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Our Programs
From the arts to STEM, our programs are designed to launch our students into the careers of their dreams. Learn more about what makes our programs special and how you can help us and help New York.
Edward T. Rogowsky Internship
Community & Public Affairs
Offers CUNY students hands-on, public-sector experience in New York City, New York State and Washington D.C.
CUNY Cultural Corps
Arts & Culture
Provides students with paid work experience in arts and cultural institutions, creating a pipeline for students, while diversifying NYC’s cultural institutions.
Break Through Tech NY
STEM
Works to propel women (trans and cis) and nonbinary students into computing degrees and tech careers.
CUNY Career Launch
Industry Specific Career Connections
Students kickstart theirs careers by interning in a job related to their major.
CUNY Internship Programs
Industry Specific Career Connections
Partners with NYC agencies, boards, and commissions to provide students with internships in tech, engineering, public health, finance, business and other burgeoning sectors.
CUNY Inclusive Economy Initiative
Industry Specific Career Connections
Catalyzing student career success by building industry-college connections and helping students identify and pursue their career aspirations.
CUNY Upskilling Initiative
Industry Specific Career Connections
Students get the in-demand skills and knowledge that NYC’s employers and high growth industries need through virtual trainings which are accessible on any device and completed at one’s own pace.
Tech in Residence Corps
Industry Professionals in the Classroom
Brings industry professionals from the NYC tech ecosystem into CUNY classrooms to transfer their skillsets and applied knowledge directly to students and to collaborate with computer science faculty.
Internship to Employment
Industry Specific Career Connections
Provides opportunities for recent CUNY graduates to intern for eight weeks with NYC small businesses, with the aim of converting the internships into employment.
Tech Equity Initiative
Industry Specific Career Connections
Comprehensive plan that turbocharges tech students’ career readiness and industry connection from their first day of classes through graduation.
Campus Career Centers
Resources for On-Campus Support
Campus-specific offices provide resources and supports to students and employers looking to connect with specific colleges.
Spring Forward
Industry Specific Career Connections
Connects students to paid professional internships that are relevant to their career aspirations
Meet the Team
Office of Careers and Industry Partnerships
Jennifer Dillon
Senior Director for Talent, Innovation & Industry Partnerships
[email protected]
CUNY StudentsKnow NYC.
5 Boroughs
11 Four-Year Colleges
7 Two-Year Colleges
7 Graduate & Professional Schools
240,000 New Yorkers
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“CUNY propels almost six times as many low-income students into the middle class and beyond as all eight Ivy League campuses, plus Duke, M.I.T., Stanford and Chicago, combined.”
– The New York Times
240,000
Undergraduate & Graduate Students
60%
First Generation
to go to College
82%
Alumni stay
in New York City
82%
Freshmen
are NYC Public High School Graduates
Diverse
22%
Asian/Pacific Islander
26%
Black
31%
Hispanic
21%
White
BestColleges
for Your Money
Money Magazine
$33.2Billion
in added value per year to NYS
13
Nobel
Laureates
26
MacArthur
Winners
151
Fulbright
Scholars