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Internships for High School Students in Chicago and Illinois
StandOutSearch lists 50 internships, research opportunities and summer programs for high school students in Illinois, so if you live in or near Chicago, you have a lot to choose from. 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…
UChicago Medicine
Chicago EYES on Cancer
Chicago EYES on Cancer (Educators and Youth Enjoy Science) is a two-year cancer research training program at the University of Chicago for high school and…
CAIR-Chicago
CAIR-Chicago Internship Program
The CAIR-Chicago Internship Program is an unpaid civil rights and advocacy internship at the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, open…
University of Illinois Cancer Center and University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Urban Health Program
Cancer Health Engagement Summer Scholars (CHESS)
Cancer Health Engagement Summer Scholars (CHESS) is a paid summer research program run by the University of Illinois Cancer Center and the University of…
UChicago Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine ResearchStart Program
The UChicago Medicine researcHStart Program (ResearchStart) is a paid summer cancer research experience for high school juniors and seniors in Illinois and…
Fermilab
VALOR JROTC
The Fermilab VALOR JROTC Program is a paid summer internship at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for Illinois high school students enrolled in JROTC…
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
Fermilab Program for Research, Innovation, and STEM Mentorship (PRISM)
The Fermilab Program for Research, Innovation, and STEM Mentorship (PRISM) is a four-week paid summer program at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in…
Northwestern University
Medill Cherubs
Medill Cherubs, formally the Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute, is a four-week summer journalism program at Northwestern University for rising high…
After School Matters
After School Matters
After School Matters (ASM) is a Chicago organization that offers paid programs for city high school students, mostly teens ages 14 to 18. Most programs are…
Future Founders
Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) Internship
The Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) Internship from Future Founders is a free, paid entrepreneurship internship for high school students in the United States. Interns…
Chicago Philharmonic
Chicago Philharmonic Paid Summer Internship
The Chicago Philharmonic Summer Internship is a summer arts administration internship for high school students who live in Chicago. Each summer, the Chicago…
Chicago Summer Business Institute
Chicago Summer Business Institute Internship Program
The Chicago Summer Business Institute (CSBI) Internship Program places Chicago high school students in paid summer internships, with a focus on introducing…
Chicago Youth Works
Chicago Youth Service Corps
The Chicago Youth Service Corps (CYSC) is a paid, year-round service program run by the City of Chicago for young people ages 16 to 24, including high school…
Mikva Challenge
Citywide Youth Council
Mikva Challenge's Citywide Youth Councils (CYCs) are policy councils in Chicago where high school students in 9th through 11th grade help shape city policy…
University of Chicago
Data Science Institute Summer Lab
The Data Science Institute Summer Lab (DSI Summer Lab) is a paid summer research program at the University of Chicago for undergraduates and Chicago-area high…
Northwestern Medicine
Discovery Program
The Northwestern Medicine Discovery Program (NM Discovery Program) is a school-year health care career exploration program for Illinois high school students…
Illinois Institute of Technology
Elevate College Prep Summer Programs
Illinois Tech Elevate College Prep Summer Programs are STEM-focused summer courses that Illinois Institute of Technology offers to high school students. They…
Exelon Foundation
Exelon Foundation STEM Academy
The Exelon Foundation STEM Academy is a free, week-long summer leadership program for young women in high school who want to explore energy, sustainability…
Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE), The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Exploring Your Options (EYO)
Exploring Your Options (EYO) is a week-long summer engineering camp run by WYSE at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Grainger College of…
Adler Planetarium
Far Horizons Teens
Far Horizons Teens is an after-school research program at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago for high school students who want to take part in real science…
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…
University of Illinois Chicago
Girls Who Code at UIC Club
Girls Who Code at UIC Club is a free, year-round computer science program run by the Women in Engineering Programs at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)…
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…
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Grainger College of Engineering (Department of Aerospace Engineering / WYSE)
Illinois Aerospace Institute (IAI)
The Illinois Aerospace Institute (IAI) is a one-week residential summer camp at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for high school students who want…
Rotary Club of Chicago
JOB1 Summer Internship Program
As the signature program for ROTARY/One, JOB1 prepares City of Chicago High School 11th grade and graduating seniors, who are sixteen and over, for the…
Northwestern Medicine
Kimberly Querrey Summer Research Program
The Kimberly Querrey Summer Research Program is a paid summer research internship at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine for rising high…
Brookfield Zoo Chicago
King Conservation Science Scholars
The King Conservation Science Scholars program, part of Brookfield Zoo Chicago's King Conservation Leadership Academy, is a year-round zoo program for high…
Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago
Malott Family Zoo Intern Program
The Malott Family Zoo Intern Program is a paid summer internship at Lincoln Park Zoo for high school students who live in the city of Chicago. Interns spend…
University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine, Hispanic Center of Excellence
Medicina Academy Apprentice Program (MAAP)
The Medicina Academy Apprentice Program (MAAP) is a school-year pre-medical enrichment program run by the Hispanic Center of Excellence at the University of…
Rush University Medical Center
MedSTEM Explorers
MedSTEM Explorers is a six-week paid summer pre-internship program at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, for high school students. Explorers…
Mikva Challenge
Mikva Summer Fellows
Mikva Summer Fellows (MSF) is a paid summer internship run by Mikva Challenge that places young people who have just finished their senior year of high school…
Mikva Challenge
Neighborhood Leadership Initiative (NLI)
The Neighborhood Leadership Initiative (NLI) is a community-based youth leadership program run by Mikva Challenge for young people ages 13 to 15 from North…
Northwestern University
Northwestern Pre-College College Bridge
The Northwestern Pre-College College Bridge Program is a free summer program from Northwestern University that lets Chicago Public Schools juniors take a real…
PAWS Chicago
PAWS Chicago High School Internship
The PAWS Chicago High School Internship is an unpaid, in-person role in Chicago for high school students age 16 and older. Interns help out at the PAWS…
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
RISE Teen Program
The RISE Teen Program at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is a free STE(A)M career exploration program for high school students in grades…
Saper Law Offices
Saper Law Immersion Program
The Saper Law Immersion Program is a week-long summer law camp in Chicago for high school and college students who want to explore careers in the legal…
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP) at the University of Chicago
Space Explorers Program
The Space Explorers Program is a free, multi-year science enrichment program run by the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP) at the University of…
University of Illinois Chicago
Summer Bridge Programs
UIC Summer Bridge Programs is the University of Illinois Chicago's directory of summer programs for high school students and for admitted first-year UIC…
Art Institute of Chicago
Summer Internship
The Art Institute of Chicago's paid summer internship, offered from June to August in partnership with After School Matters, brings Chicago high school teens…
Art Institute of Chicago
Teen Council
The Art Institute of Chicago Teen Council is a paid, school-year leadership program for high school students in the Chicago area. Each council brings together…
Museum of Contemporary Art
Teen Creative Agency
The Teen Creative Agency (TCA) at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a paid cultural leadership program for Chicago teens who want to make art and…
Chicago Park District
Teen Jobs
Chicago Park District Teen Jobs are paid summer jobs in Chicago's parks for teens ages 16 and older. The Chicago Park District offers four main summer roles…
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Teenagers Exploring and Explaining Nature and Science (TEENS)
Teenagers Exploring and Explaining Nature and Science (TEENS) is a paid internship for Chicago high school students run by the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum…
The Field Museum
The Field Museum Internship
The Field Museum Internship program in Chicago includes several summer internships for high school students who want hands-on experience in science and museum…
University of Chicago
UChicago Summer Session Pre-College Program
The UChicago Summer Session Pre-College Program is the University of Chicago's set of summer courses for high school students, offered both on campus in…
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Youth Internship Program
The University of Chicago Youth Internship Program (YIP) is a paid summer job program for Chicago public high school students who want to explore careers in…
Urban Alliance
Urban Alliance High School Internship Program
The Urban Alliance High School Internship Program (HSIP) is a paid internship for high school seniors offered by the nonprofit Urban Alliance. The internship…
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Volunteer
The DCASE Volunteer program from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) lets people age 18 and older volunteer at some…
Wheaton College
Wheaton College Summer Institute
The Wheaton College Summer Institute (WCSI) is a two-week residential pre-college program at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, for rising high school…
University of Illinois at Chicago
Women in Engineering Summer Program (WIESP)
The Women in Engineering Summer Program (WIESP) at the University of Illinois Chicago is a free summer engineering program for high school students offered by…
Youth Conservation Corps
Youth Conservation Corps Summer Crew
Work projects in past summers have included tasks such as developing nature trails, planting and maintaining native flora, stream bank restoration, basic…
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