Experiential and work integrated learning
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 2023-24, over 3100 students participated in experiential learning opportunities with almost 500 organizations across a variety of dynamic sectors—healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, energy, education, professional and technical services and public administration.
Academic programs with experiential learning opportunities:
All programs
- Automotive Engineering
- Comprehensive Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Energy Engineering
- Health Physics and Radiation Science
- Industrial Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Software Engineering
In 2023-24
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
Select partners
- AtkinsRealis
- ABI Ltd
- AECON
- Alythia Digital Technology Corporation
- Amazon
- AMD
- Apotex
- ATS Industrial Automation
- Bell Canada
- BMW
- Bombardier
- Bruce Power
- BWXT Canada
- Calian
- Cameco
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- Canadian Tire
- Celestica
- Coca Cola
- CSA Group
- Elexicon Group
- Ellis Don
- Enbridge
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- E.S. Fox
- Fermi Solutions
- Framatome Canada
- General Electric
- General Motors
- Gerdau
- Goodyear Canada
- Hatch
- 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
- Sanofi Pasteur
- Siemens Energy
- Sun Life Financial
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Toronto Hydro
- Toyota
- Westinghouse
