Companies benefit from interacting with the Department by:

1. Recruiting outstanding students
2. Sponsoring state-of-the art, interdisciplinary research
3. Joining a university-industry institute or center
4. Supporting the Department.
   Student Recruitment

Recruitment of both permanent employees and summer internships is facilitated by the Campus Placement Center and the College of Engineering Industry Center.

 

Collaborative Research Programs

• Both large and small companies can benefit by supporting research in exciting new areas. The UC Discovery Grants Program supports collaborative research with California-based companies.
• The research can involve interdisciplinary centers and institutes such as the Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials (MC-CAM), the Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies (ICB), and the Materials Research Lab (MRL). View a complete list of centers and institutes.
• Sponsorship of a research project can result in automatic membership in a university-industrial institute or center.

 

Supporting the Department
Companies can also support the educational and research missions of the department in other ways:

• Establishing scholarships and fellowships
  Hiring summer interns
• Joining the College of Engineering Corporate Affiliates Program
• Sponsoring an endowed chair