Start your career with confidence

York University’s Co-op & Career Centre is here to help you graduate with the skills, experience and social capital needed to navigate your career with confidence. Access a range of professional development opportunities such as one-on-one career counselling and coaching, job search workshops and resources, employer and networking events, co-op and experiential learning programming, on-campus jobs and more.

Let’s add co-op to your degree.

With co-op, you are more likely to get a job after graduation and at a higher salary.

70%

of York programs offer a paid co-op option

10,000+

top employers are actively recruiting on York's campuses every year

5

co-op jobs posted for every 1 student in the program

$22-25/hr

average starting co-op salary at York

“At Hydro One, I have been able to apply my technical skills learned throughout university to make a tangible impact in the energy sector. Joining a corporate environment has not only refined my technical abilities but has also taught me invaluable professional and interpersonal skills. The connections I have made here are just as valuable as the experience itself.”

— Salan Bhattarai (he/him), Computer Engineering student, Lassonde School of Engineering

Why York’s co-op program?

CUSTOMIZABLE – Get paid for relevant work experience of four, eight, 12 or 16 months in flexible intervals of academic and work terms.

AFFORDABLE – York offers one of the lowest co-op fees in Ontario. It’s $200 to enter the program in your second year and you only pay the work-term fee if you secure a job.

ACCESSIBLE – York's exclusive co-op job board has an abundance of opportunities – largely located in the GTA. There are approximately five co-op jobs posted for every one student in the program.

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