Industry Partnership Opportunities
Partner With INFO Today!
Collaborate with the UMD College of Information (INFO), where students and faculty bring a unique combination of technical, ethical, and management skills to our partners’ projects and goals. Recruit top talent, tackle real world challenges alongside students, and partner in research and innovation. Connect with Justin Zielke, Manager of External Relations, to discuss any of the programs below or to create a custom partnership package.
Recruit Top Talent
INFO graduates are technically savvy, socially aware, and ethically grounded
- Share jobs and internships
- Host an event on campus
- Attend a Career Fair
- Conduct On-Campus Interviews
Have Students Tackle Your Projects
Students bring fresh ideas and extra hands to your projects
- Provide a real project to students for a win-win partnership
- Bring students on-site through the Internship for a Day program
Build Your Brand
3000 students, 150 faculty and staff members, 9000 alumni + network
- Sponsor the HCIL Symposium attended by top HCI experts
- Name a space in the INFO Commons, the soon-to-come INFO home
Shape the Next Generation
Industry professionals are invaluable to the education of information students
- Be a Guest Lecturer to an INFO class
- Teach as an Adjunct Lecturer
- Establish a Scholarship Fund
- Become a mentor (UMD alumni only) to a student via Terrapins Connect
Collaborate on Research
From AI to archives, industry and academy collaborations advance possibilities
- Work with Kidsteam to co-design technology with youth
- Join a Research Lab or Group
