Please note that career fairs are open to the students, postdocs, and alumni served by the Career Services office. Students in online degree programs may attend consortium fairs, fairs hosted by their program, and all virtual fairs unless otherwise noted. On campus career fairs hosted by our office are for on-campus students and alumni only. All Penn-specific virtual fairs will be held on the Handshake platform. (Students can learn more about the virtual platform here.  Employers can learn more here.)

Upcoming Career Fairs

CAREERLINK

In-Person: Friday, September 5, 2025

  • Opportunities in a wide range of industries including Consulting, Communications/Marketing, Consumer Products, Education, Finance, Government, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, Nonprofits, Real Estate, Retail and more! Open to all on-campus students, postdocs, and alumni served by Career Services.

Information for Employers
Information for Students

ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY CAREER DAYS

Virtual: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
In-Person: Thursday, September 11, 2025
Two days, two formats, both for exploring internships and full-time early career opportunities in industries and professional paths specific to engineering and technology.

Information for Employers
Students, postdoctoral fellows & Alumni candidate information coming soon!

VIRTUAL ALL-INDUSTRIES CAREER FAIR

Virtual Event: Friday, September 19, 2025

Information for Employers
Information for Students

BIOSCIENCES CAREER FAIR

In-Person: Friday, September 26, 2025

  • This fair is open to all on-campus students, postdocs, and alumni. With Penn’s strong reputation for biomedical research, this career fair has a particular emphasis on the life and physical sciences, and we invite employers from a diverse range of industries and career fields to participate (including the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, consulting firms, science writing and publishing organizations, patent law and intellectual property firms, government and non-profit institutions, start-ups, policy think tanks, and more!)

Information for Employers
Information for Students (Link coming soon!)

VIRTUAL GOVERNMENT & NONPROFIT CAREER FAIR

Virtual Event: Friday, November 14, 2025
Information for Students and Employers

  • Opportunities in government, nonprofits and NGOs. A consortium fair open to all Penn students with a Handshake account, including online students.

NURSING CAREER DAY (in-person)

In-Person: 2025 Date to Be Announced Soon

Information for Employers (Link coming soon!)
Information for Students (Link coming soon!)

Past Career Fairs

PENN SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES AND FUNDING FAIR (in-person)

  • Penn offers MANY programs to help students connect with and fund summer internship and research experiences. Attend this fair, organized by Career Services and the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, to talk with  organizations coordinating, hosting or funding these opportunities.

In-Person: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Information for Students

SPRING CAREER & INTERNSHIP FAIR (in-person)

  • Opportunities across all industries, open to undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs served by Career Services.

In-Person: Friday, January 31, 2025
Information for Employers
Information for Students

DESIGN CAREER FAIR (in-person)

  • Opportunities for students in the Weitzman School of Design and students interested in design fields.

In Person: Thursday, February 6, 2025
Information for Employers
Information for Students

DESIGN CAREER FAIR (virtual)

  • Opportunities for students in the Weitzman School of Design and students interested in design fields.

Virtual: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Information for Employers
Information for Students

STEM CAREER FAIR 2025 (in person)

  • Opportunities across STEM fields for undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs served by Career Services

In-Person: Thursday, February 13, 2025
Information for Employers
Information for Students

SPRING ALL INDUSTRY VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR

  • Opportunities across all industries, open to undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs served by Career Services.

Virtual: Thursday, February 20, 2025
Information for Employers
Information for Students

ALL-IVY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CAREER FAIR (in-person)

  • The eight Ivy League schools come together to produce a unique and inspiring career fair that provides companies unparalleled access to students who have the skills and knowledge to address the complex sustainability and climate challenges of our global economy.
  • Students will have the opportunity to attend virtual employer information sessions on Wednesday, February 21st and Thursday February 22nd – topics and exact times TBD.

In-Person: Friday, February 28, 2024 – at Columbia University
Information for Employers – registration is now open and early bird registration fees are in place until December 15th
Information for Students – registration opens November 6th

GRADUATE CAREER CONSORTIUM PHD & MASTER’S VIRTUAL CAREER EXPO

The GCC-sponsored VCE is a virtual recruiting and networking experience designed to connect graduate students, postdocs, and alumni from STEM, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences fields, to employers using the vFairs platform.

Virtual: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Information for Employers
Information for Students

VIRTUAL IVY+ CONSORTIUM JUST-IN-TIME CAREER FAIR

April 10th – Student Registration Opens March 14th

Looking for a summer internship or full-time job? Don’t miss this great opportunity to meet top employers from various industries at the Ivy+ Just in Time Virtual Career Fair in April! 

Bene​fits of Participating:

  • Many diverse employers and opportunities! Employers who are hiring NOW for opportunities in 2025 from across industries, including biotech, education, real estate, nonprofit, financial services, government, startups, healthcare, consulting (and more!) are eager to meet and recruit students.  
  • It’s convenient! Set your schedule in advance of the event so it fits your schedule. Upon registering, students can sign-up for employer group sessions (~ 30 minutes) and/or 1:1 chats with an employer (10 minutes). While the event lasts three hours, you can attend as much or as little as desired within the timeframe.
  • Make connections and expand your network and knowledge of the opportunities available to you.

Undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs, and recent alumni of participating schools are welcome to attend.

Don’t forget to sign up for our optional Resume Book event below, where employers attending the fair can access your public resume and proactively reach out to connect. Employers will have access prior, during, and after the event. Be sure to update your privacy settings to “community” or “employers” and upload your document to your Handshake profile and set it to be “visible”.

For Employers: The Ivy+ Consortium has come together once again to help connect students with representatives who are currently hiring for jobs and internships at top organizations.

We are excited to invite you to the 2025 Ivy+ Virtual Fair which will take place from 1-4pm ET on Thursday, April 10. Join and recruit undergraduate, graduate and PhD-level, PostDocs students from across the Ivy+ schools who have the skills and knowledge to address your hiring needs for this year. Representatives from public agencies, consulting firms, nonprofit organizations, and corporations are welcome to participate in the Fair to discuss current and future openings, internships, and full-time positions, in a variety of fields.

Employers will also be invited to join an exclusive resume book “event” to access students resumes before, during, and after the fair.

Register on Handshake, registration opened on February 17, 2025:

Ivy+ Just in Time Virtual Career Fair

April 10, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET

Virtual via Handshake

For Students: Looking for a summer internship or full-time job? Don’t miss this unique opportunity to meet top employers from various industries at the Ivy+ Just in Time Virtual Career Fair coming up on April 10. Employers will be eager to meet you as they share information about currently available internships and full-time roles for 2025.

Join your peers from Brown, UChicago, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, MIT, Penn, 

Princeton, Stanford, and Yale as you engage with employers through high-quality video and small group information sessions. Undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs, and recent alumni of participating schools are welcome to attend.

Don’t forget to sign up for our optional Resume Book event, where employers attending the fair can access your public resume and proactively reach out to connect. Employers will have access prior, during, and after the event. Be sure to update your privacy settings to “community” or “employers” and upload your document to your Handshake profile and set it to be “visible”.

SAVE THE DATE!

Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025

Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET

Location: Virtual

Student Registration opens on March 14. We hope to see you on April 10!