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Summer Language Program

NSA offers foreign language students the opportunity to sharpen their language skills in reading and listening to a professional level. As an apprentice to senior NSA language analysts, you'll gain intensive experience exploiting communications for vital intelligence missions. You'll also have the unique opportunity for multi-dimensional and cross-disciplinary growth in analytical skills.

The Summer Language program is currently hiring students studying Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Pashto, Persian-Farsi, Russian and Urdu. The languages may change from year to year based on the Agency’s projected hiring needs.

Application Deadline
Applications are accepted September 1st - November 15th each year.

About the Program
The Summer Language Program is an intensive 12-week intern program intended for high-potential college upperclassman and graduate students. It is intended for language students who have taken at least one language course per semester. The program begins as early as the summer after your sophomore year and if mutually agreeable, continues during the summer after your junior year. Participation during a second summer is encouraged but not required. At the end of your second summer, a conditional job offer may be given for you to join NSA after graduation.

The summer includes:

  • A language mentor assigned from NSA's language analysis team
  • Hands-on operational experience
  • Relevant job-specific briefings
  • Job-specific and language-related training

Salary
Students are paid a competitive salary commensurate with their education level.

Benefits

  • Receive vacation time, sick leave and federal holidays
  • Participation in agency-wide extracurricular programs
  • Those who attend out-of-state schools are eligible for a round trip airfare ticket to and from school or mileage reimbursement up to the cost of a government-issued airline ticket.

Qualifications

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Must be eligible to be granted a security clearance
  • Must have taken at least one language course per semester
  • A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is preferred
  • A 3.5 average in all language/area studies is preferred

How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online on or before November 15th. Applications received after the deadline, as well as incomplete packets, will not be considered.

To submit a resume online during open season, click any “Apply Online” link. Under “Basic Job Search,” type in keywords “Summer Language Program,” and click on “search.” Select Summer Language Program and click “Apply Now.” Follow directions as prompted.

To be considered for the Summer Language Program, you must submit a complete application packet that includes:

  • A resume
  • A list of your current fall semester courses and your proposed spring course schedule
  • Unofficial transcripts

 

IMPORTANT: When applying online, you may only submit your resume. Please e-mail additional information to ljmcwee@nsa.gov.

For additional information, e-mail ljmcwee@nsa.gov or call 410-854-4726.

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Date Posted: Jan 15, 2009 | Last Modified: Oct 04, 2011 | Last Reviewed: Oct 04, 2011

  
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