The purpose of the Summer Civil Engineering Co-op Program is to provide meaningful transportation-related work experience for civil engineering students.

In order to qualify for the Summer Civil Engineering Co-op Program, you must meet all of the following criteria:

1. Be enrolled in a Bachelor of Science program in Civil Engineering
2. Satisfactorily completed (2.0 GPA) at least 24 semester hours
3. Be enrolled full-time (12 hrs.) the semester preceding and succeeding the summer for which you are applying
4. Attach an unofficial copy of your most recent transcript to the application

As a summer co-op employee you will be a temporary full-time employee and as such will not be eligible for retirement benefits, insurance, sick or annual leave, extended leave benefits, cost of living raises, etc. summer co-ops can only be employed for a maximum of four months per work session.

The deadline for accepting applications is March 1st. All civil engineering students attending West Virginia University or West Virginia University Institute of Technology must submit their applications to the respective Civil Engineering Department. All other civil engineering students must submit their applications to the West Virginia Department of Transportation address shown on the application. If you do not submit a completed application by the deadline, you will not be considered for this summer’s Co-op Program.

If employed, you will be notified by letter to your home address by the last week of March as to where and when you can report to work. You can expect to start to work around the middle of May.

• Civil Engineering Co-op Application

• Civil Engineering Co-op Application