Like any job search, arranging overseas employment requires preparation. As an engineering student, you have several options for beginning your search. Take advantage of campus resources:

• Search international internship options on the Find an International Experience page
• Engineering Career Resource Center to polish your resume and search 
• Engineering Careers to check current international postings
• Connect with CoE faculty and ask about potential international connections
• Talk with international students about the job markets in their home countries
• Use this website as a resource for your work abroad

Volunteering abroad is an opportunity to strengthen your cross cultural understanding and global competence. Being exposed to a new place and new people affords you the opportunity to a first hand exploration into the nuance and complexity of working and living across cultures. The exposure to new ideas and lifestyles will not only help you grow personally, but will also make you a more creative problem solver and a more effective communicator.

As you choose how you plan to volunteer abroad, we hope you consider the consequences of your presence on the community and incorporate the concepts of Fair Trade Learning. Review the suggestions below: 

• Local sourcing by using host families or locally-owned hotels, local eateries/cooks, and local guides
• Ask your provider about how they engage with the communities and how they receive community input for project design
• Seek out partner organizations that offer fair compensation to all of those involved in making your experience a reality
• Take time to sit and talk with local people to learn about their lives while you are abroad
• Reflect before, during and after the experience

Search Volunteer Abroad Options 

• Amizade
• Omprakash
• GOAbroad
• Go Overseas

• Money, International Internships, and You
• IPE Funding Information 
• CoE International Internship Scholarship