Industry partners

At the School of STEM, we are dedicated to preparing the next generation of STEM professionals alongside our industry and community partners through hands-on, real-world learning experiences.

Our industry-sponsored capstone projects, professionals engaging with students and faculty and laboratories are a key part of this experience — connecting students with companies and organizations to solve challenges, drive innovation and build career-ready skills.

Students, faculty, industry and community together at the STEM Symposium.

80% employed STEM alumni remain in the region, strengthening the local talent pipeline for employers. (Lightcast, 2026)

Partner with us

We invite partners to co-create and innovate with STEM faculty and students. Make a meaningful impact in the region and mentor emerging talent, gain fresh perspectives on industry challenges, support research and development, build a pipeline to recruit top-tier graduates, and access STEM lab and instrumentation resources.

Give back to the community by sharing your time, talent and expertise.

Ways to partner

Engage directly with students as an industry mentor, shape the future of STEM education, and explore how your company can benefit from a dynamic partnership with the UW Bothell School of STEM.

Contact: John Naumann (johnn4@uw.edu), director of corporate & foundation relations

Sponsor a capstone or project

Capstones and projects connect students with industry partners and mentors to help solve real challenges through internships or team-based work. These hands-on experiences bring classroom learning into real-world settings — typically over three to nine months — and can evolve year after year with new student teams.

Learn about capstones and internships.

Two students in front of capstone poster with their prototype on display.
Group of four students next to their poster presentation and prototype display.

Post internships and hire students

Partners are invited to post internship and job opportunities through UW Bothell Career Services or collaborate with our STEM Student Success Team (stemsuccess@uw.edu) to customize internships that align with capstone and project requirements to best support students approaching graduation.

To connect with talent on campus, Career Services also hosts Career Fairs like the Fall Job & Internship Fair; Winter Biotech, Health & Science Fair; and Spring Job & Internship Fair.

Top employers of STEM graduates include Amazon, Microsoft, Boeing, UW, T-Mobile (Lightcast, 2026)

Partner on research with faculty

Collaborate with School of STEM faculty on research that drives innovation and real-world impact. Our faculty regularly partner with industry on projects, bringing applied expertise and fresh perspectives to complex challenges.

Explore faculty and their research to find the right collaborator for your goals:

A student, faculty member and an industry partner collaborate together on research in the lab.
Students take field samples at a stream.
Group of UW Bothell students, staff, and faculty smiling in front of signs of fish

Center for Biotechnology Innovation & Training

Partner with CBIT to support cutting-edge biotechnology research in collaboration with faculty and students, sponsor on-campus internships or summer camp, speak in a class, or get involved in the education work we are doing to train future leaders.

Learn more about CBIT.

Contact: Guy Hamilton (guyham@uw.edu), CBIT director

Dr. Lori Robins and high school students participating in a CBIT summer camp.

Become a mentor, speaker or host a company tour

There is no better way for our students to learn about the workforce than hearing directly from industry professionals and getting to visit local companies they may work at one day. Speakers may be part of a panel, seminar series or guest lecture in a class.

Come share your career experience and mentor students beyond projects!

Contact: John Naumann (johnn4@uw.edu), director of corporate & foundation relations

Panel of four alumni sitting at the front of class in chairs.
Panel of alumni working in industry sharing advice in an introductory engineering capstone course. 
Speaker on stage sharing opening remarks.
Eva Benn, opening keynote speaker at the 2026 CyberAI Conference hosted at UW Bothell.

Use the STEM Instrumentation Facility

Analyze your own samples using high-performance scientific instruments calibrated to industry standards. Our facility in Discovery Hall supports research and development, purity analysis, and structural or component identification — delivering world-class accuracy for both academic and industry projects.

Check out the instruments in the STEM Instrumentation Facility and get started on a project.

Discovery Hall building

Serve on an advisory board

Our advisory boards bring together industry professionals and alumni to support student success and provide strategic guidance to faculty and leadership. Members offer valuable insight on industry trends, workforce needs and innovative approaches to education and funding.

Contact: Dean Jennifer McLoud-Mann, jmcloud@uw.edu, to discuss your interest and connect with the board that best matches your goals and expertise.

The School of STEM maintains advisory boards across departments, centers and programs:

  • STEM Advisory Board
  • Computing & Software Systems Technical Advisory Board (webpage launching soon)
  • Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board (webpage launching soon)
  • Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering Advisory Board (webpage launching soon)
  • Center for Biotechnology Innovation & Training Advisory Board (webpage launching soon)

Support STEM through giving

Whether it is funding to support student-faculty research, equipment to improve laboratories, or student scholarships to expand access to opportunities, your gift sparks innovation and collaboration.

Make an investment in future STEM leaders by making a gift today.

Source: Lightcast – lightcast.io