Each COA student is required to complete a ten-week, full-time, off-campus supervised work experience in an area compatible with his or her career path. The internship gives each student the opportunity to test skills, clarify goals, and get real hands-on work experience. In addition, students are introduced to valuable contacts for future career development. Below is a list of the sites where UWC students have completed internships.

Acadia National Park - Maine

Asia Community Service - Malaysia

Atticus Capital Investments - Washington, DC

Austrian Zimbabwe Friendship Association - Zimbabwe

Banking and Payments Authority - Kosovo

Beech Hill Farm - Maine

Bergemeyer Associates Architectural Firm - Boston

Bustan L'Shalom - Israel

Center for Nonproliferation Studies - California

Center For Research and Conservation of Sea Turtles - Venezuela

Center for Performance Research - United Kingdom

Center for Food Safety - Washington, DC

Clark Laboratory at Clark University - Massachusetts

CNA English Language School - Brazil

Dancing Wheels - Ohio

Department of Education, Cornell University - New York

DOMINE Organization for Women's Human Rights - Croatia

Epithelial Physiology Lab at University of Buenos Aires - Argentina

Food First, Food Policy - Washington, DC

Gary Friedman & Associates Development Consultants - Maine

IBIS Consulting - Rhode Island

Institute for European Studies - Belgium

Institute for Sustainable Development - Ethiopia

International Child Resource Institute - Nepal

Lister's Nutritional and Life Style Center - Canada

Mauro-Chiapas Peace House Project - Mexico

Mt. Desert Biological Laboratory - Maine

Museum of Arts and Design - New York

Penobscot Jobs Corps Training Program - Maine

Public Broadcasting System's NOVA - Massachusetts

Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals Limited - India

Snell Family Farm - Maine

Student Global AIDS Campaign - Washington, DC

Summer Field Studies - Maine

Summer Festival of the Arts - Maine

Summerbridge Education Program - Florida

Sweatfree Communities - Maine

The Jackson Laboratory - Maine

The Whale Museum - Maine

Tibet Justice Center - California

United Nations' University for Peace - Costa Rica

United Nations' Rural Urban Partnership - Nepal

University of Maine Physics Department - Maine

Wild Gardens of Acadia - Maine

World Fish Center - Malaysia

World Resources Institute - Washington DC