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An in company work placement/internship of a minimum of ten weeks, is organized at the end of the program. It is designed as an approach to understanding national and/or foreign industrial realities.
An agreement is signed between the IUT and the host company to insure that the student is covered by social security while on work placement/internship.
Work placement/internship subjects are rather varied (software modification, software validation, supervision, database management, programming automatons or microcontrollers, electronic card design, data acquisition and processing, trial and measurement, maintenance, installation, case study, prototyping, writing quality sheets, technical and commercial business, etc ...)
Our students (90 in 2006) are skilled in analog and digital electronics, power electronics, automatic operations, C and C++ programming languages and computing engineering.
Finding a Work Placement/internship :
Numerous proposals are sent directly to the IUT. Through personal assistance, all students are ensured a work placement/internship experience.
Finding a work placement/internship abroad is highly encouraged.
Culture and Communication classes allow students to write cover letters and a CV.
An open house for students and businesses is organized at the IUT de Cachan in the end of January. Professionals hold conferences about their professions and each student has a simulation job interview.
Work Placement/internship Evaluation:
Each student is assigned to a professor as an academic advisor who verifies that everything goes well, who visits the student at the workplace at least once and who organizes their academic defense.
The work placement experience is followed by a written report (instructions and advice on this procedure are given in Culture and Communication Class) and by an oral academic defense of the report in front of two advisors; the professor and the business contact.
The grade received, based on all of the work placement/internship activities together, is calculated into the students grade point average (coefficient 7 out of a total 45).
Host Companies:
Work placement/internships take place in large companies (EDF, SNCF, RATP, France Telecom, Constructeurs automobiles et équipementiers, EADS, Aéroports de Paris, Air France Industries, ALSTOM etc ...) as well as in midsized and small companies.
Several research laboratories: CNRS, Collège de France, CEA, Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, INRETS (transports), regularly propose subjects that focus on data acquisition and processing.
The majority of the work placements take place in the Parisian region. About 10% take place in Province.
Concerning work placement/internships abroad, the annual objective is about 15%. In general, about half take place in businesses and half take place in universities or in public institutions.
Assistance finding a work placement/internship or a job
We provide assistance in finding a work placement/internship or a job for our students (former students and new ones!).
Throughout the year, the teachers of Culture and Communication work with the students on writing cover letters and CVs.
In their second year, students meet with professionals for a simulation job interview during the Forum Entreprises.
We have established a network of contacts in the industrial world, primarily within the Parisian region. For this reason, we regularly receive notices of job offers.
These offers are available for consultation on the premises and are available in real time to former students who are seeking employment.
GEii2 Department Contact: Joëlle Maillefert (joelle.maillefert @ iut-cachan.u-psud.fr) Tel: 01 41 24 11 66 Fax 01 41 24 11 99
GEii1 Department Contact: Yann Le Bihan (yann.le-bihan @ u-psud.fr) Tel: 01 41 24 11 48 Fax 01 41 24 11 99
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