Students are encouraged and fully supported by the department and faculty to apply for internships particularly in 3rd year of their studies. There is an office of Financial Aid & Career Services (FA&CS) centrally managed by UET Administration. One of the important functions of the FA&CS is to search and develop contacts with the industry and R&D institutes in public and private sectors of the country in order to identify prospective employers, jobs, scholarships and internship training for UET students. There is an internship/job portal on UET webpage, as well as on a UET media portal in addition to the Facebook groups purely for Mechatronics students, all of which are very helpful in communicating up-to-date information to all with ease.
The department also sends requests to a number of industries to accommodate as many students in internships as possible. The industries where our third-year students completed their internships include:
- Regal Automobiles
- Sazgar Engineering Works
- Pakistan Railways
- Hyundai Nishat
- Toyota Jinnah Motors Regal Automobile (Transportation)
- Regal Motors
- Atlas Honda
- Millat Tractors Limited
Furthermore, UET organizes Industrial Open House and Career Fair (IOHCF) every year for all potential graduates. It is attended by a good deal of potential employers – a number of representatives of chambers, business communities, civil society and personals from academia. This annual event is a best source of informal interaction between students and industries. In order to prepare students for this event, a number of workshops are also arranged which include
- CV/Resume writing workshop
- What makes a Leader
- Work on EQ Rather than CGPA (to tackle interviews, worth of your EQ, what company demands from you),
- Moving from FB to LINKEDIN – From Paper CV to Digital One (how to use LinkedIn effectively, what to write, where to write, how much to write),
- Non-verbal communication skills (communication by body language, by gestures, by posture, by facial expressions)