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Internships for High School Students in California and the Bay Area
StandOutSearch lists 84 internships, research opportunities and summer programs for high school students in California, from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. We check every listing against the program's official page, and we check deadlines every week.
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StandOut Connect High School Internship Program
StandOut Connect is a program that matches high school students with internships. We have been featured in Forbes for contributions to education and were…
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Teen Volunteer Program
The Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Teen Volunteer Program is a hospital volunteer program for high school students in the Santa Clarita Valley. Volunteers serve…
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Junior Volunteer
The Sharp Chula Vista Junior Volunteer program is a hospital volunteer program for high school students in grades 9 through 11 at Sharp Chula Vista Medical…
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
Youth Volunteer Internship
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office Youth Volunteer Internship is an unpaid, in-person volunteer program for high school students who want to…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Science Institute (RSI)
The Research Science Institute (RSI) is a free summer science and engineering research program for high school juniors, run by the Center for Excellence in…
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Teaching Assistant Program at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art Teaching Assistant Program (TA) is a volunteer role for teens ages 15 to 18 who are interested in art, working with children…
Lockheed Martin Space
High School Internship Program
The Lockheed Martin Space High School Internship Program is a summer internship for high school students at Lockheed Martin Space facilities across the United…
Kaiser Permanente
KP LAUNCH High School Program
The KP LAUNCH High School Program is a paid summer internship run by Kaiser Permanente for high school students who live in Northern California. It gives…
Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)
Camp CHLA
Camp CHLA is a free, five-day summer program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, for high school students who live in Los Angeles…
Westminster Community Care Center
Teen Healthcare Internship
The Westminster Teen Healthcare Internship is a hands-on clinical program run by Westminster Community Care Center for high school students in Ventura County…
Teach Democracy
Expanding Horizons Institute
Since 1995, Expanding Horizons Institute (EHI) has provided intensive skill development and personal growth experiences to first-generation, college-bound…
Meta (Facebook)
Meta Summer Academy
Meta Summer Academy, formerly called Facebook Summer Academy, is a six-week summer program at Meta for high school sophomores who live in East Palo Alto…
Stanford Compression Forum, Stanford University
SHTEM Summer Internships for High Schoolers
SHTEM Summer Internships for High Schoolers is a summer research internship run by the Stanford Compression Forum at Stanford University in Stanford…
Pomona College
Pomona College Academy for Youth Success (PAYS)
The Pomona College Academy for Youth Success (PAYS) is a free, three-year college access program at Pomona College in Claremont, California, for high school…
The University of California Santa Barbara
Research Mentorship Program (RMP)
The Research Mentorship Program (RMP) at UC Santa Barbara is a competitive summer research program for high-achieving high school students from around the…
Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles Medical Center Volunteer Program
The Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Teen Volunteer Program is an in-person volunteer opportunity for teens at Kaiser Permanente's Los Angeles…
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum Archive Associate Intern
Under the supervision of the Supervisory Archivist, the candidate will participate in a full range of archival activities and duties. Duties may include…
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum Docent
The Reagan Library Docent program is an unpaid volunteer role at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, open to students as well as retirees and…
Scripps
Scripps Health Volunteer Program
The Scripps Health Volunteer Program places volunteers aged 15 and older, including high school students, in Scripps hospitals around San Diego, California…
Los Angeles Public Library
Teen Council, Teens Leading Change (TLC), and Teen Volunteer
The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) Teen Council, Teens Leading Change (TLC), and Teen Volunteer programs let teens in Los Angeles get involved at their…
The Asian Art Museum
ArtSpeak Internship
The ArtSpeak Internship is a paid, year-round program at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco for high school students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade. Interns…
Berkeley Lab
Berkeley Lab Director's Apprenticeship Program (BLDAP)
The Berkeley Lab Director's Apprenticeship Program (BLDAP) is a paid, project-based summer STEM program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for Bay Area…
Berkeley Lab K-12
Berkeley Lab K-12 - Experiences in Research
Experiences in Research (EinR) is a paid summer internship at Berkeley Lab for high school students in Northern California who want hands-on experience in…
California State Parks
California State Parks Student Employment Program
The California State Parks Student Employment Program offers paid, entry-level jobs with the state park agency for high school, college, and graduate…
California Academy of Sciences
Careers in Science (CiS) Intern Program
The Careers in Science (CiS) Intern Program at the California Academy of Sciences is a paid, multi-year internship for San Francisco high school students from…
City of Irvine
City Council Summer Internship Program
The City of Irvine seeks motivated high school juniors and seniors, and current college students for the 2023 City Council Summer Internship Program. This is…
Congresswoman Judy Chu
Congressional Youth Advisory Council (CYAC)
Congresswoman Judy Chu's Congressional Youth Advisory Council (CYAC) is a school-year civic leadership program for high school students who live in…
USC Viterbi K-12 STEM Center
CS@SC Summer Camps
CS@SC Summer Camps are computer science camps run by the USC Viterbi K-12 STEM Center at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, for…
Orange County Fire Authority
Fire Cadet Program
The Orange County Fire Authority Fire Cadet Program is a hands-on fire service program for young people ages 16 to 21 in Orange County, California. Run by…
Genesys Works
Genesys Works
Genesys Works is a career program for high school students that pairs summer skills training with a paid corporate internship during senior year, plus college…
Stanford Medicine
Genomics Research Internship Program at Stanford (GRIPS)
The Genomics Research Internship Program at Stanford (GRIPS) is a summer research internship at Stanford Medicine in Stanford, California, for high school…
San Francisco Unified School District
Health and Medical Internships
Designed for students interested in health and medical careers, students will intern a minimum of 20 hours per week, Mondays through Thursdays, for six weeks…
The Exploratorium
High School Explainer Program
The High School Explainer Program at the Exploratorium is a paid job and youth development program for teens at the San Francisco science museum. Explainers…
Los Angeles Times
High School Insider
Los Angeles Times High School Insider is a community of young readers, thinkers and storytellers. The foundation of HSI is this user-generated content…
Ventura County
High School Intern - Summer at the County
A High School Student Worker assists regular employees in the more routine aspects of their jobs and carries out specific assignments under supervision…
UCSF Science and Health Education Partnership
High School Intern Program
The UCSF SEP High School Intern Program is a paid summer biomedical research internship at UC San Francisco for high school juniors in San Francisco public…
Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site
High School Internship
The Rancho Los Cerritos High School Internship is a museum internship at Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site (RLC) for high school students who want hands-on…
The City and County of San Francisco
High School Internships
San Francisco High School Internships are paid opportunities offered by the City and County of San Francisco for teens interested in working in local…
Northrop Grumman
High School Involvement Partnership (HIP)
The High School Involvement Partnership (HIP) is a two-year development program run by Northrop Grumman for high school students. During the school year, it…
Cedars-Sinai
High School Student Volunteers
The Cedars-Sinai High School Student Volunteer Program, also called the Teen Volunteer Program, places high school students aged 14 to 18 in volunteer roles…
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
High School Summer Volunteer Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Participants will be serving patients, families, and staff throughout the hospital, contributing daily to the hospital's mission to create hope and build…
Stanford Department of Chemistry
Inspiring Future Scientists through Shadowing (IFSS)
The Inspiring Future Scientists through Shadowing (IFSS) program is a free summer chemistry shadowing program at Stanford University for rising high school…
Joint BioEnergy Institute
Introductory College Level Experience in Microbiology (iCLEM)
The Introductory College Level Experience in Microbiology (iCLEM) is a paid summer science program at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) for economically…
Junior Achievement USA
JA Job Shadow
JA Job Shadow is a career exploration program from Junior Achievement USA for high school students in grades 9 through 12. It is part of the JA Work and…
Partners in Education
Job Trainings & Internships
Partners in Education Job Readiness Training & Internships is a free career program for public high school students in Santa Barbara County, California, ages…
Cal State LA College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology (ECST)
LAunchPad Summer Program
LAunchPad is a free one-week summer program run by Cal State LA's College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology (ECST) in Los Angeles, California…
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
LINC Summer High School Program
The LINC Summer High School Program is a paid outdoor summer program run by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in the San Francisco Bay Area…
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
Los Angeles County Student Election Worker Program
The Los Angeles County Student Election Worker Program lets high school students work as paid election workers at Vote Centers during Los Angeles County…
Ghetto Film School
Los Angeles Fellows Program
The Ghetto Film School Los Angeles Fellows Program is a free filmmaking program for high school students in Los Angeles, run by the nonprofit Ghetto Film…
UCLA Brain Research Institute
NeuroCamp
NeuroCamp is a free summer neuroscience program run by the UCLA Brain Research Institute in Los Angeles, California, for high school students. About 30…
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Norman Mineta Bay Area Summer Academy
The Norman Mineta Bay Area Summer Academy is a paid summer program run by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for Bay Area high school students…
Stanford Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Pediatrics Internship Program at Stanford (PIPS)
The Pediatrics Internship Program at Stanford (PIPS) is a seven-week summer research internship run by the Stanford Medicine Department of Pediatrics in…
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Physics Division
Physics in and Through Cosmology Workshop
Physics in and Through Cosmology is a one-week summer workshop run by the Physics Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) for…
UCLA Health
Pre-Med Summer Scholar Program
The UCLA Health Pre-Med Summer Scholar Program is a one-week, in-person medical exposure program for US high school students who are thinking about careers in…
Berkeley Lab
QCaMP (Quantum, Computing, Mathematics, & Physics)
QCaMP (Quantum, Computing, Mathematics, & Physics) is a free summer day camp that introduces high school students to quantum computing. Student sessions take…
Berkeley Lab K-12
SAGE Summer Camp
The SAGE Summer Camp (Science Accelerating Growth and Engagement) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is on hold for 2026, according to Berkeley Lab. No…
Children's Hospital Los Angeles (The Saban Research Institute)
Samuels Family LA-HIP High School Internship Program
The Samuels Family LA-HIP High School Internship Program is a yearlong biomedical research internship at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital…
Stanford Medicine, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Science, Technology, and Reconstructive Surgery Summer Program (STaRS)
The Science, Technology, and Reconstructive Surgery Summer Program (STaRS) is an eight-week summer research internship run by the Division of Plastic and…
Berkeley Lab A-LIFT
SeA Bilingual STEM Camp
The SeA Bilingual STEM Camp (SeA @ Berkeley Lab) is a free spring break camp for Spanish-English bilingual high school students who want to explore science…
The Japanese Community Youth Council
SF YouthWorks & Mayor's Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP)
SF YouthWorks and the Mayor's Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP) are paid internship programs for San Francisco high school students, run by the…
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
SLO REP Academy of Creative Theatre (ACT) Teen Internship
The SLO REP Academy of Creative Theatre (ACT) Teen Internship is a volunteer theatre education internship for teens ages 14 to 18, run by San Luis Obispo…
MarinHealth
SMILE Cart High School Volunteer Program
The MarinHealth SMILE Cart High School Volunteer Program (Students Making Illness a Little Easier) is a year-long hospital volunteer program for high school…
St. John's Hospital Camarillo (Dignity Health)
St. John's Hospital Camarillo Student Volunteer Program
The year-round student volunteer program allows high school and college students (16 and older) an opportunity to volunteer at St. John's Hospital Camarillo.
Stanford University
Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR)
The Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR) is an eight-week summer research program at Stanford where high school juniors and seniors…
Stanford University
Stanford Medical Youth Science Program
The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP) is a free, five-week summer program in science and medicine for low-income, first-generation high school…
Stanford University
Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMaC)
Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMaC) is an intensive summer program in advanced mathematics for high school students in 10th or 11th grade, offered by…
Sandia National Laboratories
Student Intern Program
The Sandia National Laboratories Student Intern Program offers paid internships to students from their last years of high school through PhD study. Interns…
LA County Department of Public Health
Student Public Health Ambassador Program
The LA County Department of Public Health offers two ambassador programs: Parent and Student. These programs aim to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other…
Scripps Research Translational Institute
Student Research Internship Program
The Scripps Research Student Research Internship Program (SRTI) is a 10-week summer research internship at the Scripps Research Translational Institute for…
UCSF Fresno
Summer Biomedical Internship Program
The program matches high school students, in the summer between their junior and senior year of high school, with faculty members who have or are developing a…
Scripps Health
Summer High School Exploration Program
The Scripps Health Summer High School Exploration Program is a five-week summer internship for high school students who want to learn about careers in health…
Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy
Summer Internship Program
The MIRA Summer Internship Program is an in-person astronomy research internship run by the Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy (MIRA) for high…
Center for Youth Development through Law
Summer Legal Fellowship
The Summer Legal Fellowship is a paid summer law program run by the Center for Youth Development through Law at UC Berkeley School of Law in Berkeley…
Camp Galileo
Summer Operations Intern
The Camp Galileo Summer Operations Intern role is a seasonal, part-time summer job at Galileo day camps, open to teens who are at least 16. Interns help camp…
San Francisco Unified School District
Summer Programming
SFUSD Summer Programming is the San Francisco Unified School District's set of summer internships and career programs for its own high school students. The…
UCSF Department of Pediatrics
Summer Student Research Program
This summer program provides a one-on-one mentorship with health care providers and researchers, along with access to unique workshops, seminars, trainings…
America on Tech
TECH360 Summer Bootcamp Program
The TECH360 Summer Bootcamp is a free, hybrid introduction to artificial intelligence run by the nonprofit America On Tech (AOT) for rising high school…
The Contemporary Jewish Museum
Teen Art Connect (TAC) Internship
The Teen Art Connect (TAC) Internship at The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco is on hiatus. The museum says the program paused after the 2025 TAC…
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Teen Conservation Leaders
Teen Conservation Leaders (TCL) is a summer service-learning program at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California, for high school students who want…
The Getty Center
Teen Gallery Guides @ Getty
Teen Gallery Guides @ Getty is a paid summer internship for Los Angeles County high school students who are interested in art, museums, and public speaking…
Discovery Cube
Teen Volunteer
The Discovery Cube Teen Volunteer program is a volunteer role at Discovery Cube, a nonprofit science center with campuses in Santa Ana (Orange County) and…
LA Promise Fund
The Intern Project
The Intern Project (TIP) is a paid internship program run by LA Promise Fund for 10th, 11th and 12th grade high school students who attend schools in Los…
UCLA Health
Volunteen Summer Program
The UCLA Health Volunteen Summer Program is an unpaid hospital volunteer program for high school students at UCLA Health's Westwood facilities in Los Angeles…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County
Workplace Mentoring Program
The Big Brothers Big Sisters Workplace Mentoring Program is a free career mentoring program run by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County for high school…
City of Santa Clarita
Youth Employment Services (YES) Program
The Youth Employment Services (YES) Program is a paid first-job training program from the City of Santa Clarita for high school teens who live in Santa…
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