Full time graduate students within the College of Engineering are ordinarily expected to devote their full attention and energies to their educational and research endeavors. Classwork and research assignments are planned to completely occupy full time students, thus effectively precluding outside employment and consulting.

All full time students are generally advised to decline such work and concentrate on their graduate studies.

In exceptional cases, there may be opportunities for outside consulting or employment which would provide helpful experience in addition to financial remuneration.

Before assuming such commitments, all full time graduate students are urged to consult their academic advisors and/or department heads about such opportunities. Students receiving financial aid in the form of research or teaching assistants or fellowships are required to obtain consent from both their academic advisor and department head for any such outside employment or consulting.