Benefits and General Policies

Compensation and Benefits

UIC Counseling Center offers a twelve-month 40-hour week internship that will begin on August 11, 2025 and continue for a full calendar year. Four full-time intern positions are planned, with a stipend for the 2025-2026 training year of $43,888 for each position. Monies (up to $200 per Intern) are available for professional development through approved activities such as workshops/conferences and licensure preparation materials.

Interns are eligible for benefits provided to academic professionals including health insurance (with a range of options) and dental and vision insurance for the intern and their eligible dependents including domestic partners, as well as life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and retirement options.  Please note that international students need to have achieved substantial presence to qualify for UIC health insurance and may be eligible to receive a monthly insurance stipend in the amount of $166.67 to defray the cost of self-provided insurance.

Interns are afforded fifteen days of vacation, ten days of sick leave, three days of professional development leave and two floating holidays, in addition to university holidays. In the case of a protracted sick leave or other absence, individual determinations by the Training Committee are made to decide whether the time requirements of the internship have been fulfilled or need to be extended.

Each intern has their own office, which includes a UIC-issued laptop which travels home for work-from-home days, as well as access to clerical and technical support. Interns are entitled to use library, recreational, and computer facilities, and to attend athletic and cultural events on campus.

Non-Discrimination Policy: The Counseling Center adheres to the nondiscrimination policy of the University of Illinois at Chicago, with regard to the recruitment, hiring, and treatment of all staff and trainees. The policy states:

“The commitment of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to the most fundamental principles of academic freedom, equality of opportunity, and human dignity requires that decisions involving students and employees be based on individual merit and be free from invidious discrimination in all its forms.

UIC will not engage in discrimination or harassment against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, order of protection status, genetic information, marital status, disability, sexual orientation including gender identity, unfavorable discharge from the military or status as a protected veteran and will comply with all federal and state nondiscrimination, equal opportunity and affirmative action laws, orders and regulations. This nondiscrimination policy applies to admissions, employment, access to and treatment in the University’s programs and activities.

University complaint and grievance procedures provide employees and students with the means for the resolution of complaints that allege a violation of this statement. UIC’s Office for Access and Equity is the office charged with reviewing and addressing complaints of harassment and/or discrimination.”