Gain real world skills while making an impact

University students want to make a difference. Team4Tech’s University Internship Program allows students the opportunity to support international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) while gaining important professional experience and leadership skills.

Team4Tech’s internship program is focused on supporting nonprofit organizations working to improve education in under-resourced communities around the world. For university students interested in education, technology, and/or international development, who want to gain real-world experience and deliver solutions to educational nonprofits, this is a valuable opportunity.

Team4Tech’s University Internship Program each June-August is focused on supporting NGOs working to improve education in under-resourced communities around the world. This is a valuable opportunity for university students interested in education, technology, and/or international development, who want to gain real-world experience and deliver solutions to education-focused NGOs.

Strengthening Local Education Capacity

Leveraging technology and training, Team4Tech builds capacity for community-based NGOs serving under-resourced contexts worldwide, improving education that ultimately prepares learners for better jobs.

All learners deserve access to quality education—and quality education gives learners the keys to future economic opportunity. Team4Tech’s accelerator programming model fully connects learning to employability skills: a comprehensive skill set including digital, innovation, social-emotional, and cognitive skills necessary for the future. 

Our partner NGOs achieve goals advancing educator and learner growth, learner engagement, and organizational sustainability and scale. These positive outcomes help NGOs expansively impact their regional educational ecosystems, enabling millions of learners to demonstrate digital readiness, master foundational skills, and prepare for employment opportunities.

Growing Student Leaders

Team4Tech’s internship program is a unique opportunity for university students to support our strategic NGO partners while building professional experience and leadership skills. 

“The content developed by the Team4Tech intern team really helped schools in Malawi since there is a shortage of books in libraries. Now students will have access to a variety of information in physics, biology, and chemistry. This will definitely improve education in Malawi.”

Doreen Luhanga
Program Director, Centre for Youth and Development

Team4Tech University Internship

  • Prepare virtually for up to 20 hrs/week over six weeks in June-July, and then work full time on-site with the NGO for three to four weeks
  • Collaborate in a team with up to 15 other interns
  • Gain real-world experience working in the nonprofit sector
  • Acquire cross-cultural skills needed in a globalized world
  • Network with students from other universities
  • Help advance the quality of education in under-resourced communities
  • Develop the following leadership skills through the project work and leadership training:

“Working with people from different backgrounds teaches and challenges people to work with each other efficiently and to be a leader. Team4Tech gives people that experience on a global level.”

Raziel Hillary Ramil
UC Davis Intern
Two teachers laugh in their classroom. Dignitas is supporting a transition to online learning in Kenya.

Check out previous examples of university students’ internship work with Team4Tech

Eligibility & Sponsorship

Any undergraduate or graduate student with interest or skills in technology, education, and/or international development is eligible to apply.

Students must cover the cost of the program as well as their travel expenses. Many students receive funding and scholarships from their universities to participate in the Team4Tech internship program. This contribution supports Team4Tech’s mission of improving the quality of education for learners in under-resourced communities through technology and training, contributing to their skills for economic success. Contributions also support Team4Tech’s Education Impact Fund, from which we make grants to our nonprofit partners around the world. Those grants are used to buy hardware and software which Team4Tech projects help implement. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, all contributions are tax-deductible.

“I found the program to be very well planned out and coordinated. I loved the fact that there was a leadership development curriculum so that we were not just working but also learning!”

Gregory Macharia
Dartmouth College

“It’s a great opportunity for experiential learning and connecting with other students. Working on different teams with people of various expertise made it such a great collaborative experience.”

Francoise Niyigena
Middlebury College

“Global awareness is a key tenet of UC Davis. Actively working with international NGOs on the ground is really helpful for furthering UC Davis’ #GlobalAggies initiative.”

Genna Weinstein
UC Davis

If you’re interested in bringing this program to university students or applying as a student