Teaching in Engineering Education
Innovative Pedagogies
Internship and Industrial Placement
Please cite as follows: Chan, CKY (2015). "Internship and Industrial Placement", Engineering Education Enhancement and Research Asia (E3R Asia).
Learning Outcomes of Internship and Industrial Placement
Engineering students engaged in an internship or a placement will be able to:
- Gain working experience and transferable skills in a real-world workplace environment.
- Apply knowledge, techniques, skills, and tools learned from their courses to a variety of tasks related to their major.
- Develop interpersonal skills and team work skills.
- Develop problem solving skills to solve engineering problems and take into considerations of the limitations.
- Make comparison and contrast with what they have learnt in their courses.
References:
- HKU’s Faculty of Science (2014). Guidelines for internship for student. Retrieved from http://www.scifac.hku.hk/ug/current/bsc/curriculum/el/guideline
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). (n.d.). Internship opportunities. Retrieved from http://www.cse.ust.hk/ug/internship/