The Student Experience Outside the Classroom
At Lehigh’s College of Health, hands-on learning is built directly into your education so you can turn knowledge into real-world impact. Through global travel, research alongside faculty and partnerships across the region, you will tailor your experiences to fit your personal passions and career goals.
ASCEND
To guide your journey, our four-year ASCEND professional development program prepares you to lead, innovate and drive change in the health sector.
Through ASCEND, you will:
- Build Leadership Skills: Gain essential industry certifications and practical competencies before you graduate.
- Connect with Mentors: Grow a powerful network of alumni, faculty and healthcare leaders.
- Prepare for Your Career: Transition seamlessly from an incoming student into a job-ready leader.
Internships
At Lehigh’s College of Health, hands-on industry experience is a core part of your education. Through strategic partnerships across the healthcare sector and beyond, you will apply classroom learning to real-world challenges while building a competitive professional edge.
Our majors gain direct experience through high-impact placements, including:
- Health Communications and Marketing: Sarapeta Therapeutics, a global biotech company engineering precision genetic medicine.
- Environmental Health and Safety: Merck, a premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company.
- Health Program Evaluation: Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, overseeing state healthcare, disability and food assistance programs.
- Digital Health: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, offering specialized summer internships and semester co-op experiences in digital and technology services.
To ensure these opportunities are accessible to everyone, all College of Health majors can apply for funding to support paid internships, research projects or study abroad experiences. We actively connect you with corporate partners while providing financial backing for nonprofit placements, ensuring every student can pursue meaningful, career-defining work.
Study Abroad
In the College of Health, we partner with Lehigh's Study Abroad Office to connect you with global learning experiences that broaden your perspective and deepen your impact. You can explore health systems around the world through full-semester programs, international internships or campus-based global initiatives.
Ready to explore your options?
Get Started: Visit the Study Abroad Portal to browse current semester programs.
Short-Term Programs: Check the main study abroad website annually for updated summer and winter opportunities.
Funding Opportunities
Endowed by Linda M. and D. Brooks Zug ’67, this fellowship supports students who have secured unpaid internships in the health sector, with preference going to those with non-profit internships based in the Lehigh Valley and Boston area. Funding up to $5000 will be awarded.
Students who have not applied before will need to create a profile in InfoReady.
Applications open to fund unpaid internships: July 1, 2026
Applications close: June 1, 2027
Link to apply: https://lehigh.infoready4.com/
Funding Requirements
All applicants must be COH majors and must provide proof that they have completed the following career readiness requirements:
- Attendance at Career Lab in the Center for Career & Professional Development (CCPD) and/or a career coaching appointment with the COH liaison.
- Watch Big Interview’s First 90 Days Curriculum and submit a complete the Big Picture Goals worksheet to your advisor
- A thorough reading and understanding of the principles outlined in Reciprocity and Respect for Others is mandatory for all grant applicants. Adherence to these core values will be assessed during the review process.
Students may apply for funding for unpaid internships outside the Zug requirements, individual research projects, field research, or other non-traditional experiences.
Students who have not applied before will need to create a profile in InfoReady.
Applications open: July 1, 2026
Applications close: June 1, 2027
Link to apply: https://lehigh.infoready4.com/
Funding Requirements
All applicants must be COH majors and must provide proof that they have completed the following career readiness requirements:
- Attendance at Career Lab in the Center for Career & Professional Development (CCPD) and/or a career coaching appointment with the COH liaison.
- Watch Big Interview’s First 90 Days Curriculum and submit a complete the Big Picture Goals worksheet to your advisor.
- A thorough reading and understanding of the principles outlined in Reciprocity and Respect for Others is mandatory for all grant applicants. Adherence to these core values will be assessed during the review process.
Students can apply for funding for a credit-bearing experience with the amount of funding based on individual need and used to support travel and other expenses not covered by financial aid.
Students who have not applied before will need to create a profile in InfoReady.
Applications open: February 2, 2026
Applications close: February 15, 2026
Link to apply: https://lehigh.infoready4.com/
Funding Requirement
All applicants must be COH majors and must provide proof that they have completed the following career readiness requirements:
- A thorough reading and understanding of the principles outlined in Reciprocity and Respect for Others is mandatory for all grant applicants. Adherence to these core values will be assessed during the review process.
The Impact Fellowship Assistance Fund is for students who are in the Impact Fellowship program through Creative Inquiry. Students can apply for travel and other expenses that were not funded through the program. This award will also be based on individual need.
Students who have not applied before will need to create a profile in InfoReady.
Applications open: February 4, 2026
Applications close: February 14, 2026
Link to apply: https://lehigh.infoready4.com/
Funding Requirement
A thorough reading and understanding of the principles outlined in Reciprocity and Respect for Others is mandatory for all grant applicants. Adherence to these core values will be assessed during the review process.
Students can apply for support for presenting at a conference or other professional experience. This award will be based on need, and funding up to $500 will be awarded.
Students who have not applied before will need to create a profile in InfoReady.
Applications: Funds are rolling. Live link is HERE
Funding Requirements
All applicants must be COH majors and must provide proof that they have completed the following career readiness requirements:
- Attend Career Lab
- Scheduled and attended a career coaching appointment
- A thorough reading and understanding of the principles outlined in Reciprocity and Respect for Others is mandatory for all grant applicants. Adherence to these core values will be assessed during the review process.
Students who are majoring in the College of Health and are enrolled in CGH 324 Global Model WHO can apply for funding to support travel and other expenses not covered by financial aid.
Students who have not applied before will need to create a profile in InfoReady.
Applications open: April 20, 2026
Applications close: May 1, 2026
Link to apply: https://lehigh.infoready4.com/
Funding Requirement
A thorough reading and understanding of the principles outlined in Reciprocity and Respect for Others is mandatory for all grant applicants. Adherence to these core values will be assessed during the review process.
Questions?
Students with questions about experiential learning should email either cohadvising@lehigh.edu or cohgrad@lehigh.edu.
Assistant Director, Student Experiences
Jen Topp
Assistant Director, Student Experiences
College email: cohadvising@lehigh.edu
jet211@lehigh.edu
610-758-1877
Find the Complete Experience at Lehigh
Our classroom learning, combined with real-world experiences, sets Lehigh's College of Health apart.