Experiential and work integrated learning (2019-2022)

Ontario Tech University has a long history of offering experiential and work-integrated learning to its students. These activities enrich student learning while preparing them for their future careers. For the organizations who hire them, it is a valuable and effective way to access the fresh thinking, skills and capabilities that students offer while also building a network of future employees.

Experiential learning includes:

Paid co-ops and internships (4-16 month)
Practicum and clinical placements
Capstone projects
Industry or community agency-sponsored research projects

Teaching and research assistantships
Entrepreneurship programs
International placements
Work-study opportunities

Between 2019-2022, over 8400 students participated in experiential learning opportunities with over 1000 organizations across a variety of dynamic sectors—healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, energy, education, professional and technical services and public administration.

Ontario Tech University—opening doors for students:

Ontario Tech students secure jobs within two years of graduation
Graduates share that the skills developed while at Ontario Tech were closely related to their employment
As a result, Ontario Tech graduates report that their program of study was related to their employment

Academic programs with experiential learning opportunities:

All programs

Automotive Engineering
Comprehensive Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Health Physics and Radiation Science
Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Software Engineering

In the last three years:

Experiential learning opportunities

Paid co-ops and internships
Capstone projects
Industry or community agency-sponsored research projects
Teaching and research assistantships
Entrepreneurship programs
International placements
Work-study opportunities

Students engaged in work integrated learning

Partners

Celestica
Elexicon Group
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Framatome Canada
General Electric
General Motors
Gerdau
Goodyear Canada
Honda
HSBC
Hydro One
Husky
IBM
Kinectrics Inc.

Kubota
Linamar
Magna International
Martinrea International
Massiv Automated Systems
MDA (MacDonald Detwiler and Associates)
Ministry of Transportation
MPAC
Multimatic
Napoleon
Nuclear Promise X (NPX)
Ontario Energy Board
Ontario Power Generation
Oshawa Public Utilities Commission

PCL Construction Canada
PepsiCo
Procter & Gamble
Rogers
Royal Bank
Safran Landing Systems
Siemens Energy
SNC Lavalin
Sun Life Financial
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Toronto Hydro
Toyota

Did you know?

Experiential learning plays an essential role in mapping out your career pathways and/or graduate school opportunities.
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