STUDENTS & GRADUATES

Are you a new graduate? Here's the chance to make a difference.

Our university recruiting efforts help us grow in a highly competitive industry. Your fresh ideas, unique perspectives and fundamental knowledge are important assets that can help shape the future of this company.

Attracting, Developing and Retaining Top Talent: Interns and Co-ops

The Merck Future Talent Program for interns and co-ops is designed to provide exemplary university students with the opportunity to work on meaningful assignments and gain real-world experience. Assignments include:

  • Internship: 10-to-12 week assignment occurring between May and August.
  • Co–op: 4-or-more-month assignment occurring throughout the calendar year.

 

The Merck Future Talent Program provides:

  • Real-world experience aligned to a course of study
  • Competitive pay, along with subsidized housing and transportation for those who qualify
  • Organized social and professional development events

Full-time Positions

Our future relies heavily on the success of people like you – innovative graduates with diverse views.

If you’re passionate about making a difference and want to contribute to our mission and growth, explore our full-time positions.

Events Calendar

We maintain strong relationships with our core universities. This ensures diverse, university-level talent for both full-time and Future Talent Program hires throughout our company. Find out where and when Merck will be on campus.

Our university recruiting includes local university chapters of our larger, national diversity association partners.

More Information

Video Profile: The Future Talent Program

Merck’s Future Talent Program is a formal Intern and Co-op program designed to provide exemplary university students with the opportunity to work on meaningful assignments and gain real-world experience. Find out the value an internship or co-op can provide in starting your career.

Video Profile: The Intern Experience

Three Merck employees across three generations discuss their first career experiences with Merck and how those experiences shaped their professional development.