ECE students put their education into practice in the real world through Co-op and Internship programs.
Our students are in high demand – each semester more than 100 students are employed in more than 40 company environments here in Kentucky and across the globe. The Co-op program involves a structured alternating-semester experience, typically consisting of three or more semesters of full-time work at one or more companies, alternating with full-time academics. Internships involve separate individual work experiences, which can be over the summer or during the semester. In either case, our students receive meaningful work experiences doing engineering and interacting with engineering teams.
As high-skill high-demand workers, students are well-paid for their expertise from their first work experience. On average our ECE students earn $21 an hour, plus a wide range of benefits including housing and logistics assistance and specialized training programs.
