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Yes!  The Graduate Internship Program is a great tool for further development of your career skills through experiential education. Registration of your internship through this program qualifies your off-campus work assignment as a Curricular Practical Training (CPT) experience; this allows you to postpone using your limited Optional Practical Training (OPT) until after graduation.  A graduate internship work assignment using CPT may be approved for any semester prior to your graduation: fall, spring or summer.

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Students are eligible to participate in the Graduate Internship Program after completion of at least one academic semester of graduate study at Georgia Tech. Students who received undergraduate degrees from Georgia Tech who have been admitted to a Georgia Tech graduate program may seek academic departmental approval to work during their first semester of graduate study.

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The Graduate Internship Program is available to Masters and Doctoral level students with at least a 3.0 GPA. (Some schools may have higher GPA requirements.) With approval, students can register to work full or part-time assignments during any semester, fall, spring, or summer.

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At the graduate level, internships and co-op work assignments mean the same thing at Georgia Tech.  Although graduate students may work internships without enrollment credit at Georgia Tech, co-ops/internships registered through the Career Center’s Graduate Internship Program are recorded on your transcript as full-time, no-cost, audit credit.  This allows you to maintain your enrollment status while you gain full-time work experience in your field.  Some benefits to this continuity of enrollment include continuation of student benefits such as library access and the opportunity to pay optional student fees for the Campus Recreation Center, health and wellness center, or for Athletic Association events.  For international students, registration of your internship through the Graduate Internship Program qualifies your off-campus work assignment as a Curricular Practical Training (CPT) experience; this allows you to postpone using your limited Optional Practical Training (OPT) until after graduation.

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Graduate Internship Program (formerly Graduate Co-op) at Georgia Tech is an innovative approach to experiential learning. The program was established in 1983 and is currently the largest graduate experiential learning program in the United States in which students of all majors are eligible to participate. The program provides all graduate students the opportunity to work with industry and governmental leaders in their respective areas of study. Students receive approval from their major school to work full or part-time assignments during any semester. Graduate Intern students may not work more than two consecutive full-time semesters before returning to school for classes.There are no fees associated with the Graduate Internship Program. Students are enrolled through their registration in a 12 audit hour graduate internship course. This permits students to retain all privileges of full-time enrolled students while on work assignments. The Graduate Internship Program is available to masters and doctoral level students who are in good standing and maintain a minimum of 3.0 GPA.

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The “V” on transcripts for Internship and Co-op work assignments is the standard satisfactory grade awarded for any non-fee based audit course at Georgia Tech.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory and Pass/Fail grades are reserved for academic credit bearing classes that require tuition.

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Internships outside the United States are eligible for credit as Internship or Co-op assignments through the Office of International Education’s (OIE) Global Research & Internship Program.

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Students who are employed as interns can work part-time or full-time, however, co-op students are required to work full-time.

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Yes, see “International Authorization” for more information.