Need help with staffing? Join over 200 employers who have successfully hired UPEI Co-operative Education students. The UPEI Co-op Program is nationally accredited and can assist you with your short-term and long-term staff requirements.

Business Co-op Students have developed and are able to offer competencies in:

• critical thinking and problem-solving
• technological applications in business
• teamwork/personal initiative
• communication skills and leadership
• quantitative analysis
• integrating the core business functions
• ethical, social, historical, and global awareness
• business research

Employers report a high level of satisfaction with Business Co-op students. The UPEI School of Business is committed to developing partnerships with the business community through the Co-operative Education Program.

Core Courses

• Accounting
• Finance
• Marketing
• Entrepreneurship
• Business Research
• Management Science
• Information Technology
• Professional Writing
• Organizational Behaviour
• Strategic Management
• Human Resource Management
• Operations Management

“Scotiabank over the past few years has had the opportunity to hire a number of UPEI Co-op students. We have always been very impressed with the quality and calibre of their work. Some have subsequently started their careers with Scotiabank.