If you have questions, please see our recruiting contacts . Develop skills and knowledge applicable to their career field. Increase students' maturity level by exposure to the professional work environment. Build credentials to enhance their opportunities at graduation for employment or admission to graduate school. To apply to the program, students must have completed at least one semester at Virginia Tech and have established a GPA at Virginia Tech.
Some academic departments require a higher minimum.
You as the employer may set your own GPA requirement. Timing At the earliest, students' first co-op work term may be the summer following freshman year. Benefits to employers Provide pre-professional personnel who are relatively less expensive than professional staff, but are effective and highly motivated. Meet seasonal needs and release professional staff from work that can be delegated.