Why Partner with the Swanson School of Engineering?
The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering is pleased to collaborate with top industry leaders contributing to breakthroughs in research, innovation, and overall quality of education and productivity of our graduate students and your future employees. Since 1893,
when George Westinghouse personally recruited Reginald Fessenden (The Father of Radio Broadcasting) to become chair of Pitt’s new Electrical Engineering Department, Swanson has been dedicated to providing our corporate partners with education, recruiting, research partnerships, and connections to world-renowned
faculty and graduate students.
Faithfully, our corporate partners have provided Swanson with research funding and collaborative research opportunities, special gifts, and support for graduate student development activities. Aside from these philanthropic pursuits, our corporate partners
enjoy the opportunity to connect with students and potential future employees in a number of ways dependent on desired level of exposure on-campus.
The possibilities to partner with Swanson are endless and include:
From
recruiting events, to collaborative research opportunities,
facilitation of
case studies, advisory boards and staff training opportunities, our team
excels in supporting corporate partnership at each level. Here at the University of Pittsburgh we understand that every partner should receive personalized
attention to develop an engagement plan to meet their
needs. The support you will receive in partnering with Swanson in second
to none.