UVA Career Connect

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

UX/UI Design projects for US employers with talented UVA alumni!  The University of Virginia is an iconic public institution of higher education, boasting nationally ranked schools and programs. UVA Career Connect allows employers to tap into top UVA alumni talent for your UX/UI projects.  Submit a project here for our team to review. Once approved, participants are not guaranteed yet, but they will apply to your project directly. You will have a chance to review, assess, and accept applications. 2-5 participants should be accepted per project.  Projects can start from November and must be completed by the end of March 2025. Participants are looking to gain experience and provide impact in UX/UI design projects. Get specific in your project description about the skills you're looking for in order to attract the most suitable applicants. If you have questions or need help drafting your project content please email us at uva.careerconnect@riipen.com . You can also find all of our help articles here .

UVA Career Connect

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Cybersecurity projects for US employers with talented UVA alumni!  The University of Virginia is an iconic public institution of higher education, boasting nationally ranked schools and programs. UVA Career Connect allows employers to tap into top UVA alumni talent for your cybersecurity projects.  Submit a project here for our team to review. Once approved, participants are not guaranteed yet, but they will apply to your project directly. You will have a chance to review, assess, and accept applications. 2-5 participants should be accepted per project.  Projects can start from November and must be completed by the end of March 2025. Participants are looking to gain experience and provide impact in cybersecurity projects. Get specific in your project description about the skills you're looking for in order to attract the most suitable applicants. If you have questions or need help drafting your project content please email us at uva.careerconnect@riipen.com . You can also find all of our help articles here .

UVA Career Connect

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Data Analytics projects for US employers with talented UVA alumni!  The University of Virginia is an iconic public institution of higher education, boasting nationally ranked schools and programs. UVA Career Connect allows employers to tap into top UVA alumni talent for your data analytics projects.  Submit a project here for our team to review. Once approved, participants are not guaranteed yet, but they will apply to your project directly. You will have a chance to review, assess, and accept applications. 2-5 participants should be accepted per project.  Projects can start from November and must be completed by the end of March 2025. Participants are looking to gain experience and provide impact in data analytics projects. Get specific in your project description about the skills you're looking for in order to attract the most suitable applicants. If you have questions or need help drafting your project content please email us at uva.careerconnect@riipen.com . You can also find all of our help articles here .

UVA Career Connect

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Digital Marketing & E-commerce projects for US employers with talented UVA alumni!  The University of Virginia is an iconic public institution of higher education, boasting nationally ranked schools and programs. UVA Career Connect allows employers to tap into top UVA alumni talent for your digital marketing & e-commerce projects.  Submit a project here for our team to review. Once approved, participants are not guaranteed yet, but they will apply to your project directly. You will have a chance to review, assess, and accept applications. 2-5 participants should be accepted per project.  Projects can start from November and must be completed by the end of March 2025. Participants are looking to gain experience and provide impact in digital marketing & e-commerce. Get specific in your project description about the skills you're looking for in order to attract the most suitable applicants. If you have questions or need help drafting your project content please email us at uva.careerconnect@riipen.com . You can also find all of our help articles here .

Technology Strategy Group (TSG) at the University of Virginia is a student-led organization that fosters innovation, collaboration, and professional development among its undergraduate members. The club’s main objectives are to offer real-world project experience, enhance technical skills, and build meaningful connections with industry professionals. Starting in the spring semester, TSG members will work on software development, app development, and UX/UI design projects. The goal is for students to contribute to an organization's success by researching and developing software solutions, analyzing data, and exploring emerging technologies—. This will help organizations address complex challenges and optimize processes. Company Requirements: Provide a project that meets the 8-week timeline, starting in March. Be available for a 30-minute virtual meeting with the club leads to discuss the project scope and assess if it aligns with the experience. Develop a learning plan in collaboration with the team leads at the start of the project. Have a staff of at least three members (start-up founders are encouraged to apply if all criteria are met). Appoint a supervisor to support the experience and fulfill program requirements. Designate a primary contact person available for weekly or bi-weekly meetings to address learners' questions and provide updates during the project. Provide an alternate contact for TSG leads and Riipen administrators. Offer an opportunity for students to present their work and receive feedback. Provide any relevant information or data required for the project.

The University of Virginia  School of Data Science  seeks proposals from academic, commercial, healthcare, nonprofit, and government organizations interested in sponsoring student capstone projects. Capstones are consulting projects that allow students to gain real-world experience in analysis, machine learning, and data engineering. Sponsors are vital partners in these projects, providing a clear objective, data sets, guidance, and orientation to the teams. Capstone projects allow sponsors to explore critical business questions while contributing to the development of the data science workforce. Capstone projects challenge UVA Data Science students to explore, integrate and analyze data to solve real-world problems. Each team of 3-5 students is advised by a faculty member who has experience in the techniques and data types specific to the project. This collaborative model, delivered in partnership with Riipen, supports employers to build their talent pipeline, tackle immediate business challenges, expand their capabilities, and enhance their brand presence. Each capstone cycle runs for two semesters, where the first semester typically has students holding discovery meetings with the sponsor and faculty mentor, forming a project plan, onboarding, and reviewing the data. The second semester has students getting into high gear on the project. If you have a bigger project that requires two full semesters of work, you can indicate this here. All members of the project teams will have completed courses in computational methods for data science, machine learning, and exploratory data analysis, and will possess skills in programming in R and Python. During the program, students also learn feature engineering, data cleaning and wrangling, deep learning, data ethics, project management, team building, technical writing, and oral communication. UVA policies state that student work performed in a class or capstone is the intellectual property of the learner , not the university or the sponsor.  Sponsors wishing to modify these terms must request that learners sign an IP agreement.  The University can not assign IP it does not own. Sponsors wishing to ask students to sign over IP must provide the agreement language by the contract review deadline. If you have questions or need help drafting your project content, please review our FAQs or email us at DataCapstones@virginia.edu.

The University of Virginia's Internship Placement Program (IPP) connects undergraduate students with tailored professional internships. This program is designed to build on students' academic knowledge and provide hands-on experience in a variety of professional settings. Our approach ensures that students not only gain valuable work experience but also develop crucial skills and insights into their career goals, interests, values, and talents. The program is overseen by the UVA Career Center and IPP faculty instructors, ensuring the quality of the internship experience. Internship placements can be virtual, hybrid, or in-person (Charlottesville, VA). Interns are interested in tech, UX/UI design, and cybersecurity projects. All interns complete 10 hours per week over 15 weeks during their internship.

The University of Virginia’s PhD Plus Consulting Program , led by Dr. Brendan Boler, is designed to equip PhD students and Postdocs with the essential knowledge, skills, and confidence required for a successful career in consulting. Participants in this course master a hypothesis-driven structured problem-solving approach, and develop proficiency in data analytics using Excel and storytelling using PowerPoint. Our learners are advanced PhD students and postdoctoral researchers who bring a high level of analytical ability, critical thinking, and academic rigor to their work. They are eager to apply their skills to real-world consulting projects, gaining hands-on experience that will be invaluable for their professional development. The aim of this collaboration is to provide students with practical experience while offering employers fresh perspectives and innovative solutions to their business challenges.