When you’ve completed your degree or built skills with a new certificate, you want to hit the ground running professionally on Day One. WilmU helps you meet this challenge by ensuring career readiness through a multi-pronged approach.
Relevant Coursework Confirmed by Market Research
The University’s academic leaders assess emerging fields of study, new methodologies and technologies, and evolving industry standards to inform program development and make curricular updates. These steps help ensure that our program and course offerings stay current and relevant, and that they provide our students with skills that match industry demand.
Instructors Who Are Active in Their Fields
WilmU students benefit from the rich experiences of instructors who are industry leaders and can impart the tried-and-true strategies that have contributed to their career success. Practitioner-educators can also help students grow their professional networks and develop the soft skills valued within their industry.
Work-Integrated Learning Makes Students Workforce-Ready
Experience is often the best teacher. Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) allows students to apply academic knowledge in context within a professional work environment while earning credits toward a degree program. WIL provides career exposure, builds students’ resumes, and often leads to full-time employment. The National Association of Colleges and Employers reports that, on average, companies offer 66% of their interns full-time employment, and 76% of paid interns who accept a job offer remain with that employer one year later.
At Wilmington University, WIL is offered in the following formats:
Cooperative Education (commonly known as a “co-op”) is offered as multi-semester, structured programs that combine classroom-based education with practical work experience.
Internships are paid, unpaid or stipend-only opportunities that allow undergraduate students to function in typical “on-the-job” environments and earn free elective credits toward their degrees.
Service Learning integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection into a student’s academic program.
Senior Projects/Capstones are result-based initiatives that students take on in the final year of their program. Students plan and produce culminating projects that benefit their
chosen fields or markets.
Supporting Student and Industry Success
As an institution dedicated to serving the needs of working adults, Wilmington University is committed to fostering career readiness in its graduates, which is critical to student success and bolsters the success of local and national industry.
The University partners with more than 400 regional businesses to offer work-integrated learning opportunities to students and help employers find top-quality, reliable and highly skilled employees.
WilmU’s respected faculty, comprising active practitioners and industry experts, designs programs that prepare graduates to tackle challenges in the global business and technology marketplace, banking and financial services sector, health care and education systems, and community organizations.
Wilmington University offers practical, career-driven education through more than 200 academic programs. Designed with busy people in mind, our programs feature flexible course formats and schedules, affordable tuition and online learning options.
More information is available for organizations that would like to partner with Wilmington University for WIL opportunities or corporate or academic partnerships.