External Partner Projects

About External Partner Projects

As Wisconsin’s only Polytechnic University, UW-Stout engages with our external partners to create innovative business, industry, and community partnerships producing solutions to real-world problems. These relationships benefit our partners while engaging our students and growing the economy. Stout’s Office of Corporate Relations & Economic Engagement facilitates collaborative partnership opportunities that bring external projects into our degree programs. This fee for service model allows our students, faculty and staff to bring together the skills and knowledge they have developed in an applied manner to address challenges facing an external partner. Benefits to External Partners Solutions & Expertise: Gain fresh perspectives and impactful results from emerging professionals with access to campus resources, labs, technology, and instructor expertise. Recruitment & Talent Pipeline: Engage with Stout students to enhance recruitment efforts, assess potential hires, and provide valuable professional development experiences while developing a skilled workforce with enhanced career readiness. Build Brand Awareness on Campus: Promote your organization while benefiting from hundreds of hours of work contributed by student teams.