MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MoU)
About MoU
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a formal agreement between two or more parties. Companies and organizations can use MoUs to establish official partnerships.
Purpose of MoU
The MoU is intended to recognize the general basis for a cooperative and a collaborative working relationship between the two parties. The purpose of MoU is to have mutual intentions to jointly work on projects required for industries and research needs, with learned faculty of good industrial experience and promising students, jointly agree to exchange their expertise for mutual benefit and growth, on the areas specified below:
Industrial Visits
In-plant Training & special Technical Training to make the students industry-ready
Guest Lectures
Mini Projects and Main Project Work
Research & Development
Problem Solving
Studies & Survey
Placements
Internships
Establishing Advanced Labs
INTERNSHIPS
Students work at a company for at least ten weeks during the summer or at least sixteen weeks during the Summer Vacation. In order for their experience to be considered an internship, they cannot work more than two terms with the same company and still be affiliated with this office. If a student chooses to work more on his or her own, that is acceptable. However, only the first two terms will be noted on their academic transcript.
BENEFITS OF MOU’s:
1. Company will get:
The opportunity to prescreen our most ambitious and enthusiastic students—the kind who thrive on challenge
The opportunity to evaluate temporary employees while deciding whether to make a permanent offer
An infusion of new ideas and methods
An excellent source of short term employees
The opportunity to train an employee in your particular methods and processes
Greater visibility on the UT campus
Participation in the educational process
Increased opportunities for technology transfer
2. Students will:
Bridge the gap between theoretical study and the professional world
Find out exactly what engineers do in order to decide if they want to spend their lives as engineers
Discover why they’re studying math, physics, and theory
Become professionals who can take their learning in the classroom and adapt it to the workplace
Get a head start on classroom learning by working with engineering principles on the job
Have Internship Program participation noted on their transcripts
Gain self-confidence and motivation and develop expertise in interacting with people
Become more attractive to employers because they’re already trained and can be productive immediately
Improve significantly the level of job and salary offers they get upon graduation
Develop professional behavior and social skills
3. College will benefit through:
Better use of classrooms, laboratories and other facilities
Better relations with industry, government, and business
Better prepared students who are more desirable to employers and are ready to meet today’s challenging work environment.
Better educated students with leading edge technology training in the workplace as well as insight into professionalism and proper social behavior
Technology transfer Fiscally responsible students
Better education to all students by students returning to school and sharing their experiences with professors and classmates
Partnerships with students and sponsoring corporations and be able to establish the Engineering Professional Practice program as one that is nationally recognized among students, parents, employers, and peer institutions
