Experience Diplomacy First-Hand as a U.S. Foreign Service Intern and spend two consecutive summers in paid 10-week internships designed to expose undergraduate students to U.S. diplomacy and the work of the Department of State. This merit and needs-based opportunity is available to rising juniors and seniors (who apply as sophomores and juniors) with a 3.2 GPA or higher.

In the first summer, participants receive three weeks of academic and professional training in Washington, D.C. followed by seven weeks working in a policy office at the U.S. Department of State. In the second summer, participants are given a ten-week assignment to a U.S. Embassy or Consulate abroad.

Students are paid at a GS-4 equivalent rate. The Department provides travel reimbursement and housing for both summers.

Participants must be U.S. citizens and able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

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