What internship opportunities are available for engineering students?
Internships are becoming increasingly important in helping prepare engineering students for their professional careers. Internships allow students to see first-hand how companies and their employees function on a day-to-day basis. Intern positions frequently serve as a bridge between the problem-solving skills learned at school and the skills needed for professional practice. Employers often check a student’s resume to see if such experience has been obtained prior to graduation. With our Silicon Valley location, our students are in a prime position to find numerous internship opportunities. Students as early as their freshman year find internships in the area. The University Career Center collects lists of internship opportunities and works with engineering students to find companies in their area of interest. Many students receive full-time, post-graduation employment offers from the companies they have worked for as interns.
Internships and other forms of work experience (like working in a professor’s lab) are important to prepare engineering students for their professional careers. Intern positions frequently serve as a bridge between the problem-solving skills learned at school and the skills needed for professional practice. Internships also allow students to test drive a specific company or career option. Many of our students particpate in internships, arranged through faculty at Brown, company recruiting on campus and thorugh national and international programs.
