Each year Pratt students take part in more than 100 engineering internships at organizations nationwide. While networking with role models and potential employers, students get to see how ideas turn into design and are then deployed. These internships provide opportunities to get hands-on, practical experience that will help students make choices early on in their academic training that will shape their careers.
Internships are possible for freshman to senior students studying all areas of engineering: biomedical, civil, electrical, environmental, computer and mechanical engineering.
Recruitment for internships (and full time jobs) begins in September/October through the Career Fair, Technical Career Fair and the TechConnect evening co-organized by Pratt, Computer Science and the Career Center. TechConnect takes place the evening before the career fairs, enabling industry representatives to conduct question and answer sessions with students in an intimate, social environment. This allows companies to quickly target the students they are interested in, and helps students feel more comfortable with the networking/interviewing process. The Career Center also sponsors a second, smaller career fair in early February.
Cultivating internships and corporate support for Pratt engineering students is a collaborative effort between Russell Holloway, Associate Dean of Corporate and Industry Relations for Pratt, and Kara Lombardi at the Career Center. We encourage students to take advantage of the many services offered by the Career Center including resume development assistance, and interviewing training.
Download our internship request form (Word Doc) and send to Kirsten Shaw, Pratt's Assistant Director for Industry and Corporate Relations.