Current Opportunities for Students

Student opportunities for work and study within Oceanography and beyond:

Summer

• UW Oceanography Summer Opportunities
• Friday Harbor Labs
• UW Summer Exploration Seminars
• SEA Semester
• Cape RADD in Cape Town, South Africa
• DAAD Rise Program in Germany, Summer Internships
• Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP -- partners with Washington Sea Grant for Oceanography projects)

Research

• UW Undergraduate Research Database

Study Abroad

• UW Study Abroad Office
• Southampton (England) Exchange Program
• SEA Semester

Careers

• College of the Environment Career Page
• UW Career and Internship Center

Student Clubs

• Student Chapter of the Marine Technology Society
• Fieldnotes - a student run undergraduate and digital storytelling platform 
• Ecodispatch Podcast -  College of the Environment undergraduate and graduate students discuss various issues related to the environment

Student Jobs

Student Academic Employees at the University of Washington are governed by a contract between the University of Washington and UAW. Details of the contract may be found at UAW Academic Student Employees (ASEs) Contract.  Wage rates for ASE hourly job titles hired in Oceanography are:

• Graduate Reader/Grader = $25 per hour
• Undergraduate Reader/Grader = $20 per hour
• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant = $20 per hour
• Undergraduate Research Assistant = $18.69 per hour (effective 1/1/2023) to start, can be paid more