Information for Prospective Internship Sites

Thank you for your interest in the internship program through the UNF School of Communication.  We are delighted that you thought of UNF for this opportunity. We understand that you would like to be considered as an approved internship site, meaning that your name and information would appear on this website.

Before you begin the process, we’d like to make you aware of several important considerations.  The first involves the Federal Labor Standards Act, which has established a list of six criteria that must be met if an organization is considering offering college students unpaid internships.  The only entities that do not need to meet these criteria for unpaid internships are governmental or nonprofit organizations.

The criteria for an unpaid internship must meet the following:

• The internship, even though it occurs within the facilities of the organization, is similar to training which would be given in an educational environment;
• The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern, not necessarily the organization;
• The intern does not displace regular employees, but does works under close supervision of existing staff;
• The organization that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern, although products the intern creates may be of use;
• The intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the internship; and
• The employer and the intern understand that the intern is not entitled to wages for the time spent in the internship.

The UNF School of Communication offers a variety of internship experiences for our students from the traditional internship within a brick-and-mortar location, to a Home-Based internship or Totally Remote internship. Since this is an academic internship, the company and the direct supervisor will need to meet specific requirements and criteria in order to qualify. If you are interested in more information regarding your company having a student intern from the School of Communication, please email us at commstu1@unf.edu.