ID is an exciting, evolving field that needs smart and skilled professionals. Here’s how you can start preparing for an ID career today:
- Go to Students.uab.edu for a look at admission requirements, an online UAB application, student life, campus tours, and much more.
- Call 205.975.5810 to ask about UAB ID career fairs, career days, and internship and career opportunities for ID Students. Also find our about opportunities to meet with ID alums and visit ID firms in and outside of the Birmingham area.
- Call the UAB ID program at 205.975.5810 or e-mail kcraig@uab.edu for more details about the field and your opportunities for success. You can even talk with an ID faculty or industry professionals to see if it’s right for you.
Who's Hiring
Each year more than 50 firms conduct campus interviews with senior ID students, and many more throughout the city, region, and nation seek UAB ID graduates. Here are just a few of the prominent companies with UAB ID students on staff:
- Anixter, Inc.
- Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
- Burndy-FCI
- Carolina Handling/Raymond Corporation
- Consolidated Electrical Distributors
- Cutler-Hammer/Eaton Corporations
- Dudley C. Jackson, Inc.
- Fastenal Company
- General Electric Company
- General Electric Supply Company
- Honda Manufacturing of America
- Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc.
- Motion Industries, Inc.
- O’Neal Steel, Inc.
- Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
- United States Steel Corporation
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
UAB even provides tools and resources to help you land a job or internship. Career Services offers one-on-one advice, interview coaching, details about the job market, and more. And each year the ID program electronically posts student profiles to its vast network of more than 400 potential employers. As a result, many ID students find full- or part-time work in the field while they’re taking classes.