Internships and Careers

Rutgers Career Services Information for  Biological Sciences

Rutgers Course Offering for Biology Majors:

      01:090:210   CAREER EXPLORATIONS IN ARTS AND SCIENCES  (1.5 credits)   Section Subtitle: LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGY, AND HEALTH  Offered Fall and Spring Semesters

General Career Information

• The Occupational Outlook Handbook for:
  • 1) Life Sciences
  • 2) Healthcare 
  • 3) Education

Joint Academic Programs Available to Undergraduate Biology Majors at Rutgers:

In the Health Professions:

• The BA/MD Rutgers/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program
• The BA/MD Rutgers/New Jersey Medical School Program
• The BA/DMS Rutgers School of Dental Medicine Program
• The BA/MS Rutgers/RBHS Physician Assistant Program

Outside the Health Professions:

• The Rutgers Graduate School of Education - 5 year BA/MS/Teacher Certification Program
• Rutgers Business School - Future Leaders MBA program
• Rutgers School of Public Health BA/Master of Public Health Program 
• Rutgers School of Law BA/Juris Doctor Program

Life Science Related Summer Study Abroad Opportunities:

• The Microbiology of Cheese and Wine- France
  
• Culture and Community Health - Mexico
• Coral Reef Internship- Grand Cayman Island
• Wildlife Health, Ecology, and Conservation- Belize

Summer Research or Internships

At Rutgers:

• Division of Life Sciences- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• SAS Honors Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• Honors College with Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D  Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• RWJMS - Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

Outside Rutgers:

• SUPERS Summer Undergraduate Program for Educating Radiation Scientists 
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates(REU), NSF-funded summer research projects 
• Dow Agro Sciences Summer Internships
• RIT Summer Internships in Life Sciences

Pre-Med

**Health Related Experiences List from Career Services ***

• Association of American Medical Colleges Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Summer Scholars Internship
• Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program

Graduate School

Graduate Program-Rating

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/biological-sciences-rankings

https://www.gradschools.com/programs/biology

http://www.graduateguide.com/majors.cfm

Employment Opportunity Links

• Biospace
• New Scientist
• Science Magazine
• FASEB
• Ecological Society jobs board
• A jobs board run by Texas A&M for Wildlife and Fisheries Science Jobs
• US Government Jobs
• Monster.com

Rutgers Career Services, Programs, and Internships

• Rutgers Career Services
• **Health Related Experiences List from Career Services ***
• For SEBS students, the Student to Professional Internship Network, SPIN
• Here are guidelines for the SPIN internship for Biological Sciences majors.
• Rutgers FIGS Peer Instructors
• Rutgers International Service Learning Programs
• Douglass Project for Women in STEM

Joining a professional society as a student can be a great way to learn more about current work, opportunities, and researchers in a particular field.

• American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• The Ecological Society of America
• The Genetics Society of America
• The American Institute of Biological Sciences
• New Jersey State Society of Physician Assistants

Information About Specific Graduate or Professional Programs

• Wistar Cancer Biology Graduate Program
• The Southern Teachers Agency

Subscribe to a ListServ to find out about jobs, internships, graduate work, etc.

Please sign up for the ListServ for periodic announcements and information regarding life science grants, jobs, or internships. Use a non-Rutgers email address if you want to continue recieving these emails after graduation.

• EcoLog, Ecological Society of America's ListServ
• BioMedTalk