Career Development

If you’re a graduate student in engineering, mathematics, physics, or computer science and would like to strengthen your preparation for a technical career, the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory Technology Leadership Scholars (ATLAS) Program is designed for you.

By Erik Martinez, Graduate Career Peer
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 - 2:52pm


If you're a graduate student in engineering, mathematics, physics, or computer science and would like to strengthen your preparation for a technical career, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Technology Leadership Scholars (ATLAS) Program is designed for you. This highly competitive 12-week program focuses on technology leadership development.

The ATLAS Summer Intern Program is offered to well-qualified, highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students who have an interest in applied scientific research and are attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Minority Institutions.

Application Requirements:

  • A student in electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, math, computer science, geology, or biology
  • Are interested in applied scientific research
  • Have a minimum 3.0 overall GPA (on a 4.0 scale)
  • Have U.S. citizenship

Application should be submitted online by December 31, 2016.

Videos of ATLAS alumni who are now full-time employees can be viewed on YouTube.

For more information, please visit the ATLAS Program webpage.