Internships and Careers

Resources for Division of Life Sciences Majors

General Career Information

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

Rutgers Career Services Resources

      Life and Health Sciences Career Community Website

      Medical Professions Career Community Website

      Rutgers Handshake 

You can also find out about  NJ Life Sciences Positions with the BioNJ Talent Career Portal!

Take a course in Career Exploration specialized for Life Science majors! 

     01:090:210   CAREER EXPLORATIONS IN ARTS AND SCIENCES  (1.5 credits)  

     Section Subtitle: Medicine and Life Sciences/Biology 

     Offered Fall and Spring Semesters! Taught by a DLS faculty member!

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 Programs and Internships

At Rutgers:

• Division of Life Sciences- Summer  Undergraduate Research Program
  • Division of Life Sciences- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (DLS-SURF)
  • SAS Honors Life Sciences- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (HLS-SURF)
  • Honors College with Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D  Life Sciences -Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (HCW-SURF)
  • Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey MacMillan Cancer Genetics Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (HGI-SURF).
• RWJMS - Summer Undergraduate Research Programs  
  • CABM-Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (CABM-SURE)
  • Neuro- Summer Undergraduate Research Program (Neuro-SURP)
  • Rutgers Youth Enjoy Science Program (RUYES) - NEW!
  • Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Summer Research Fellowship Program(SURP)
• Rutgers- NB Aresty Research Program 

Outside Rutgers:

• National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) Database
• SUPERS Summer Undergraduate Program for Educating Radiation Scientists 
• Dow Agro Sciences Summer Internships
• RIT Summer Internships in Life Sciences
• Association of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)

Pre-Med

• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Summer Undergraduate Research Programs List
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Summer Scholars Internship
• Columbia University Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Rising Stars (SPURS)
• Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program
• Overlook Summer Internship 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