At Nichols, many students take advantage of internship opportunities. You are placed in a supervised work-based learning situation with employers for planned learning activities.  Internships give you a broad overview of occupational fields while providing opportunities to experience work responsibilities to develop work-readiness skills.  Internships can be integrated with your regular school schedule or take place during a semester away from school or during the summer break.

Nichols College strongly believes in the cooperative learning experience where you apply the knowledge you have gained in the classroom to an internship position within your major or field of interest. This philosophy has prompted the College to develop an internship program that allows the opportunity to gain on-the-job experience with corporations and different industries.

Nichols College offers Academic Internships for college credit and General/ Experiential Internships that are not for credit; both of which can be paid or unpaid.

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Requirements for the Experiential Internship:

Students must fulfill a 60-hour requirement for the internship to be recognized by the college. Furthermore, students applying for an internship must have completed at least 30 credit hours of classroom instruction, and have a minimum GPA of 2.0.

Requirements for the Academic Internship:

Students must fulfill a 120-hour requirement in order for the internship to be recognized by the college. Students applying for an academic internship must have completed at least 60 credit hours of classroom instruction and have maintained a minimum GPA of 2.5. You must also enlist a faculty sponsor that will be responsible for the academic component of the internship. The approval of the Department Chair and Academic Dean is also required. All necessary paperwork must be completed by the end of the ADD/DROP period for that semester. If the 3 credits for the academic internship make you exceed 18 overall credits for that semester, you are responsible for paying for them.

Please contact Lori Smith, Assistant Director of Career Services & Internship Placement Coordinator at 508.213.2389 or lori.smith@nichols.edu for more information on the internship placement process.