Sprinternships for employers

What’s a Sprinternship?

A Sprinternship is an opportunity for you to bring one or more teams of five UIC undergraduates into your workplace for three weeks in May.

This quick (hence the sprint!) and immersive paid internship experience gives students résumé experience that makes them more competitive when applying for summer internships. It gives you a chance to build your talent pipeline and advocate for gender equity in the Chicago tech world.

Sprinternships are open to women (cis and trans) and nonbinary individuals who are freshmen, sophomores, or juniors at UIC.

Important dates

Next employer information session: 
October 21, 2021, 11:00 a.m. (Register to participate | Join the meeting)

Employer commitment forms due for 2022 Sprinternships:
February 4, 2022

Sprinternships run:
May 9 through 27, 2022

Sprinternship guides

	Overview: What Sprinternships are, benefits for students and hosts, and how to customize the experience [PDF]
	Playbook: Expectations for students and hosts, monthly timelines, project info, and an extensive FAQ [PDF]
	Challenge Project Workbook: Challenge project design, from examples to levels of difficulty to a possible timeline for each week [PDF]
	Media Kit: How to communicate your leadership in promoting gender diversity in tech

Become a Sprinternship partner

Please fill out our partner involvement form or email Break Through Tech Chicago’s associate director of career development, Amelia Jackson, at anjacksn@uic.edu for more information.