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Internships

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.

University of Illinois Poultry Research Farm

Champaign County

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

University of Illinois Imported Swine Unit

Champaign County

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

University of Illinois Horse Farm

Champaign County

This internship will include basic horse husbandry including handling, feeding, stall cleaning, and health maintenance.