Internships and Cooperative Education

Immersion through Internships and Cooperative Education 

The internship and cooperative Education components support students earning academic credit for supervised work experience related to their major or career goal. The work experience may be part time or full time, paid or unpaid, and will most likely take place off campus, although some opportunities exist on campus for degree-related work experience.

The Experience
What distinguishes these experiences from a short-term job or volunteer work? Internships and co-op education experiences tend to include a self-directed learning strategy; reflection, both oral and written; regular performance evaluation; and an emphasis on professional development. By taking advantage of one or more internship or cooperative education opportunities, students can sharpen their skills, build a network of meaningful employer contacts, assess their strengths, and test in a real-world setting what they're learning in the classroom.

UNH students have performed an array of internships near home and around the globe, in a multitude of fields and functions.