Enhance your college experience

If you are considering a career in business or technology, the Accenture Student Empowerment Program is an outstanding opportunity for you to enhance your college experience and prepare for the future.

As part of our commitment to developing female and minority students, we are sponsoring the Accenture Student Empowerment Program to help students beginning in their sophomore year realize their potential. Going beyond our formal internships, this program provides additional mentoring and skill development opportunities to help participants build a foundation throughout their college experience that will position them for successful careers after graduation.

The Accenture Student Empowerment Program is a two year program targeted toward female and minority students, sophomores with majors in business, computer science and engineering. In addition to shadow days and networking events, participating students—known as Accenture Fellows—may intern with Accenture for two summers. Fellows who successful complete this program will be eligible to receive a full-time offer with Accenture.

Individuals accepted into the Accenture Student Empowerment Program, will become an Accenture Fellow and receive the following benefits:

• Early exposure to the business world
• Opportunity to complete two summer internships (summers before junior and senior years)
• Hands-on exploration of the consulting career path
• Opportunities to develop professional network and practice networking skills
• Inside perspective of what companies are looking for
• Develop an understanding of how academic and professional careers relate
• Potential to receive a full-time job offer during the fall semester of senior year

Background of the Accenture Student Empowerment Program

At Accenture, our people make the difference in how we deliver high performance, and we have our eye on the future. The growth and development of diverse students is a priority at Accenture. Phenomenal employees create powerful teams that allow us to compete, grow and innovate.

In 2003, Accenture launched an innovative program to help develop diverse student leaders, while helping build a diverse workforce. The Accenture Student Empowerment Program was developed to provide ongoing career development and opportunities to rising student leaders on campuses across the US

The Accenture Student Empowerment Program is comprised of the following four main areas:

• Mentoring: each fellow is matched with an executive from our consulting workforce
  
  
• Internships: two summer internships as long as fellows continue to meet the Program requirements
  
  
• Development: ongoing workshops covering a variety of topics will be offered via conference calls through the academic year, newsletters, summer internships, etc.
  
  
• Networking: opportunities to build network with a variety of consulting professionals beyond your assigned mentor

Meet some of our Accenture Fellows

Learn more about the experience you could have as a participant in the Accenture Student Empowerment Program, by meeting some of our past and present participating Accenture Fellows below.

• Samantha Knoll – Current Accenture Fellow
  University of Illinois, December 2011
  Engineering Mechanics Major
  
  
• Fahad Afolabi – Current Accenture Fellow
  Pennsylvania State University, May 2011
  Finance major
  
  
• Zoheb Hajiyani – Former Accenture Fellow
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor—May 2010
  Accenture Consulting Analyst, Dallas Texas
  
  
• Candace Jones – Former Accenture Fellow
  Stanford University, June 2009
  Accenture Consulting Analyst, San Francisco
  
  
• Jose Espinal – Former Accenture Fellow
  The Pennsylvania State University, May 2008
  Accenture Consulting Analyst, Reston Virginia
  
  

Apply now for the 2013 Accenture Student Empowerment Program

Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 Accenture Student Empowerment Program. See the 'How to apply' section below for details.

• Female and minority students with an expected graduation date between December 2014 and May/June 2015
  
  
• Candidates with strong academic performance at an accredited four-year institution
  
  
• Students with work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States
  
  

• Maintain GPA requirement
• Fellows must submit transcript following each semester of study
• Meet performance expectations during summer internships
• Continued enrollment in an undergraduate program
• Continued interest in exploring Accenture and the consulting industry
• Proactively build and develop your relationship with your mentor