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 

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