What Are The Different Types Of Science / Research Internships?
Because the area is so broad, science internships or science research internships come in all shapes and sizes. You could be doing industrial placements, summer science internships over a period of a few weeks or for a longer period, depending on your situation and commitments.
Summer science internships are common and can last from one week long to a few weeks. This means that if you have other commitments, you could still do numerous science internships throughout your degree and build up lots of experience and examples for your CV.
Paid science internships are out there, if that is what you are looking for. Scientific research internships are often not paid but you might be able to apply for funding to help you cover costs if there are research internships that you are really keen to be a part of.
Internships in science and research could see you working for charities, international corporations (where you could go overseas and do international science internships), research centres, engineering firms, and in the manufacturing and communications sectors. For science internships, UK companies and organisations have lots of opportunities.
Depending on your area of interest, you could do biology internships, chemistry internships, physics internships, computer science internships, environmental science internships, marine science internships, materials science internships, food science internships, medical science internships. And, of course, there are lots of other opportunities within each of those fields.
