MHSA, MS, MHI & PhD Internships

MHSA Internships

Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA) students at the University of Michigan School of Public Health are required to complete a 10-week full-time internship placement. Review the Health Management and Policy Internships Page for more information or contact the Health Management and Policy Internship & Fellowship Coordinator Jacob Heningburg (jacmhen@umich.edu).

Below are examples of organizations where MHSA students have interned.

  • Hartford Healthcare - Administration Intern
  • Michigan Medicine - Graduate Administrative Intern
  • Plante Moran - Healthcare Consulting Intern
  • The Chartis Group - Summer Associate Consultant
  • Cleveland Clinic - Graduate Administrative Intern
  • Elevance Health - Consulting Intern
  • Health Policy Matters - Intern
  • Extracorporeal Life Support Organization - Administrative Intern
  • Vista Grand Villa - Administrative Intern

MS Internships Organizations

Master of Science (MS) students at University of Michigan School of Public Health are not required to complete internships. Students can choose to engage in summer or semester research opportunities or industry work based on their interests.

Below are examples of organizations where MS students have interned.

  • Regeneron - Graduate Intern
  • Boston Scientific - Urology Biostatistic Intern
  • Healthy Dearborn - Summer Intern
  • Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center - Research Intern
  • Michigan Medicine - Intern
  • Articure - Clinical Affairs Intern
  • AstraZeneca - Statistical Programmer
  • Beyond Celiac - Patient Registry Intern
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Graduate Research Assistant

MHI Internships

Master of Health Informations (MHI) students are required to earn a minimum of three internship course credits and work at an approved internship. For more details, please review the MHI web page. You are also welcome to contact the School of Information’s Career Development Office at umsi.careers@umich.edu.

Below are examples of organizations where MHI students have interned.

  • Precision Health - Data Curation and Usability Intern
  • Michigan Medicine - Clinical Research Intern
  • Michigan Medicine Office of Health Equity and Inclusion - Data/Visualization Analyst Intern
  • Deloitte - Healthcare Summer Associate
  • Health Alliance Plan - Data Analytics Intern

For additional organizations, view the Internships page on the School of Information’s Career Development website. 

PhD Internships

PhD students are not required to complete internships. If PhD students are interested in non-academic job opportunities, pursuing an internship could be a valuable way to demonstrate experience and skills to future employers. Michigan Public Health PhD graduates work in various non-academic fields including government, private, non-profit, and health systems.

  • The Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program allows doctoral students to pursue a fully supported and funded internship during their graduate training (spring/summer, fall, or winter). The program has two tracks—students may apply to ready-made internships Rackham has set up with host organizations or for funding to support an internship they have secured with an organization.

International Student Requirements

If you are a student on an F1 visa applying for an internship that is not located at the University of Michigan you will need to file a Curricular Practical Training (CPT) visa application through the University of Michigan’s International Center. Please note that regardless of whether the internship is paid or unpaid, you need to file for CPT. Please begin this process early as CPT Authorization takes 1-2 weeks to process and requires several documents that may take time to compile. Current students can view additional details on the Heights.