Division of Educational Programs

Cooperative Education

Appointments made primarily during the academic year are typically available to students after completion of two semesters. Salaries are competitive and are based upon the field of study and academic year status of the student.

To be eligible for an appointment, a student must:

have a grade point average of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale,

have health insurance,

be a full-time student, and

be eligible for their college/university Cooperative Education Program.

Argonne has two types of CO-OP Programs:

Alternating (semester at Argonne, followed by semester at college/university) and

Parallel (part-time work to a maximum of 19 hours per week during the school year concurrent with full-time college/university enrollment). Students can work full-time during the summer.

A student who is employed in the CO-OP Program is expected to work a minimum of one year as a parallel CO-OP or three semesters as an alternating CO-OP. Students who are interested in shorter lengths of employment should apply for the Research Aide appointment described in the preceding section. Graduate CO-OP opportunities are available to students while they are attending graduate schools in the Chicago area.

An application must be made using the Argonne CO-OP application (see below) which includes evaluation forms that must be completed by faculty members familiar with the student. These evaluations should be placed in sealed envelopes and returned to the applicant for inclusion with the completed application. Alternatively, faculty evaluators my elect to mail the evaluation form directly to the address below.

Applications may be submitted at any time; however, students wanting to start work in June, 2008 should submit their application by March 1, 2008 . Students desiring to start work assignments in September, 2008 should submit their application by May 1, 2008 in order to receive maximum consideration.

There is no public transportation in and around Argonne, which is 27 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. It is essential that students bring their own car. Students cannot be reimbursed for travel expenses for an interview trip. However, those students whose home and university are both outside the Chicago area will be reimbursed for their travel between campus and Argonne at the start and end of each work period.

The Laboratory policy requires, that at the time of employment, prospective employees pass a physical examination, which includes drug and alcohol testing, performed by the Laboratory's Medical Department at no cost to the prospective employee.

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Lisa Reed Cooperative Education Appointments Division of Educational Programs Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue Argonne, Illinois 60439-4845 E-Mail: Lreed@dep.anl.gov