Graduate Co-op

Graduate co-op enables graduate students to alternate class terms with a six-month period of hands-on experience, gaining access to employers in their chosen industries. 

Expand Your Graduate Experience

Cooperative education at Drexel is available for select master's degree programs. Whether co-op takes students throughout the United States or abroad, they are expanding their professional networks, enhancing their résumés, and bringing that experience back to the classroom and their peers. 

Graduate Co-op Schedule

Graduate students participating in the co-op program begin their coursework in the Fall semester, when they take the required co-op preparation course. Students are invited to meet with their assigned co-op advisor in the Spring semester, and subsequently commence with their job search. Graduate co-op students work their co-op in the Fall semester of their second year of the program. At the conclusion of co-op, students return to the classroom to conclude their academic requirements.

Eligible Programs

Full-time on-campus master's-level students enrolled in the following programs are eligible to participate in the graduate co-op program:

  • Advanced Therapeutics
  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning 
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomedical Science
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Security & Privacy
  • Culinary and Food Science
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Science
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering Management
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Human-Computer Interaction & User Experience 
  • Information Systems
  • Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Business
  • Internet of Things 
  • Machine Learning Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Nanomaterials
  • Robotics and Autonomy
  • Software Engineering
  • Strategic & Digital Communication
  • Systems Engineering

For more information about graduate co-op, review our Frequently Asked Questions.

View the Graduate Co-op Calendar for upcoming program dates and deadlines.

Speak with a Career Counselor

Ken Bohrer
Senior Career Counselor

John Doherty

(he/him/his)

Director, Cooperative Education

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