Industrial Overview

The Rutgers University Biomedical Engineering Industrial Internship Program (BEIIP) is designed to encourage industrial input and participation into the development and training of a growing population of talented biomedical engineers.

Our summer internship program matches undergraduate and graduate students with companies in the local area, as well as nationwide. The program is limited to declared BME majors in good standing who have completed, at least, their sophomore year and graduate students who have completed their first year of study by the beginning of the internship.

Students follow a formal application and review process and are matched with an industrial partner based on a number of criteria including previous research experience, technical skills, academic performance and, if requested, letters of recommendation.

The program works with participating companies in various ways to select candidate interns:

• Company review of the student profile tables and further analysis of student resumes with requests to BEIIP for interviews of potential candidates. These student interviews can be arranged to take place on Rutgers University campus, or at the company’s site location, whichever is preferable.
• BEIIP/BME faculty review of project descriptions supplied by company mentors for “best fit” with prospective interns with potential candidate resumes sent to partner company for final approval. Upon resume approval, student interviews can be arranged to take place on Rutgers University campus, or at the company’s site location, whichever is preferable.
• A combination of both BEIIP/Company student review and selection.

The program is very flexible. The BME department is happy to work with companies individually to meet their specific needs. The students and their mentors can define the particular internship time duration as well as commencement and completion dates. The program is designed to last approximately 8 weeks sometime between the end of the spring semester (end of May) and the beginning of the fall semester (beginning of September).

Students may be incorporated into ongoing company summer internship programs and receive compensation from the company. However, if industrial internships are not available through the company and the company desires to set up a separate program, we will work with the company to accommodate this contingency.

However the logistics are arranged, the program promises to provide an effective way to locate and train motivated students to fill immediate needs, as well as create a pipeline of high quality talent for a future work force. Many of our students create a lasting relationship with their internship partner that leads to future employment and immediate future productivity.