Student Opportunities

Explorers pose following the National Law Enforcement Explorers Conference at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

The Department of Homeland Security offers a variety of prestigious scholarships, fellowships, internships and training opportunities to expose talented students to the broad national security mission.

• Office of Policy Internship offers fall, spring and summer opportunities for students to gain challenging and dynamic on-the-job experience.
  
  
• Headquarters Student Summer Employment Program offers opportunities for students to gain on-the-job experience in one of several fields over the summer.
  
  
• Headquarters Volunteer Fellows Program offers students the opportunity to earn academic credit while gaining on-the-job training during the fall and spring academic semesters.
  
  
• National Security Internship is an intensive full immersion summer program that combines Arabic language, Homeland Security, Intelligence and Area Studies, and on-the-job-training experience at the Department or FBI headquarters.
  
  
• Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship For Service Program, for college students, is designed to increase and strengthen the cadre of federal information assurance professionals that protect the government's critical information infrastructure.
  
  
• Summer Law Intern Program offers compensated positions at the Office of General Counsel at Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) is a paid internship program with the Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A). In the fall, I&A will recruit for several opportunities in the support career fields, such as budget, policy, and human capital. Enrolled field of study must be related to the assigned work.
  
  
• Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP) is a paid internship program with the Office of Intelligence & Analysis. The nature of the work need not be related to the student's academic or career goals. The application period is typically January-February.
  
  
• Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) College Intern Program provides a unique opportunity for college students, majoring in Criminal Justice or a related field, to participate in a federal law enforcement training environment.
  
  
• Presidential Management Fellows (PMF), designed for graduate-level students, aims to attract to the federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs.
  
  
• Science & Technology University Programs uses the unique intellectual capital in the academic community to address current and future homeland security challenges, and educate and inspire the next generation homeland security workforce.
  
  
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection offers opportunities for students and recent graduates.
  
  
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offers the ICE Student Volunteer Program, an unpaid professional training opportunity, for undergraduate and graduate college students.
  
  
• U.S. Secret Service Student Volunteer Internship provides unpaid academic-related work assignments that allow students to explore career options in addition to developing personal and professional skills.

Additional student opportunities can also be found on StudentJobs.gov, a one-stop government portal for high school, college, and graduate students.

Are you a recent graduate? Check out our entry-level career opportunities.