Your Return On Investment
Your UC Santa Cruz education is an essential investment for your future. You and your family will be investing in the knowledge, experience, and connections that will open up opportunities for you, as well as your own personal growth.
Opportunities for Banana Slugs entering the workforce after graduation have ranged from Silicon Valley entrepreneurship to Hollywood filmmaking, and from community organizing to government policy-making. Invest in your future, and connect to a network of over 125,000 alumni, the opportunities and innovation of Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area, and our world-class faculty and research facilities. A UCSC education will pay you dividends for the rest of your life!
Employing Humanities
Employing Humanities is a career readiness initiative sponsored by the Humanities Division and designed to help you connect the skills and knowledge you gain in your classes to career opportunities waiting for you after graduation. The initiative is supported in part by a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. Many internship and research opportunities are available as part of this innovative program!
Arts Division Career Opportunities
Explore the many exciting internship and career opportunities offered by the Arts Division! From internships with Disney, to jobs and research on campus and in the local community, we have many ways to help jump-start your career in the arts.
Science Internships and Research
We offer a number of science research and internships at UC Santa Cruz, on campus, at our natural reserves, at our many off-campus research centers (including the well known Long Marine Lab), and through our partnerships with other research institutions and industry.
Engineering Research Opportunities
Connect with one of the many varied research labs and projects offered by the Jack Baskin School of Engineering! UC Santa Cruz is home to some of the most innovative research centers in the world, in areas as diverse as computational media, open source software, AI, and genomics.
Opportunities in the Social Sciences
Our Social Sciences faculty and staff are passionate about their projects – come catch their enthusiasm! You may find your spark in agroecology, economic justice and action, IT for social justice, Latiné studies, or more. Find out why people call us “inspiring changemakers!”
