Students learn best by doing. In addition to student research and field-based courses, students are required to complete an approved internship. The variety of internships reflect the varied interests of our students and career path opportunities.
Experience first-hand the career you are interested in while learning valuable job skills.
Some of our many host organizations :
Maine Department of Environmental Protection | Friends of the Presumpscot River | Audubon Society, Scarborough Marsh | Manomet | ||
Cape Elizabeth Land Trust | MMCRI Vector-borne Disease Lab | Saco Salmon Restoration Alliance & Hatchery | Canopy Farms | ||
Olivia’s Garden | Portland Water District | Environment Maine | Kennebec River Biosciences | ||
City of South Portland | Generac | ecomaine | Citizen’s Climate Lobby | ||
Maine Clean Communities | ON Semiconductor | Town of Waterboro | Maine Conservation Corps | ||
Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens | The Nature Conservancy | Versant Power |
Photo Gallery
![Student internship Maine lakes](https://usm.maine.edu/department-environmental-science-policy/wp-content/uploads/sites/100/2023/05/Picture2.jpg)
![student surveying monitoring wells](https://usm.maine.edu/department-environmental-science-policy/wp-content/uploads/sites/100/2023/05/Surveying-Monitoring-Wells-mperkins-2.jpg)
![Internship Vietnam](https://usm.maine.edu/department-environmental-science-policy/wp-content/uploads/sites/100/2023/05/chibui-internship.jpg)
![student interning at the Gray Animal Farm](https://usm.maine.edu/department-environmental-science-policy/wp-content/uploads/sites/100/2023/05/Sawtelle-internship-2.jpg)
![Internship Maine Biofuels](https://usm.maine.edu/department-environmental-science-policy/wp-content/uploads/sites/100/2023/05/maine-standard-biofuels.jpg)
![Casco Bay Estuary Partnership](https://usm.maine.edu/department-environmental-science-policy/wp-content/uploads/sites/100/2023/05/Casco-Bay-Estuary-Partnership.jpg)