UDM Electrical & Computer Engineering students take on real engineering assignments with some of the best companies in the world. UDM has been a leader in co-operative education since 1911 when it became the first engineering program in the nation to require real internship experiences for all of its engineering graduates. Since then, every engineering graduate has obtained over one year's experience before they graduate.

The following is a partial list of UDM engineering co-op partners:

• Borg-Warner Automotive
• DaimlerChrysler Corp.
• Delphi
• Detroit Edison
• Denso International America, Inc.
• Eaton Corp.
• Ford Motor Company
• General Electric
• General Motors Corp.
• Goodyear
• Ingersoll-Cinetic
• KDS International
• Motorola
• Nissan Research and Development, Inc.
• Peter Basso & Associates
• Siemens Automotive
• Visteon