For Students

Hands On Experience

Internships offer students the opportunity to develop technical skills and gain hands-on experience, helping to bridge the gap between education and employment in California’s high-tech businesses. Opportunities abound in areas from nanotechnology to manufacturing sustainability and game development.

Internship Programs

California Workforce Development at UC San Diego, including:

Engineers for Exploration at UC San Diego
Interdisciplinary Research Teams at UCI
Make a Difference Opportunity (MADO) at UCI
SMART Industrial Assessment Center at UCI (see also Interface magazine series)

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What really stood out to me was the hands-on experiences that come with the program. It is a great opportunity to take what we study in the classroom and apply it to optimize and work alongside the machinery, spaces and people that power our daily lives, while creating a cleaner and more sustainable world.

Pablo Ivan Diaz
– Chemical Engineering Student and SMART Industrial Assessment Center Intern, UC Irvine