The UMass Lowell (UML) Undergraduate Professional Cooperative Education program is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with work experience. Commonly known as “co-op”, this valuable experience is an academic program designed to complement a student’s formal education with paid practical work related to the student’s academic major.
What is Co-op at UML?
- A full-time, paid work experience with an industry partner, usually for 6 months.
- A program for undergraduates that alternates a semester of on-campus academic study with a work experience in industry.
- A three-phase sequenced series of courses incorporating a pre-co-op preparation course, the co-op work experience, and a post-co-op reflection seminar.
- A structured, selective, voluntary program for full-time undergraduate students in the Francis College of Engineering, Kennedy College of Sciences, Manning School of Business, Department of Economics, and Pharmaceutical Sciences major, and Applied Biomedical Sciences major – Clinical Science option
