Co-op Experience
NCE has a practical approach to engineering through its experiential learning environment.
One in four professional engineers in the State of New Jersey is an NCE graduate. Because of this, NCE has created one of the most robust cooperative education (co-op) programs in the region.
NCE’s Co-op Program consists of a five-year, intensive education and experiential program, which provides engineering students with the opportunity to alternate between semesters of full-time work and full-time study in areas related to the student's academic major and career interests. The co-op program is designed to provide experiences that prepare students to connect their academic studies with the professional engineering environment while exploring career interests and their future aspirations. Upon graduation, NCE co-op students will have built a professional network, and typically receive higher starting salaries than their counterparts from other schools.
What is the Co-op Experience?
- The Co-Op experience is an academic path that offers students an opportunity to gain at least one year of paid work experience while working toward their degree.
- The Co-Op experience is closely-aligned with your major and improves your understanding of the relationship between theory and application.
- Students obtain positions with major corporations such as PSE&G, Cisco Systems, Colgate Palmolive, Verizon Wireless, Schneider Electric, Johnson & Johnson, and NJ Transit, among others.
- NJIT’s Career Development Center provides students with invaluable resources, including career counseling, workshops, job fairs, and résumé reviews.
- Co-op students are entrusted with projects vital to the day-to-day functioning of the workplace.