What is the Presidential Management Internship Program?
The Presidential Management Internship (PMI) Program was established in 1977 to attract outstanding individuals to the federal service from a wide variety of graduate programs, including public administration, public affairs, and public policy. The application process takes place during a student’s final year in these programs. Typically, a school nominates candidates for the PMI Program. Candidates undergo an assessment process, and finalists are invited to a PMI job fair in the spring. This is a highly competitive program that provides interns with rotational assignments in different branches and substantive areas of the federal government. While PMIs hold a variety of graduate degrees, the majority are selected from graduate programs in public administration, public affairs, and public policy. To learn more about the PMI program, see the PMI website at http://www.pmi.opm.gov.
