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Cooperative Engineering Education
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The Engineering Cooperative Education/Internship Program was instituted to satisfy the need for undergraduate students to gain practical work experience in addition to academic knowledge. This office will also assist with master's-level internships.
The cooperative method has proven to be exceptionally effective in bringing together future employees and companies in a way that is beneficial to all parties. Companies gain well-educated, relatively short-term employees with the latest knowledge and training. Students gain first-hand experience and a preview of the work-world that they will be entering. Since its inception, the Engineering Cooperative Education/Internship Program at UTA has gained the endorsement of numerous companies in the Dallas/ Fort Worth Metroplex and elsewhere.
Differences Between Cooperative Education and Internships:
Cooperative Education - Students can work full-time or part time –employment is by semester. The coop program is associated with the university, the student enrolls in a pass/fail course.
Internships are on-going, part time positions that work around school schedules.
Employers may list co-op and internship positions with the Engineering Co-op Office and receive assistance in locating students who meet employers’ specific needs in the various engineering disciplines. Employers may list positions for students on an on-going or one-time basis, depending on their needs. On campus interviews can be arranged.
Regular, full time engineering positions should be posted at UT Arlington Career Services Homepage.
WORTHY CHAMPIONS
Engineering students won first, second, and third place four times during the first six years of competition at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Aerial Robotics, a feat unmatched by any university in the world.