Employers
Contact
Western Engineering Career Services Office
Spencer Engineering Building
Room 2092
Western University
Tel: 519-661-2111 ext. 88359
Fax: 519-661-3834
Email: wecareer@uwo.ca
Summer Co-op Program
What is Summer Co-op?
The Summer Engineering Co-op Program is designed to assist employers to find quality candidates for the summer months. The duration of the co-op is four months - from May to August.
Benefits
Pro-active recruitment - You can assess the potential of future graduates.
- Employer of Choice - Your company will establish a presence and image our co-op students will share with their classmates when they return to school.
- Potential Re-hires - You can save recruitment costs by rehiring for future summer positions or Internship placements within your organization.
- Reduce Costs - Co-op placements may be created to complete short-term work assignments, special projects and research.
For maximum benefit of employers and co-op students, it is recommended that co-op work terms have the following components:
- Relevant, degree-related projects
- Supervision and mentorship
- Orientation and job training
- Health and safety training
- Outline learning objectives
- Provide student evaluations
Summer Co-op Tax Credit
To help offset the cost to employers when hiring co-op students, the Ontario government provides a refundable tax credit for hiring students enrolled in a recognized post-secondary co-operative education program.
Student Qualifications
Minimum qualifications required for engineering students to enroll:
- In good academic standing in the Faculty of Engineering
- No scholastic/academic offenses
- Full-time undergraduate engineering students currently enrolled in their 2nd last year of their degree program
- Returning to Western Engineering (full-time) immediately following their internship
Participating Engineering students are enrolled in one of the following nine programs: