Hult Internships for college students

Action Learning Undergraduate Internships

We believe that you cannot learn everything in a classroom. That is why Hult has been the pioneer of Action Learning, which integrates classroom theory and teaching with practical, hands-on Action Learning Internships for college students across a wide range of industries and functions.

Our Action Learning approach melds theory and practice

Experiential or “active” learning is an integral part of every program offered at Hult. We set up internships for college students, including field studies and simulations, so that students can learn to adapt to new situations, develop communication or social skills, and gain insight into the workings of a professional environment. We pride ourselves in the range and quality of the internships for college students that are available, and also in our meticulous and personal approach in matching your interests with undergraduate internship opportunities.

Action Learning Internships for college students: A wide range of opportunities

Our Global Career Services team works with you to identify and secure Action Learning Undergraduate Internships during the last semester of your studies. These internships for our college students make use of the unique opportunities offered by the school’s central location and are tailored to suit the specific needs of each person.

Through our extensive network of contacts, we are able to provide undergraduate internships in a wide variety of sectors including Art, Design, Banking, Finance, Consulting, Technology, IT, International Relations, Media and Communications, Marketing, Advertising and PR, and Music and Entertainment.

You can earn academic credit (four elective credits) towards graduation through an Action Learning Undergraduate Internship.

Action Learning Internships for college students: past placements

• Accenture
• Amnesty International
• BBC
• The British Museum
• British Telecom
• CNN
• Embassy of Thailand
• Ernst and Young
• Estee Lauder
• European Commission
• The Financial Times
• Greenpeace
• Harrods
• The British Museum
• The Embassy of Thailand
• The United Nations
• The Hilton Foundation
• Thomson Financial
• HSBC
• Intel
• KPMG
• Mercedes-Benz
• Merrill Lynch
• New Energy Finance
• Red Bull
• Wachovia

Action Learning Internships for college students: Advantages

Resume/ CV building
Employers look for work experience. They are particularly interested in the build up of transferable skills and in familiarity with relevant work environments. Each undergraduate internship is selected specifically to act as a building block along an individual student's chosen career path, to strengthen the student's resume/ CV.

Awareness of opportunities
Internships for college students provide the opportunity to more accurately consider whether a career is, or as critically, is not suitable before making a full commitment.

Development of capacity for REFLECTION
Critical to learning through experience is the development of the ability to reflect on, and learn through, each new experience. Reflection is specifically encouraged throughout your undergraduate internship.

Development of Key Skills
It is widely recognized that there are certain skills and personal attributes the build up of which is conducive to success in both work and life. Key Skills, such as communication, numeric, information technology, problem solving, people, self-learning can be evidenced through internships for college students and can be accredited to achieve nationally recognized and valuable awards. They can be used to earn credits towards our accredited leadership program.

Contacts/Networks
Internships for college students provide valuable opportunities to generate personal contacts in the furtherance of an individual's career.

Work opportunities
Many past undergraduate internships have led to the securing of future employment.

Greater academic insights
Most internships for college students are in an area of particular academic interest and therefore afford the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of an issue- a process actively built into the reflection process.

Action Learning Internships for college students: structured programs

While all undergraduate internships are designed around the specific needs and abilities of each individual student, Hult also offers programs that are designed around institutional requirements and expectations.

Two day pw semester programs(Spring, Summer or Fall)
Two days pw is sufficient to get an insight into a particular organization or business. It is not enough time to get a thorough understanding, real hands on experience or to become part of the team. Combined with study programs and travel it is still a very valuable experience. Contacts made often lead to other opportunities. Some business areas are just too busy for this particular format, for example advertising, journalism, international banking, consulting (some aspects).

Four day pw semester programs(Spring, Summer or Fall)
Four days pw is sufficient time to be able to assume responsibility within an organization and for it to be able to justify more intense training. Undergraduate internships of this nature offer particularly rich and rewarding experiences that are of real value to potential employers and which afford great networking opportunities. For some sectors it is the only way- journalism, broadcast media, advertising, consulting, multinationals, international banking, the film industry.

Block programs(Summer)
A period of intensive academic coursework, (tailored to needs), combined with a period of full time work, usually 4-6 weeks. Such programs can have a European base as easily as a London one. These are exciting and valuable undergraduate internships with an emphasis on any discipline- the arts, architecture, banking, politics, international business...

Networking programs
Only for exceptional and focused students. Students with a specific career interest can have a networking program designed through which they meet top people in London, in that particular field. A cutting edge research project is agreed and the interviews enable the student to canvas a variety of high-level opinions. They then prepare a report synthesizing these various views and submit this to the people they interviewed. Students get cutting edge knowledge, high-level networks, and a multitude of opportunities to impress!

Group programs
Many universities bring groups of students on study tours. We can arrange visits and talks as required, and we can arrange short-term work experience or work based projects around such visits.