Have you secured an internship? Our office can help you get credit for an internship!
Internships serve as a critical experience for students to apply in classroom learning to a real-world experience. Engineering students who participate in a structured internship may be eligible to receive credit through the College of Engineering. Engineering departments allow students to apply their internship credit to their degree requirements. Available to both undergraduate (via ENGR 321) and graduate (via ENGR 601) students alike, gaining credit helps to provide structure to ensure that students leave their internship with relevant, meaningful experience. Students registered in these courses do not pay full tuition; they keep their student status and benefits.
Steps to earning course credit for an internship
Use our Google form to submit your internship information (NOTE: you will need to upload a copy of your offer letter whose start/end dates correspond with the quarter in which you are requesting enrollment).
Upon review & approval, CC@E staff will manually register you for the course, which you will be able to verify in MyPlan.
| Quarter | Registration opens | Priority deadline | Final deadline |
| Autumn 2024 | August 19 | September 27 | October 11 |
| Winter 2025 | November 4 | January 6 | January 17 |
| Spring 2025 | February 10 | March 24 | April 11 |
| Summer 2025 | April 14 | June 16 | June 27 |
- Obtain an internship that is at least 50% engineering-related.
Use resources such as Handshake and other online search engines, career fairs and networking. - Apply for credit by filling out the Google form:
- When registration is open for the quarter in which you are requesting enrollment, submit your internship information through our Google form.
- After submitting your supporting information, including an offer letter, CC@E staff will manually register you for the appropriate course & section.
- Once you are registered, pay the course fee via MyUW.
- ~INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: You MUST complete this step AFTER Step #2 above is complete.~
For students requiring CPT coverage, please complete the registration form (from Step 2 above) FIRST, then complete the CPT application (which will require you to provide proof-of-enrollment, such as a screenshot from MyPlan).- Ensure that the department adviser is "Gail Cornelius"
- Ensure that the department adviser's email address is "engrint@uw.edu"
- Please allow 15 BUSINESS days for processing; ISS will send you an e-mail when your updated I-20 is ready for pickup.
- Complete and submit the internship assignments in Canvas.
For more assistance and/or guidance, visit the CC@E or e-mail engrint@uw.edu.
Fee structure
| Class | Work | Register for | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undergrad | Part‑time | ENGR 321 (1 credit) | $210 |
| Undergrad | Full‑time | ENGR 321 (2 credits) | $420 |
| Grad | Part‑time | ENGR 601 (5 credits) | $295 |
| Grad | Full‑time | ENGR 601 (10 credits) | $590 |
*Full-time means "21+ work hours per week"
FAQs
For graduate students pursuing a full-time internship, ENGR 601 awards 10 CR which does maintain your full-time credit.
For ENGR 321, or part-time ENGR 601 students, you do not gain full-time status with our courses. Internships are presumed to occur during your vacation quarter.
Yes! You can add your own ISHIP coverage from your MyUW page. If you need assistance with this process, or you cannot add you own coverage, email engrint@uw.edu
No. UW policy (from the Registrar’s Office, International Student Services, and more) states that students should take internship credit simultaneously with their internship. Further, for international students, USCIS policy similarly maintains that students take CPT credit at the same time as the internship.
No. The course fee listed in the table able should be all that is assessed to your account. Fee like IMA and UPASS should not be added to your account while you are doing a full-time internship. If IMA or UPASS fees are erroneously added to your account, contact UW Transportation services (transportation.uw.edu) or the IMA (washington.edu/ima) directly. If your tuition assessment is incorrect, email engrint@uw.edu.
No. UW ISS and the UW Registrar’s office have asked us to retire the course, for better compliance with UW and USCIS policies.