Internships
Before or after graduation, we can arrange an internship for you. Some of these internships will appear on your school record. After graduation, we can arrange Optional Practical Training (OPT) for you. OPT is always paid and lasts one year.
To Get an Internship Before Graduation
- You must be a Junior or Senior for academic credit based internships
- You must have a GPA of 2.70
- The length is usually full-time or part-time for one semester
How Can You Get Academic Credit for Your Internship?
- 40 hours of work = 1 semester hour of credit
- 14 credits = maximum amount of internship credit per semester
- 17 credits = total number of internship credit you can use toward graduation
Where Have Pacific Students Interned Recently?
Pacific University Career Development Center
- Adidas in Germany
- Ballys Total Fitness
- Bank of the West
- Beyond Words Publishing
- City of Portland
- COESIDA in Oaxaca, Mexico
- CoHo INTERNET Productions
- Family and Cosmetic Dentistry of Dr. Vaughn Tidwell
- Forest Grove High School
- Fred Meyer
- INTEL
- Jones & Roth CPAs and Business Consultants
- KPTV Fox 12/KPDX UPN 49
- The Mark Wooley Gallery
- Natural Science Foundation
- NIKE
- NW Documentary
- Oregon Environmental Council
- Oregon State Legislature
- Pacific University - (University Relations, MFA Program, Oregon Holocaust Resource
- Center)
- Portland Trail Blazers
- Print Arts Northwest
- Sports Unlimited
- Talbot, Korvola & Warwick
- TriQuint Semiconductor
- Waggle Dancer Media, Inc.
- and many more organizations world wide!
Optional Practical Training (OPT)
After graduation, we can arrange Optional Practical Training (OPT) for you. OPT is always paid and lasts one year. You can do OPT on your student visa, without applying for a work visa.
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