Industrial Affiliates Program
The Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) Industrial Affiliates Program is a platform for building bridges between the College and industry to form mutually beneficial relationships. It is a unique portal for focused and direct interaction between the College’s students and faculty with member companies.
Member companies receive personal attention from the Director of External Relations and may take advantage of the following benefits:
Recruiting & Events
- Access to a talent pipeline of over 3,000 computing professionals studying all aspects of Computer Science, Information Systems and Technology and Data Science.
- Hold customized events to meet your recruiting needs, such as information sessions, tech talks, panel discussions, professional development workshops and more. Includes logo recognition on all promotional materials.
- Promote internship, co-op and job opportunities among YWCC students by email, social media and other distribution channels.
- Promote on-site visits for students at your company where they can learn about your organization and potential job opportunities.
- Sponsor competitions or professional development events (e.g. HackNJIT, GirlHacks, Tech Talks, student club events). Includes logo recognition on all promotional materials.
- Partner with specific student clubs to meet your talent needs. These include ACM (Association of Computing Machinery), Women in Computing (WiC), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Data Science Club, IGDA (International Game Developers Association).
Research & Development
- Propose software projects for execution by teams of undergraduate and graduate students in YWCC’s Capstone course (there is no fee to participate in this program).
- Collaborate with YWCC researchers and lecturers through joint R&D or software development projects (may require a fee).
- Partner with YWCC faculty in joint R&D proposals for third-party funding.
- Offer student workshops focusing on your company’s technologies. Includes logo recognition on all promotional material.
Education
- Explore the variety of Continuing Professional Education courses available through NJIT that can help your employees advance their career (fee required).
- Create customized “upskilling” courses for your employees to be delivered onsite at your company by YWCC faculty (fee required).
- Receive personal invitations to faculty seminars, conferences and symposia.
- Promote your company by offering a guest lecture in an academic course.
- Receive support for participation in the Collaborative PhD program.
For more information, please contact:
Dina Anello
Director of External Relations
Ying Wu College of Computing
973.596.5332
danello@njit.edu
