Employment and Career Services for Students
Georgia Tech and ECE provide students with many ways to gain valuable work experience while pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree. Jobs are available on the Tech campus and with many different companies in the U.S. and around the world.
In addition to earning a paycheck, students obtain practical experience and everyday people skills that will be very valuable assets when they graduate and begin working full-time in their chosen professions. The rest of this page details Georgia Tech and ECE employment resources for students, both while they are in school and when the search begins for permanent employment after graduation.
Georgia Tech Resources
Division of Professional Practice
This office facilitates student internship and co-op assignments and the Work Abroad Program. Started in 1921, the Cooperative Education Program is a five-year academic program in which students alternate semesters of full-time studies and semesters of full-time work. Georgia Tech has the largest optional co-op plan in the nation and is the highest ranked program of its kind among public U.S. universities.
Georgia Tech Career Services
Resources of this office include career counseling, job interview practice, resumé tools, and job listings that range from internship and co-op assignments while students are still in school to full-time positions after graduation. This office also organizes several career fairs throughout the school year.
Georgia Tech Research Institute
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the non-profit applied research arm of Georgia Tech, offers real-life research experience and training to undergraduate and graduate students, who may work on research projects or assist in business development or administration. Job opportunities include internships, co-op assignments, and student assistant and graduate research assistant positions.
Campus Student Employment
The Georgia Tech Student Center maintains this repository for on campus student employment opportunities. These positions are not classified as federal work study jobs.
ECE Resources
Georgia Tech Analog Consortium Graduate Fellowships
The Georgia Tech Analog Consortium (GTAC) has a select number of industry fellowships available for graduate students.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) in ECE allows undergraduates to get research experience with faculty and graduate students working in a shared field of interest. Many students earn course credit, while others are paid.
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Last revised on August 14, 2009.
