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UC Alumni And Employers

Join UC San Diego alumni and employer partners in empowering Degree Plus students through mentorship, internships, networking, and career engagement that connect academic achievement to meaningful professional opportunities.

Get Involved as an Alumni Mentor Partner with Degree Plus as an Employer

Empower the Next Generation of Tritons

UC Alumni

Your experience can help students take the next step toward meaningful careers. As a UC San Diego alumnus, you can mentor, network, offer internships, and share career insights that help Degree Plus students connect their education and new skills to real-world opportunities. Together, we can create pathways to success and strengthen the Triton community for generations to come.

How Alumni Can Help

Share your experience, connections, and career insights to help Degree Plus students explore opportunities and prepare for their futures.

Mentor a Student

Support a Degree Plus student through the Take a Triton to Work program by sharing your experience, career insights, and professional guidance.

Host an Intern

Provide valuable hands-on experience by hosting a Degree Plus intern at your organization. If funding is a concern, assistance may be available to help support eligible internships.

Be a Guest Speaker

Inspire students by speaking at an upcoming Internship and Career Development event. Share your professional journey and help students connect their majors, skills, and internship experiences to future careers.

Build the Future Workforce

Employers

Degree Plus partners with employers to help UC San Diego students gain meaningful, career-aligned internship experiences that strengthen workforce readiness and professional skills.

Through internships, mentorship, and industry engagement, employers help students connect their academic studies and certificate programs to real-world career pathways.


We welcome partnerships with:
  • Private companies
  • Non-profit organizations
  • Educational institutions
  • Government agencies

Partner with Degree Plus

Create meaningful career opportunities for students through internships, employer partnerships, and financial support initiatives.

Share Your Existing Internship Opportunities

Already have internships available? Degree Plus welcomes internship opportunities that provide students with meaningful, career-related professional experience. Sharing your existing internships helps connect talented UC San Diego students with organizations seeking motivated and skilled emerging professionals.

Join the Degree Plus Internship Network

Expand access to paid internships. Eligible private companies, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions can join the Degree Plus Internship Network to offer paid internships to Degree Plus students.

Benefits for employers:
  • UC San Diego manages student compensation
  • Campus handles payment processing
  • Established student employment guidelines simplify participation
  • Helps support student career development

Support Students Through Internship Awards

Degree Plus Internship Awards help students pursue valuable unpaid internships with non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and local, state, and federal government agencies. 

These awards may provide financial assistance that helps offset living, transportation, or other internship-related expenses, increasing access to meaningful career-building experiences. 

Employers interested in hosting unpaid interns are encouraged to learn more about how students may qualify for the award.

Contact Us

Have questions about partnering with Degree Plus?
degreeplus@ucsd.edu