Graduate Internship Program
"This graduate internship program provides a win-win situation for all parties concerned. These young men and women become productive members of the engineering team in short order, given they already have completed an undergraduate engineering degree and some of their FPE course work. And we can provide a clinical education that cannot be matched on campus." - Rolf Jensen, Founder, Rolf Jensen & Associates
A unique graduate internship program is available to fire protection engineering students, enabling them to earn income and gain important clinical experience. A cooperative education program is also available for undergraduate students at WPI through the Career Development Center.
This program helps students earn the master's degree in fire protection engineering through a combination of practical internship experiences and classroom activities. This approach has proven to be a win-win opportunity for students as well as employers in a host of businesses, agencies, and industries, large and small.
WPI coordinates the program, identifying the needs of employers and furnishing them with the résumés of talented young men and women. After the initial contact, discussions are held directly between students and employers.
The internship has no geographical restrictions and scheduling can be flexible. Specific work-study schedules are decided between the student and the sponsor. Two typical arrangements are illustrated at right. These are only examples; other arrangements can be developed on a case-by-case basis. Fall semester starts early September, and ends late December. Spring semester starts mid-January, and ends early May.
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