Welcome to the homepage for Engineering Cooperative Education Program at the University of Kentucky.

This program is the traditional, engineering academic option for undergraduates and serves all seven programs in the UK College of Engineering: Biosystems and Agricultural, Chemical and Materials, Civil, Electrical and Computer, Mechanical, and Mining Engineering and Computer Science.

One-third of UK 's eligible engineering and computer science students elect to participate in co-op. Many employers located across the nation are consistent co-op partners - such as the National Security Agency, GE and NASA. Local employers such as Lexmark, Trane, Messer Construction, and Toyota participate. The company size is not important; the work assignments must, however, complement academic programs. Most Co-op employers request students to work for a total of three, full-time semesters (about four months each) alternated with semesters of study on campus. Typically, 90 percent of UK's co-op graduates have received job offers before receiving their diplomas. Their starting salaries are consistently in the 75th percentile of starting salaries being reported nationwide by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

Fifteen percent of UK co-op graduates go on to pursue advanced degrees, securing fellowships and assistantships from such schools as UK, Purdue, GA Tech, MIT, Duke, Johns Hopkins, University of Florida, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Tech, and Carnegie Mellon, and UC Berkeley.

Co-op Openings: Spring '09 openings will be updated in September 2008

The Fall Engineering Career Fair, hosted by the Society of Women Engineers, will take place on October 8, 2008. The event is free for students. Employer registration information is available at https://uky-csm.symplicity.com/events/engineering08

About 110 employers will be attending the career fair.

If you are an employer please see For Employers

If you are a UK student please see For Students

If you are a high school student please visit engineering-rocks.uky.edu

Latest news from co-ops out and about:

Jessica Tooley, ME, is "hero" at Trane

This photo pictures Jessica Tooley at her co-op at Trane in Lexington.  Jessica was named a "hero" at Trane.  The company-wide recognition was given to Jessica in August of 2008, because she "took it upon herself to learn how to program software to automate product engineering drawings, saving her department an estimated $13,350 in labor costs."  Click here to read the article about Jessica's accomplishments at Trane.

Co-op Forms and Fact Sheets for Employers

Employer Fact Sheet (PDF)

Employer Agreement Form (Word File)

Employer Evaluation (PDF)

Employer Evaluation (Word File)

Co-op Forms and Fact Sheets for Students

Student Co-op Info Sheet (PDF) Fall 2008 - explains the process and academic aspects of Co-op at UK

Student Co-op Fact Sheet (PDF)

Position Appraisal First Term (PDF)

Position Appraisal Later Terms (PDF)

Job Data Report (PDF)

Co-op First Term Work Report Guidelines(PDF)

Co-op Later Terms Work Report Guidelines (PDF)

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