Internships and summer research opportunities can better prepare you for quantum jobs. Check out your options!
| Opportunity | Details | Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships | Paid summer internships at national labs | Deadline January 7! |
| Integrated Photonics Internship | Paid internship at Quantinuum in New Mexico | Apply today! |
| Intern 2026: Quantum Software Applications | Paid internship at IBM | Apply today! |
| Intern 2026: Quantum Events & Engagements | Paid internship at IBM | Apply today! |
| Intern 2026: Quantum Network / Security Engineer | Paid internship at IBM | Apply today! |
| Intern 2026: IBM Quantum Sales and Operations | Paid internship at IBM | Apply today! |
| Internship – Quantum Systems | Paid internship at QuEra in Boston | Apply today! |
| Undergraduate School on Experimental Quantum Information Processing | FREE 2-week In-Person hands-on summer program in Waterloo | Deadline January 2! |
| Quantum SURF | Paid 10-week research experience at CalTech | Deadline January 9! |
| AFRL Scholars Program | Paid summer research at various AFRL locations across the nation. Not all quantum-specific. Search “Cold Atom” at Kirtland in Summer 2026 for definite quantum opportunities. | Deadline January 10! |
| Quantum Computing Summer School | Paid 10-week summer school at Los Alamos National Lab | Deadline January 11! |
| Quantum Foundry Research Internships | Paid 8-week research experience at UC Santa Barbara | Deadline February 8! |
| Open Quantum Initiative Undergraduate Fellowship | Paid summer research across the Chicago Quantum Exchange partners | Deadline February 10! |
| Robust Quantum Simulation Undergraduate Research Program | Paid summer research at the University of Maryland | Deadline February 16! |
| Quantum@UW | Paid 10-week research experience for undergraduates at the University of Washington | Deadline February 20! |
| Quantum REU | Paid 10-week research experience for undergraduates at Rice University | Deadline March 1! |
| Additional REU Opportunities | NSF-sponsored research experiences for undergraduates (may or may not be quantum-specific) | Various deadlines |
Archived Opportunities
| Opportunity | Details |
|---|---|
| Electrical Engineering Internship | Paid internship at Quantinuum in Colorado |
| Magnetics Internship | Paid internship at Quantinuum in Minnesota |
| Manufacturing Engineering Internship | Paid internship at Quantinuum in Colorado |
| Intern 2026: Quantum Cloud Engineering | Paid internship at IBM |
| Intern 2026: Quantum Primitives Software Developer | Paid internship at IBM |
| Intern 2026: Quantum Data Center Engineering | Paid internship at IBM |
| Virginia Tech & C2QA QISE High School & Undergraduate Virtual Program | Free four day virtual camp |
| C2QA QIS 100: Applied Quantum Computing Virtual Program | Virtual workshop to introduce college juniors, seniors, and recent grads to QISE |
| Quantum Research Experience at CHTM | Paid summer research experience at U of New Mexico |
| Quantum Research Experience at University of Washington | Paid summer research experience at UW |
| Quantum Machine Learning REU | Paid summer research experience at ASU |
| Center for Quantum Networks Research Experiences for Undergraduates | Paid summer research experience at CQN partner institutions |
| Nist Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship | Paid summer internships at NIST in Boulder and Gaithersburg |
| Open Quantum Initiative Undergraduate Fellowship | Paid summer research experience at Chicago Quantum Exchange institutions |
| Quantum Foundry Research Internships at UC Santa Barbara | Paid summer research experience at UC Santa Barbara |
| Quantum Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Rice U | Paid summer research experience at Rice University |
| Quantum Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship | Paid summer research experience at Caltech’s Institute for Quantum Information and Matter |
| Summer Quantum Engineering Internship Program | Paid 8-week hands-on training program at UMD |
| Undergraduate School on Experimental Quantum Information Processing | Free two-week program May 26 – June 6, 2025 at U of Waterloo |
| CQN Winter School on Quantum Networks | Tutorials for all levels – Free and on zoom January 6-10 |
| DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships | Paid summer internships at national labs |
| Quantum Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship | Paid summer research experience at Caltech’s Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, specifically for women and underrepresented students |
| QIST in the CSU Internships at Sandia National Laboratories | Paid summer internships for CSU students with Sandia’s quantum team |
| AFRL Scholars Program | Paid summer research at Air Force Research Labs |
| Quantum Algorithms and Optimization Research Experience for Undergraduates | Paid summer research experience at U of Tennessee |
| Quantum Computing Summer School Fellowship | Paid summer research experience at Los Alamos National Lab |
| Undergraduate School on Experimental Quantum Information Processing | Free two-week program May 26 – June 6, 2025 at U of Waterloo |
| CQN Winter School on Quantum Networks | Tutorials for all levels – Free and on zoom January 6-10 |
| DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships | Paid summer internships at national labs |
| Quantum Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship | Paid summer research experience at Caltech’s Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, specifically for women and underrepresented students |
| QIST in the CSU Internships at Sandia National Laboratories | Paid summer internships for CSU students with Sandia’s quantum team |
| AFRL Scholars Program | Paid summer research at Air Force Research Labs |
| Quantum Algorithms and Optimization Research Experience for Undergraduates | Paid summer research experience at U of Tennessee |
| Quantum Computing Summer School Fellowship | Paid summer research experience at Los Alamos National Lab |
| Computational Sciences Undergraduate Internship Program | Paid summer internships at LANL |
| Photonics Intern | Paid year-round internship at Sandia |
| Student Intern Group for Microelectronics Advancement | Paid summer internship at Sandia |
| Quantum Industry Internship (Chicago) | Paid summer internship at Infleqtion, Chicago |
| Quantum Industry Internship (Boulder) | Paid summer internship at Infleqtion, Boulder |
| Quantum Computing Intern | Paid summer internship at Quantinuum |
| Quantum Computing Applied Research Summer Analyst | Paid summer internship at JP Morgan Chase |
| Innovation and Research Intern | Paid summer internship at BMW |
| Mechanical Engineering Intern | Paid summer internship at Quantinuum |
| Sandia National Labs CSRI Internship | Paid summer internship at Sandia National Labs |
| Sandia MEMS/NOMS Technologies Internship | Paid year-round internship at Sandia National Labs |
| Quantum Back-End Software Developer Intern | Paid summer internship at IBM |
| Quantum Hardware Engineer Intern | Paid summer internship at IBM |
| Quantum Systems Student Research Assistant | Paid spring 2024 internship at GTRI |
| Quantum Info & Nanosystems Research Program Intern | Paid summer research internship at MIT Lincoln Lab |
| Microfabrication Intern | Paid summer research internship at MIT Lincoln Lab |
| Student Researcher | Paid winter/summer 2024 internship at Google |
| Hardware Developer Summer Intern | Paid summer internship at IBM |
| Mechanical Engineering Intern | Paid Spring 2024 internship at Lake Shore Cryotronics |
| Software Engineering Intern (IOT) | Paid internship at Keysight |
| Computer Engineering Intern | Paid internship at Keysight |
| Quantum Explorers | Learn at your own pace |
| Opto Mechanical Engineering Internship | Paid internship at Keysight |
| Electrical Engineer Intern | Paid Fall/Spring internship at Cryomech/Bluefors |
| Industrial Engineer Intern | Paid Fall/Spring internship at Cryomech/Bluefors |
| Lawrence Livermore Physics Internship | Paid fall 2023 internship at LLNL |
| Software Development Internship | Paid summer internship at Keysight |
| Data Visualization Engineering Intern | Paid summer internship at Quantinuum |
| Systems Engineering Intern | Paid summer internship at Quantinuum |
| Electrical Engineering Intern | Paid summer internship at Quantinuum |
| Introduction to Quantum Computing |
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