Students should register with the ECAC in August to receive full benefit of the Center's services. The ECAC offers individual career counseling services on a walk-in or appointment basis to engineering students and graduates. The Engineering Career Assistance Center hosts as many as 23 interviewers daily throughout the fall and spring recruiting seasons. Interviewers represent hundreds of companies seeking graduates, co-ops and summer interns in all engineering disciplines to fill positions worldwide. Students in the Co-op Program earn three hours of technical elective credit after alternating three semesters of work with academic study.
Many students seek summer internships in which they can work for one summer.
Depending on the company, students may have an option to work for the same company for consecutive summers or work for different companies each summer. Externship An externship is an opportunity for engineering students to spend a day at an engineering work site related to their major. The ECAC arranges externships with approximately twenty companies during the winter holidays. Students benefit from the opportunity to visit an engineering company and speak with professionals in industry. Many companies interviewing on-campus schedule meetings the evening before the interview to present information about the company and the positions available.