Students may apply to the UA Co-op Program beginning in freshman year.  Any UA student currently enrolled in 12 or more degree seeking hours may apply.  Students with UA hours must meet a 2.5 UA GPA to apply.

Transfer students may apply in their first semester on campus using their previous institution’s overall GPA and report to work after completion of one academic term with a UA GPA of 2.5 or higher (verification at end of first term of academic classes).

*Prior to beginning work Freshmen must have completed two academic semesters with a minimum of 24 hours and a 2.5 UA GPA.  All students must meet qualification set by their employers for GPA and Major.

Co-op Application

To prepare to submit your application:

  • Utilize the free AI service, Vmock to enhance or create your resume. Vmock is a AI platform to assist in resume reviews and/or creation of a new resume.  Applicants are encouraged to use this service to enhance the professionalism of their resume.  *Login with your MyBama credentials.
  • Save (PDF) an unofficial copy of your transcript from myBama.
  • Save (PDF) your most recent resume.

Complete the Co-op application online.

Application Deadline Day

The Co-op program has an application deadline day as a cutoff to participate in Fall or Spring Co-op Interview Day. Students may apply for Co-op at any time, but the application deadline cutoff for Interview Day is strict and exceptions are not made. For Spring 2024, the Co-op Application Deadline to participation in Interview Day is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, February 11th – no exceptions.