Internships and Cooperative Education

UNH's Career & Internship Exploration Event
November 17 - November 20th - Who was here?

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Immersion through Internships and Cooperative Education

According to NSSE (The National Society for Student Engagement), first-generation students are less likely to take part in enriching educational experiences such as study abroad, an internship, or research with a faculty member and yet an internship or field placement is the most powerful form of a culminating senior experience.
(Only 29 percent of seniors at public institutions do a culminating senior experience, compared with 42 percent of their private college and university counterparts.)

The internship and cooperative education components of experiential education supports students broadening their education and in some cases, 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 participated in a wide variety of internships near home and around the globe, in a multitude of fields and functions.