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Experience That Pays

Today's top employers are looking for graduates who have professional work experience in addition to a quality academic background. At RIT, you'll get both. Cooperative education (co-op) is the hallmark of your RIT education and provides an opportunity to put classroom lectures, textbook theories, and your personal initiative to the ultimate test-performance in the work place. RIT has the fourth oldest and one of the largest cooperative education programs in the world. Hundreds of companies-from Fortune 500 firms to smaller, privately owned companies-come to campus each quarter to recruit students for co-op positions. By the time you graduate from RIT, your résumé will reflect not only your academic record but a significant amount of real work experience in your engineering discipline.