Undergraduate Internship Opportunities

2025 Summer Internship Program

The 2025 Summer Internship Program is an opportunity to work with IDB, IDB Invest, and IDB Lab teams. Interns will work on a hybrid modality, incorporating in-person and remote work in Washington, D.C. We're seeking enthusiastic undergraduate students (bachelor’s) from diverse academic backgrounds to join us as summer interns under the Consultant modality.

For your application to be considered, please submit your resume, academic transcripts (official or unofficial), and a university letter confirming your student status.

Click the links below to download the Terms of References (TOR) to find out more about the internship opportunities that match your field of study:

• Business Administration, Global Business, Management:
  A. IDB – Data Process and Portfolio Support Intern ()
  B. IDB Invest - Knowledge and Management Intern ()
  C. IDB – Amazon Coordination Unit (ACU) Intern ()
  D. IDB- Business Analysis and Digital Transformation Intern ()
   
• Computer Science, Data Science, Data Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics:
  E. IDB - Data Analytics Intern ()
  F. IDB - Systemic Risk Intern- Finance and Economic Analysis ()
  G. IDB Invest - Sustainable Development Data Analysis Intern ()
   
• Economics, Political Science, Public Administration, Public Policy:
  H. IDB – Intern to Support Research on Care Systems and Workforce ()
  I. IDB - Knowledge Management and Logistics Intern ()
   
• Graphic Design:
  J. IDB - Visual Storytelling and Graphic Design Intern ()
   
• Translation and Interpretation:
  K. IDB – Translation and Interpretation Intern ()

to download the 2025 Summer Internship Timeline 

What you'll need

To be part of our Internship Program, you will need to meet all the following requirements:

• Citizenship: Be a national of an . IDB Invest has no nationality restrictions.
• Active student: enrolled in an undergraduate (bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s program as of the starting date of the internship program. The graduation date should be after the Internship period.
• Consanguinity: Not have family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB or IDB Invest.
• First job at the IDB Group: Be a first-time participant in an Internship Program held by the Bank or Inter-American Investment Corporation (“Corporation” also known as “IDB Invest”). In addition, you have not been a former staff member, Complementary Workforce (“CW”), contractor for the Bank or the Corporation, or have previously provided services to the Bank or the Corporation through a contractor or under any other contractual modality.

Application Requirements

• Select up to three (3) internship options in the application.
• Submit your resume, academic transcripts (official or unofficial), and university letter certifying your student status when applying.
  • If you submit an unofficial academic transcript at the time of applying, you will be requested to present an official academic transcript if moving forward in the process.
• Academic transcripts and university letters should be issued within the last three months.
  • For undergraduate students, the second year of school must be completed at the time of applying.
  • For graduate students a minimum of 50% of coursework must be completed at the time of applying.
• Applications without the requested documentation will be disqualified.
• Save each file in a PDF format with your name and subject.
• DO NOT send copies of your degree certificates or other courses.
• You must be able to work 40 hours weekly from June 16th to August 15th, 2025. Dates are predetermined and fixed, interns cannot start or finish before or after the indicated dates.
  • If you are an international student in the U.S.A., your work authorization is through CPT/OPT. Consult your school advisor before applying. You must be able to work 40 hours per week, many international students are limited to working part-time, depending on their academic standing.

Type of contract and duration

• Type of contract: Intern Consultant 
• Length of contract: Two (2) months
• Dates of the contract: June 16th to August 15th, 2025
• Location: Washington, D.C. – United States of America

Our culture

At the IDB Group, we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work, willing to try new approaches without fear, and where they are accountable and rewarded for their actions.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) are at the center of our organization. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and encourage women, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job interview process. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at diversity@iadb.org to request a reasonable accommodation to complete this application.