Echoing Green finds people working on plans to make the world better in a big way. They connect impactful leaders with the tools, resources, and communities they need to bring their ideas to life.
US Patent and Trademark Office
Explore a meaningful career working with patents and trademarks.
