IUDS kicks of Internship workshop
Institute of Urban Development Studies hosted internship workshop on March 10, 2016 at the presence of stake holders, Master’s program students, Directors, Students’ representatives, Coordinators and invited guests at Hidasse Hall of the university.
At the opening of the workshop Ato Demeke Haile, IUDS Director welcomed the participants. He said the main reason for preparing this workshop is to familiarize stakeholders with the internship process .Our students bring researchable topic while they go to different institutions for internship program.
He added that the prospective graduate students and different public organizations also benefited a lot during the internship program. So it is a win-win internship program. And more than 1000 ECSU’s graduates in urban development in different specializations area are contributing a lot in the development of the country.
Dr Frew Mengistu, vice director of IUDS had given a brief description of each master’s program given in the university under IUDS . Internship program is aimed at attaching students to public institutions for practical training .So students will be mentored by senior civil servants who are experienced and professionals, he said.
Internship at IUDS is focused to enable students to master different professional skills, abilities and demonstrate different competencies in work environment at the end of the internship programs.