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= University-Industry Collaboration<br/> =
== Rolls-Royce<br/> ==
Rolls-Royce funds 3 endowed professorships, 4 doctoral students, 4 undergraduate international student internships, and money for the Mechatronics Lab and Rapid-Prototyping Laboratory (only available to specific mechanical engineering courses.) Overall the partnership gives UVA $15 million for these programs and reserach funding. Through this program, internships are available to UVA students, and the McIntire School of Commerce students have a 3rd year Integrated Core Experience.
== Virginia Commonwealth STEM Industry Internship Program<br/> ==
Connects engineering students with paid internships in STEM companies in the state of Virginia. The program pre-screens students before sending the student applications to local companies, while the application is completely free for students.
== Volkswagen Global Ingenuity 21 Program<br/> ==
A summer multicultural think-tank experience with Volkswagen Group and Braunchweig University in Germany. This program lasts two weeks and includes courserwork, speakers, think-tanking, cummulating in a final presentation and proposal to the client: Volkswagen Group. The program is currently exclusive and only available to Rodman Scholars (engineering honors program).
= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts<br/> =
