Overview

Program Overview

The Washington Internship Institute (WII) offers college sophomores, juniors, seniors, recent college graduates, and graduate students from the U.S. and abroad the opportunity to take part in two types of programs in Washington, DC:

Academic internships in several tracks each fall, spring and summer
Immersion seminars focusing on a special theme for one to two weeks

WII also offers the Faculty Fellows Internship Program for mid-career faculty members who wish to gain a new perspective on their field by spending a fall or spring semester in a non-academic setting.

Washington Internship Institute

The Washington Internship Institute (WII), an educational nonprofit organization, focuses on three principles: public service, leadership and professional development. Rigorous academics and practical internship and immersion experiences in the most powerful city in the world enable WII to create active citizens prepared to serve in their local, state, national and global communities in the 21st century.

Sample Placements

Congressional and Senatorial Offices on Capitol Hill
Embassies from all around the world
Governmental Departments, such as Justice, State or Defense
Smithsonian Institution or Newseum
CNN, CBS and The Hill
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
Climate Institute, Sierra Club or World Wildlife Fund
Brookings Institution, the Heritage Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
NAACP or International Women’s Forum
INTERPOL and the Office of the Attorney General
National Institutes of Health and the Children’s National Medical Center