Welcome to the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, an innovative internship program administered by the MIT School of Engineering.
UPOP is a co-curricular program that exposes talented undergraduates to the multi-faceted nature of professional practice and helps them make more effective transitions from academia to the real world.
First, UPOP students receive coaching from dynamic engineering and management faculty and real industry professionals as they engage in a pre-employment boot camp during an intense weeklong session in January and several evening meetings throughout the spring.
Then, UPOP students go to organizations in all industries and both for- and non-profit sectors and do 10- to 12- week summer internships.