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Internships for Graduate Students

Internships offer many great benefits for students including gaining new skills, practicing current skills, and networking with future employers. Internships must be approved by academic or research advisor, and students must be in good academic standing before applying for an internship.

Graduate students seeking to do an internship during their studies will need to follow the below steps to ensure that they are meeting the requirements of the ECE program, U-M policy, and federal law.

Internship Instructions

All Graduate Students

Complete the Internship Notice Form
- PhD form
- Master’s form

PhD Students

Speak with advisor for to discuss internship and semester funding.
Complete CPT Requirements (International Students Only)

Master’s students

Complete CPT Requirements (International Students Only)
Send Offer letter and Faculty Advisor Recommendation form to [email protected] for review before sending to your advisor for signature
- MEng students that will be using their internship for credit must also complete and send the MEng internship request form to [email protected] for their advisor to review/approve.

For Internships OUTSIDE the US, Students MUST:

Register with Global Michigan at https://global.umich.edu/students/
Purchase International Health Insurance for time abroad at https://uhs.umich.edu/tai/