Interns and Co-ops

As an employer are you...

• looking for technical assistance with a project?
• needing temporary help to support an increased workload?
• having trouble in a competitive market hiring full-time engineers and thinking that a feeder system for full-time conversions would be helpful?
• interested in providing professional experience to a student pursuing engineering or computer science?
• thinking about trying out candidates before bringing them on board as full-time employees?

Then consider hiring an Intern or Co-op student from the KU School of Engineering!

Hiring Interns or Co-ops provides numerous benefits to employers. Most importantly it serves in educating and training the next generation of professional engineers beyond the classroom. The Engineering Career Center can provide information about setting up programs and assist in identifying KU candidates.

Important details about how the programs work at KU:

Summer Internships: These types of opportunities are very popular with Engineering and Computer Science students at KU. Students are interested in summer internships that allow them to work 8-10 weeks during the summer in career-related positions. They typically prefer experiences in which they would be exposed to professional engineering assignments allowing them to gain real-world learning and exploration.

Part-time Internships: This type of program is traditionally offered during the fall and/or spring semesters where students work part-time hours while going to school full-time. This is an excellent opportunity for students to gain professional experience while taking classes. Employers offering this type of opportunity tend to be very flexible with a student's school schedule allowing them to work a few days a week or a few hours each day.

Cooperative Education Opportunities (Co-ops): A limited number of students choose to participate in co-op opportunities each semester. Historically, the types of co-ops of greatest interest to KU students involved back-to-back work assignments which include a semester plus the summer break (e.g. January-July or June-December). Students receive course credit and remain in full-time student status.