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Join our yearly group of 75 interns and work on a professional team in our graduate and professional programs on campus and in hospitals near campus. You'll work up to 10 hours per week during the school year. Experiences are as varied as the over 70 different internship locations, and you'll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in health and science projects. This is also a great way to grow your professional network.

IUPUI students are increasingly diverse across multiple identities, and LHSI has a great opportunity and responsibility to ensure that future health and science professionals represent the communities they serve. We encourage applicants of racial and ethnic-minority backgrounds typically underrepresented in health and science fields, those having a disability, those identifying as LGBTQ+, and those who are the first in their family to attend college.

Applications for the 2023–24 group are now open and are due by Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at 8 a.m. Search all internship listings in Handshake, and apply using the Microsoft form linked at the bottom of this page. We strongly recommend you review the qualifications and resources below before completing the application.

Qualifications

You can apply in the spring of your first or second year at IUPUI for internships in the fall through spring of your second or third year. Transfer students must have completed at least one semester at IUPUI prior to applying.

You must be enrolled full time, and this program is for IUPUI students only. Transfer students are eligible after completing at least one semester at IUPUI. Students co-enrolled at Ivy Tech or Butler University to make full-time enrollment are also eligible.

Your coursework comes first, and we don't want to affect your grades. Transfer students must have an IUPUI GPA.

You'll need to commit to 10 hours per week to work at your internship site. Some sites are flexible, but you can expect to work about 10 hours a week from Monday through Friday to gain the maximum benefit from your experience.

The sites in our program look for a wide variety of majors and skillsets. All students interested in applying their skills and major to life and health sciences careers are welcome to apply.

Many majors can lead to a career in life and health sciences fields. Our past interns represent over 40 different majors and minors across most of the academic schools on our campus.

Getting help

Students who visit career services for assistance with the application are more likely to be accepted to our program. We are also here to help you with your short answer responses. Learn more about how to meet with your career services office or a member of our team.

Meet with our team

Attend an information session to talk to student ambassadors or make an appointment to meet with us.

Meet with career services

Meet with your career services office or the Office of Student Employment to review your application materials.

About the application

Our application is a Microsoft Office Form that requires you to sign in using your @iu.edu email address and IU log-in credentials. Review the pages below to learn more about the parts of our application and prepare a draft before submitting in the form. All applications must go through this form; we cannot accept applications directly through Handshake.

This program is meant to help you expand your network to professors outside your school. As you select internship sites, be aware that you will not be placed with departments in your own school: public health, data science, and health services management students should choose locations outside of the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. Health sciences and kinesiology/exercise science students should choose locations outside the School of Health and Human Sciences. The location of the internship is listed in the Handshake description for each site.

Application Pieces

Internship List

All internship options are in Handshake and titled "LHSI Intern". Choose two to four internship sites and make a note of the supervisor name to select on your application form.

Resume

Learn about writing a resume. Find your career services office for an appointment.

Application questions

Application scores are based on short answer responses. View the short answer questions and tips on giving your strongest responses.

Select your professional references

Learn more about selecting your professional references. We require contact information for two references (no recommendation letters required).

Apply by March 8 at 8 a.m.

Apply Now

When you have everything ready, click here to apply. This is a Microsoft Office Form that requires you to sign in using your @iu.edu email address and IU log-in credentials. All applications must go through this form, not Handshake.

What happens next

Learn more about the next steps after you submit your application.

By the end of my internship, I had gained professional work experience, presentation skills, and connections to medical and career services professionals on campus. These things really boosted my confidence as an upperclassman.
—Kami Walters, LHSI 2013–14, IUPUI Graduate 2016