Internships, MECOP, and Jobs
Career Education Center
UP's Career Education Center is designed to guide and mentor you in the internship and job search process. The experts who work there will teach you how to search, and then you must put in the work. Students are strongly encouraged to complete at least one internship related to their field of study before they graduate so that they are competitive when it's time to start their career. The Career Education Center is a great resource for internship opportunities. All students are strongly encouraged to use Handshake to record their internships.
MECOP
The Multiple Engineering Co-op Program (MECOP) represents a collaborative effort between Oregon State University, Portland State University, Oregon Tech, University of Portland and more than 150 northwest companies and municipalities. Almost 40 years ago, industry representatives from some of the top northwest companies conceived of the MECOP program to keep the best and brightest engineers working in the northwest after graduation by connecting them to northwest companies for extended internship opportunities.
