The Program requires 24 months of full-time study. In the second semester, parallel work experi-ence begins consisting of 20 hours per week at the industrial site and 20 hours per week in an academic lab. The faculty thesis advisor and the industrial supervisor serve togeth-er to monitor each student's progress in the program. They often face a dilemma in choosing between graduate school or industrial positions. In many ways, our program provides the best of both worlds.
Students can learn what industry is all about and at the same time earn a graduate degree.
If an industrial career is then chosen, our graduates are highly marketable and are positioned to make informed choices among available opportunities. Industrial Commitments 1. Student placements are be based on the mutual preferences of the industrial representatives, departmental representatives, and the graduate students. The industrial supervisor will be an ex officio member of the co-op student's thesis committee. Chemistry Department Obligations 1.