Guaranteed Paid Internship Program The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering is the first in the country to guarantee all incoming freshmen placement in a paid internship the summer following their first year: provided they meet the required criteria. The goal of the program is to expose students to real-life work experience in conjunction with their education and eventually making the post-graduation transition easier. Job placement rates after graduating increase dramatically with each internship.
2016 GPIP Participants: Kholoud Baste Sunil Dommaraju Jessica Espejo Celine Macaraniag Rene Mariona Mary Ann Metzger Rebecca Mitra Lara Nammari Taiwo Osinloye Equally important is the development of strategic corporate Julian Pacheco partnerships. To this effect, the Guaranteed Internship Pro- Success Story gram connects UIC’s engineering students with companies Florian finished his freshman year and organizations. Incoming engineering freshmen have the in May 2014 and was one of the highest average ACT scores in the University. As part of the first cohort of students in the Guarprogram, each incoming engineering freshman class is guar- anteed Paid Internship Program. anteed a paid internship the summer following their first He was hired by Knowles Elecyear at a collaborating company or current UIC research lab. tronics and did a good job for them The UIC College of Engineering currently has more than 150 projects funded by $66 million in grants. Each internship lasts for at least eight weeks and for students placed in outside companies and organizations, the expected pay is between $15 to $25 per hour. For students placed within UIC research labs, the expected pay is $10 per hour. Since 2012, over 300 companies and organizations have hired UIC engineering students and alumni as interns and full-time employees. For students that are interested in the program, please visit http://ecc.engr.uic.edu/guaranteed-paid-internship-program/. For companies that would like more information on how to post internships, please email engrjobs@uic.edu or call 312-996-2311.
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and really enjoyed it. Afterwards, he created a LinkedIn account. It just so happened that Apple, Inc. recruiters were scanning connections, looking for interns, saw his connection to Knowles, contacted him, interviewed him, and has offered him a full-time co-op to start working in Cupertino, CA in January 2015 to work through summer.
Companies which participated in GPIP “Having the hands-on experience to learn how to use Matlab and Comsol for real applications was the most satisfying part of my summer. It was my first time programming, and now I have a better understanding of the importance of running experiments while considering all outside factors.” -Sara Mohamed (BS ’17) Bioengineering Internship: UIC Acoustics and Vibrations Laboratory