Co-op/Internships - [top]
You can gain practical experience before graduation with the Michigan Tech Cooperative Education Program. The Co-op program is a joint venture between Michigan Tech, a selected employer, and you. Work assignments are related to your major field of study and are varied to provide a broad range of experience and training. Co-op students must complete the same academic program as non-participants, so you could defer graduation by as much as a full calendar year.
Internships are similar to co-ops except that the work is not necessarily applicable to the field in which you will receive your degree. Typically students intern over the summer.
Visit www.career.mtu.edu/coop.php for more details.
Enterprise - [top]
The Enterprise Program gives teams of students from varied disciplines the opportunity to work for several years in a business-like setting to solve real-world problems. Engineering specific enterprises are supplied by industy partners. No matter what your major feel free to explore the enterprises. Each one is always open to using the various talents and majors that Michigan Tech students enumerate.
Visit www.enterprise.mtu.edu for more details.
Independent Study- [top]
Students may undertake an independent study project under the guidance of a faculty member. The course of study may either be research or academic and is decided upon between the student and faculty member. Talk with your advisor or a member of faculty that you are interested in working with for more information.
National Student Exchange (NSE) - [top]
NSE is available through the Department of Educational Opportunity and is a great opportunity for students to study at universities throughout the United States.
Visit www.edopp.mtu.edu/nse/ for more details.
The Senior Design Project experience provides students with opportunities to further develop their teamwork and communications skills by working with a team of students to apply their technical skills and knowledge working on an unstructured "real-world" engineering problem.
Visit www.doe.mtu.edu/sdp/ for more details.
International Programs and Services offers a variety of study abroad opportunities. Students who study abroad get course credit while traveling to another part of the world to attend school.
Visit http://www.ips.mtu.edu/Study_Abroad/ for more details.
Undergraduate Research- [top]
Undergraduate research allows students to pursue an area of interest under the supervision of a faculty member. Students have a considerable amount of latitude in designing and carrying out their own projects based on their interests, abilities, and skills. There are also opportunities to get your research funded, and often, undergraduate research can count for class credit. If you are interested, talk to a member of the faculty in the department in which you are interested.
