The Biomedical Engineering Industrial Internship Program at North Carolina State University was established to help prepare students for biomedical engineering careers and to familiarize companies with the talents and abilities of these students. Student internships provide an opportunity to participate in hands-on industrial projects that will providean educational experience exposing them to research and professional development practices. North Carolina State University will be responsive to the needs of industrial partners by ensuring that an intern's educational goals and learning tasks are consistent with company objectives.

• GPA of at least 3.0
• Must complete these courses: BME 301, BME 302, and BME 311
• Must complete one additional 300-level or 400-level BME course

• Internships provide companies with a cost-effective screening program for recruiting highly qualified employees.
• Internships give companies a pool of pre-screened, high achieving students who become public relations ambassadors and contribute positively to the company´s recruiting efforts and image.
• Biomedical Engineering students bring innovative ideas to companies because they are being trained in the latest theories, laboratory techniques, and research methods.

• Closure Medical
• Flexcell
• Oriel Therapeutics
• Orthofix
• Sicel Technologies
• SunTech Medical Instruments
• TriVirix

The following companies have summer internship programs even though they are not necessarily part of the Biomedical Engineering Industrial Internship Program. Click on the links for more details. Also check out 2004 Summer Internship Opportunities provided by the National Director of the BME Alliance for Industrial Internships.

Abbott Laboratories
Accenture
Acuson
Agilent Technologies
Amgen*
Analog Devices
Battelle
Boston Scientific
CDRH Medical Device Fellowship Program
Columbia Industries
Eli Lilly and Company
Engineering World Health Summer Institute
Genencor International
Genentech
General Electric

North Carolina State University is a member of the Biomedical Engineering Alliance for Industrial Internships. This nationwide organization strives to match internships with students based upon their geographical preference. Applications are available online. To find out more about the Biomedical Engineering Alliance for Industrial Internships visit their site.

NCSU Cooperative Education (co-op) is a structured academic program designed to enhance the quality and breadth of learning by providing qualified undergraduate and graduate students the option of integrating academic study with related, work based learning.

Students enroll in alternating semesters of full-time study and full-time, paid employment. The awarding of a Cooperative Education Program Certificate requires a minimum of twelve months of full-time work and fulfillment of additional program requirements including degree completion.

Engineering graduates may use the co-op work experience toward professional engineering license requirements. NC State's Co-op Program has received accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Cooperative Education.

Contact: Lesley Hubbard