![Students with the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) get ready to tour the Haystack facility.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large_generic/public/page/image/2018-04/512473-034D.jpg?h=b4bc0c71&itok=d_hT6OZ3)
Student Opportunities
At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, students gain valuable research experience and exposure to career paths across many scientific, engineering, and operational fields. Some programs fulfill a student's academic requirement, while others support thesis work at specific universities or offer paid internships. Many times, a student's experience at the Laboratory can evolve into post-graduation employment.
![At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, students gain valuable research experience and exposure to career paths across many scientific, engineering, and operational fields.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/ifde_wysiwyg_full/public/page/video-images/2019-04/Screen%20Shot%202019-04-12%20at%202.15.12%20PM.png?itok=2s_Cc-5W)
Student Opportunities
![Derrick Feld looks on as AFCEA intern Chi-chi Nwodoh connects wires on the test terminal she helped build.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_grid_generic/public/page/image/2018-04/AFCEA__507325-23D.jpg?h=1eb349e2&itok=F3xAFqRu)
AFCEA
![MIT LL co-op](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_grid_generic/public/page/image/2022-09/518723-003D.jpg?h=0668b1a3&itok=20A0O9PR)
Cooperative Education Program
![Raoul Ouedraogo explains the premise of the Intern Innovative Idea Challenge to summer interns working at the Laboratory.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_grid_generic/public/page/image/2018-04/INTERN-CHALLENGE2017__511707-004D.jpg?itok=1VNs-gWY)
Intern Innovative Idea Challenge (I3C)
![MIT 6-A student Jesse Chang aligns a narrow laser beam on a quad-cell photodetector in preparation for a direct-to-Earth optical communications uplink.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_grid_generic/public/page/image/2018-04/Chang_Jessica_512582-002D.jpg?h=466445b2&itok=JPhsL2vj)
MIT 6-A Master of Engineering Thesis Program
![Staff member David Caplan, far right, taught an IAP course in Free-Space Laser Communication, in which teams of students designed and built their own lasercom system.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_grid_generic/public/page/image/2018-04/IAP_2017-IAPLasercom-2500w.jpg?h=748d7e9c&itok=TTn_qoqy)
MIT Independent Activities Period
![MIT student Vivek Miglani worked on a project that simulates weather radar images for air traffic controllers, modifying the team’s existing neural network model and running experiments to identify possible improvements.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_grid_generic/public/page/image/2018-04/511135-001D.jpg?h=180c38a8&itok=_oU4l9ZX)
MIT Research Assistantships
![Student present their research to Laboratory staff at the close of their internships.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_grid_generic/public/page/image/2018-04/511709-045D.jpg?h=ab193097&itok=Bbdx6T3t)
MIT Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program
![As mentor Henry Romero looks on, UROP student Gabriela Studt does calculations to compare soft-decision decoding algorithms for Reed-Solomon error-correcting codes.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_grid_generic/public/page/image/2018-04/Studt_Gabriella_512619-001D.jpg?itok=cVtTOCfV)
MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
![2022 GEM fellows](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_grid_generic/public/page/image/2022-09/524302-001D.jpg?itok=zZYKeWkY)
National GEM Consortium Fellowships
![Summer research student Alan Dong helped transition the LES-9 satellite’s original analog communication devices to digital platforms during his internship.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_grid_generic/public/page/image/2018-04/507368-23D.jpg?h=7de1cc0a&itok=nk2kwkOt)
Summer Research Program
![MIT Lincoln Laboratory Technical Seminar Series](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_grid_generic/public/page/image/2018-04/504931-04D.jpg?itok=Mshl30MF)
Technical Seminar Series
![WPI students, with the guidance of their Lincoln Laboratory mentor (left) developed a liquid-propellant propulsion system for picosatellites for their Major Qualifying Project.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/masonry_grid_generic/public/page/image/2018-04/507957-10D.jpg?h=ae5b4568&itok=GJdzimio)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Major Qualifying Project Program
On-Campus Recruiting
Lincoln Laboratory maintains an active college recruiting program through which our staff meet students with diverse backgrounds, share information about our R&D areas, and discuss future employment or internship opportunities. On average, we attend around 100 events at 25 campuses each year.