Internships, both on and off-campus, afford you the chance to apply your knowledge outside of the classroom. Animal sciences students complete internships throughout the year at animal shelters/rescues, production facilities, vet clinics, zoos, and more. You can also work with a faculty member to apply internship experience to academic credit, fulfilling the experiential learning requirement.
The Department of Animal Sciences has compiled a list of internship experiences to help students discover opportunities that appeal to their interests. Please note that that students will need to contact their desired internship location directly to find out what opportunities are currently available. Application and interview processes are different for each internship, and it is the student’s responsibility to gather the criteria.
ACES Career Services can provide instruction on how to best prepare cover letters and resumes and connect ACES students with various job boards to find internships.
An R&D intern will gain experience in product development by assisting food scientists in the development of new products and processes for beef, pork or chicken, revising current products in o
Will involve working with all phases of production in a 220 sow farrow to finish unit.
The student intern will gain knowledge in all aspects of poultry farm and research management which will include flock health, ordering feed, basic farm machinery maintenance, operating farm machin
You will learn the process of how muscle turns into meat. Be able to fabricate carcasses into further cuts like steaks and chops.
Will involve working with all phases of production in a 120 sow farrow to finish production unit. Intern(s) will be exposed to the following aspects of swine production: estrus detection, art
This internship will include basic horse husbandry including handling, feeding, stall cleaning, and health maintenance.
Will cover all aspects of the dairy farm. Nutrition and feeding, health and reproduction, and management.
The Beef and Sheep Field Laboratory will offer two internships; Feedlot Management or Cow/calf Management.
The Community Outreach Department is focused in under-served communities of Chicago to remove barriers to access pet wellness resources, with a focus on spay/neuter.
Internship responsibilities include assistance with implementation of the Animals and Us summer day camp for children.
Jodie Vee’s Fun Dog Training classes focus on being fair, kind, and consistent in order to clearly communicate expectations to our companion animals, using humane, gentle, and positive techniques.
DuPage County Animal Care & Control is accepting applications for Animal Care Interns to assist the animal caretaking and veterinary staff.
Laboratory and Medical Care
Volunteer Management
Develop personnel coordination and training skills
Surgery Assistance
Humane Education/Investigations
Behavior
Animal Care
Adoptions
The CARE Center does not receive or adopt out animals; rather, our focus is on preventing relinquishment and keeping pets in their homes. The Helping Paw Fund helps East Central Illinois pet o