Coopera is a training program in alternation of the Autonomous University of Madrid aimed at university students in which the student's training periods are combined between the company and the University, which allows him to enrich the training received and, in addition , favor their incorporation into the labor market. It has the collaboration of the Círculo de Empresarios and the Fundación Universidad-Empresa (FUE).

It is aimed at students of the Degree in Business Administration and Management (ADE) and the Degree in Economics of the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) or of other Universities, who, in the third and fourth year of their degree studies, complete university training with paid internships.

Coopera's main features

• Study aid: During the two internships, the student receives a study aid that is currently stipulated at 734,70 euros net per month.
• Duration: two academic years (third and fourth year of the degree) with two internships of four months each: January-April (3rd year) and September-December (4th year).
• Schedule: the academic organization of the Coopera Program allows the internships to be carried out full-time according to the schedule of the company in such a way that, during its completion, the student has no academic obligations. < / li>
• Training plan: Training practices are a compulsory subject of the Coopera program that are equivalent to 24 ECTS credits of the study plan.
• Qualification: Those students who meet all the training requirements of the Program will be able to opt for the mention of ‘Professional Practices and Skills’ in their Bachelor's degree.

Philosophy and objectives of Coopera

The COOPERA Program is a pioneer in university training practices in companies. Promoted in the late 1970s by the Círculo de Empresarios, the Fundación Universidad-Empresa (FUE), and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), COOPERA was the first university program in Spain to incorporate business practices into a study plan academic.

The alternating training model of COOPERA, characterized by combining the student's training periods between the company and the University, allows enriching the training received and, in addition, favoring the incorporation of the student into the labor market. Since its launch in 1985, the program has had the participation of more than one hundred companies from various sectors that have welcomed more than 2,600 students.

COOPERA's main objective is to bring students closer to the professional world , in order to enrich their academic training at the University and develop the professional skills necessary to facilitate their incorporation into the job market.

The success of COOPERA is based on four fundamental axes:

• The involvement of the collaborating companies and the sponsoring entities
• The talent of the students
• The support of the UAM and, in particular, of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences
• The commitment of the COOPERA work team

Coopera's methodology and program

Accessing COOPERA allows the student to combine, in parallel, their Bachelor's studies with an 8-month internship period in the companies that collaborate with the Program, thus enriching the academic contents of the University with a first experience in the professional world, which undoubtedly improves their employability at the end of their passage through it.

In addition to undergraduate training, COOPERA offers its students additional training in professional skills and competencies, English oriented to business and communication in companies, IT and accounting, as well as business talks . All this aimed at improving your training to facilitate your definitive access to the job market.

Coopera collaborating companies

The companies that collaborate in the Program belong to different sectors of the economy, so COOPERA allows internships in different professional areas: consulting, marketing, finance, accounting or auditing are some examples. All internships are managed through the Universidad-Empresa Foundation, a collaborator of the Program

At COOPERA all participating companies hold a series of conferences where they publicize their professional development opportunities and the professional profile of the internship places they offer. From there, the assignment of the internships will be carried out by the COOPERA Admissions Committee, which will take into account the preferences of the students, the scale they obtained at the time of access to COOPERA and the use of the additional training received.

Coopera Admission and Enrollment

Access to COOPERA is competitive and is based, specifically on the academic record, the level of English, the command of other languages, other curricular merits, the interdisciplinary profile of the student and a motivation letter. In addition, the COOPERA admissions committee conducts a personal interview with applicants.

More information about Coopera

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
Calle Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 5
Módulo 7, despacho 210
28049-MADRID
Tlfs: 91497-4243/91497-8561
coopera@uam.es

• http://www.clubcoopera.com/