Internships and co-ops

GatorNuke82
Tue, 09 Jul 2013 23:18:58 +0000

Engineering internships are almost always paid internships, and paid well. UF is highly recruited from, and has one of the best job placement centers in the country, with technical job fairs every Fall and Spring. Your engineering advisers will help you prepare for these fairs, and these are where you get “recruited” for your internships. The internships can be located all over the country, and some companies actually pay to relocate you and put you up in subsidized company housing for the semester you’re interning. You will often take a semester off from classes to do internships, and the College of Engineering sees this as normal.

Don’t pass off trying to get into UF out of fear of lack of internships. In many people’s opinion, UF has the best engineering school in the state. It’s certainly the toughest to get into, though, so don’t assume you’ll get in just because you put your app in. Get top marks at your community college, and especially try for A’s in your pre-engineering classes.