Category Archives: Career

UTLA Fall 2025 Semester

Spend a semester in Los Angeles to jump-start your career in the entertainment industry. Open to all UT Austin students regardless of major, the UTLA program is a chance to get hands-on training at an internship, take classes taught by industry insiders, and explore new career paths to set yourself up for success after graduation.

UTLA Fall 2025 Deadline | Apply now!

  • Explore the entertainment industry this fall in Los Angeles. Scholarships available! Due Tuesday, March 4 at 11:59 p.m.

UTLA Application Walk Through | RSVP Here

Learn what the admissions committee is looking for in your essays and resume.

  • Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. on Zoom

UTLA Drop Ins

Ask a quick question about the program. No appointment needed!

  • March 3, 2-3:30 p.m., ZOOM
  • March 4, 9-10 a.m. + 3:30-4:30 p.m., DMC 1.206

LEAD Week 2025

Texas Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) in the Office of the Dean of Students is excited to announce LEAD Week 2025! LEAD Week is made up of a series of events and leadership workshops that encourage students to explore their leader identity and further develop their leadership skills to enact positive change in their communities.

LEAD Week (February 24 – 28) consists of a series of events and skill-building workshops to support you in your leadership development journey. You are encouraged to attend these hands-on, engaging programs to develop your leader identity and to explore ways you can make a positive impact on-campus and beyond.

LEAD Week Workshops: Are you interested in attending hands-on, leadership skill-based workshops to grow as a leader? Check out all our team has to offer and sign up for the session(s) that work best for you. Link to sign up available here!

LEAD Week Events: Drop by any of the LEAD Week events and leave with tangible strategies to continue developing as a leader here on campus. Follow @utdeanofstudents on Instagram to learn more about LEAD Week events.

CoachUT Applications Spring 2025

CoachUT is a semester-long program where participants receive free, executive-quality leadership coaching. Participants will complete five one-on-one sessions with a professional coach through the spring term. CoachUT is a unique opportunity for individuals to focus on growth areas that are most important to them, with a skilled professional as their guide and at a pace convenient with their schedule. Use the link here to apply today or email Texas LEAD for more information!

University Co-op Career Success Internship

Are you looking to gain internship experience and build your resume? Consider applying for the University Co-op Career Success Internship!

The University Co-op Career Success Internship is an internship program offering undergraduates the opportunity to gain career experience and grow in a professional environment. This internship program has two components: an internship course in spring 2025 (ALD 118C), and a year-long* paid internship in a co-op department that best aligns with their career goals and departmental needs. Internships are offered in all departments at the Co-op including Textbooks, Finance, Buying, Operations, Marketing, IT, and more.

Students can apply if they:

  • Are undergraduate students who have accumulated 24-90 in-residence hours
  • Have a GPA of 2.5 or higher

This program is open to all majors. First-gen students are especially encouraged to apply!

Want to learn more about this program? Attend one of our info sessions this fall:

WiSTEM Winter Externship

The WiSTEM Externship is a virtual learning experience for STEM undergraduate students to gain career skills and earn digital badges or microcredentials during the winter or summer break. The WiSTEM Externship is designed to give you credentialed accomplishments for your resume, talking points for interviews, confidence in your professional skills, and training/knowledge/learning to advance your STEM skillset.

WiSTEM offers two Externship learning plan options…

  1. Externship: STEM Career Success Skills with 5 learning modules:
  • Explorations in Mindfulness
  • Design Thinking Practitioner
  • Data Science 101
  • Professional Skills
  • Job Application Essentials

2. Externship: Artificial Intelligence and Semiconductors with 3 learning modules:

  • Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals
  • Agile Explorer
  • Semiconductor 101

Interested in what the WiSTEM Externship has to offer? Consider registering here!

Digital Badge Opportunity

The Assessment and Data Analytics Team, within the Division of Student Affairs, is proud to offer Longhorns the opportunity to earn a digital badge in survey design with the new Survey Design: Foundations course. This unique skill will be valuable throughout your educational journey and beyond, across a spectrum of career fields, including but not limited to marketing, data analytics, user experience research and more! Enhance your research skills and impress future employers by adding this badge to your LinkedIn profile.

This foundational badge provides information on survey purpose, institutional review board requirements, informed consent, security/confidentiality, and will provide earners the opportunity to practice identifying and writing different types of survey questions.

To earn your badge:

  1. Follow this link to access the Canvas course.
  2. Complete the five Canvas modules by watching each video and scoring at least 80% on the corresponding quiz.
  3. This robust course will take approximately 2 hours to complete, however you can navigate the modules at your own pace and are not required to finish all modules in one session.

For questions, please email vpsa-assessdata@austin.utexas.edu.

Teach For America Opportunities

The following opportunities come from Teach For America. If you are interested in either of these positions, please visit their respective links and fill out the application by the given deadline!

Leadership, Teacher Corps Program:

Are you looking for a full-time job post-graduation that will allow you to begin a career of impact? Consider applying to Teach For America’s Leadership Teacher Corps. Being a part of this program will give you real-world, hands-on experience for you to develop transferrable skills that can be applied to various industries, while also connecting you to a network of over 65,000 leaders across the country. Teach For America is an equity-driven organization that equips leaders to make an impact both in and outside of education in over 40 regions across the United States.

  • Check out the application here. Apply by September 16 at 11:59pm.
  • Connect with Caroline for a 30-minute, phone call meeting to learn more and ask any questions that you may have.

Ignite Fellowship:

The Ignite Fellowship offers college undergraduate students a paid tutoring opportunity that fits into their schedules. This leadership opportunity will allow you to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people in an under-resourced school by supporting their academic progress and sense of belonging through customized instruction during their school day. The Ignite Fellowship allows you to gain unique, hands-on experience and professional badges that will validate your marketable skills and give you an edge in landing and performing in any job after college.

  • Check out the application here. Submit your application by November 20.

Pre-Law Guide

Attention Pre-Law LAHers!!!

There is now a new Canvas site dedicated to Pre-Law resources for UT students. If you are interested in exploring law school and legal careers, be sure to check it out at the link here!

Fall Pre-Health Seminar

Are you interested in a career in the health professions?

If so, sign up for NSC 109 Health Professions Pathways: Foundations!

Why should you sign up?

  • Get started on your health professions portfolio
  • Learn from health professionals
  • Build a pre-health community

How to sign up?

  • Search in the course schedule for NSC 109 and look for sections with Instructor name Wandelt or search instructor last name: Wandelt
  • Choose any of the open sections!
  • Be sure to check the Canvas course at the start of the semester for information about the hybrid course format!

If you are interested, please view the course flyer at the link here!