Student Services and Resources
Office of
Student Services
Office of Student Services
The Student Services Office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, offering academic advising and countless resources to aid your success. Whether you need academic advising, study abroad information or want to change your program, Saunders College has the tools to help you. Advisor meetings will be in person, through Zoom, or by phone.
Co-op and Career Services
The Office of Career Services and Cooperative Education places more than 4,500 students in more than 6,200 co-op positions each year. Tap into a worldwide network of nearly 140,000 RIT and 25,000 Saunders Alumni.
All Saunders College students get real-world work experience before leaving the classroom. Cooperative Education, or co-op, is the chance to gain meaningful work experience before you graduate. It helps you further define your career path and fully realize the value of what you are learning in the classroom. Rochester Institute of Technology has one of the oldest and largest cooperative education programs in the U.S.
Cooperative education is a unique kind of education. It is different from summer employment and different from an internship. Co-op employment is full-time, paid, productive work experience in your field of study. It is full-time status equivalent, meaning that while you are on co-op, you are not required to pay tuition. Your co-op responsibilities will increase in complexity and challenge according to your academic level.
View Co-op Spotlights
Saunders students have countless co-op opportunities in Rochester or across the country. Check out our Co-op Student Spotlights to see what Saunders students have been up to and the companies that hire co-op students. Learn how their experiences have shaped their career paths.
Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Georgia
Jake O'Connor ’25
"Through course work and extracurricular activities at Saunders, I was well-prepared and equipped with the right skills to excel at my co-op and at future jobs.
Deloitte, New York, NY
Paphawarintr (Mind) Tienpasertkij, co-op ’21
"Saunders provides hands-on experiences that allow students to challenge themselves in order to solve business problems in the real world. Through my courses at Saunders, I have been able to...
Citi, Buffalo, NY
Edith Udegbe ’22
"What I learnt in the classroom [at Saunders] are closely related to my current real-life job experience and prepare me well for my new role at Citi."
Technical Support
Saunders Technical Support is located within the college, providing technical services dedicated to Saunders students, faculty, and staff. They provide direct support in addressing all submitted technical service requests and maintain a Saunders Technical Support Wiki that offers how-to articles, support documentation, resources, and tools to help solve technical woes.
Visit RIT Information & Technology Services (ITS) for additional RIT technical support.
Saunders College Endowed Scholarships
After you start your undergraduate or graduate business degree programs, you may be eligible for additional scholarship funding to aid your success. Many generous Saunders alumni and corporate donors contribute funds to endow dozens of Saunders College Scholarships. These donations enable Saunders College to distribute merit-based scholarship awards to business students who have demonstrated strong leadership abilities and excelled within their academic programs. For more information, check out Saunders College Endowed Scholarships for current students.
Announcements
Are you looking to raise awareness for your club or your personal activities? Get noticed! Get your messages out to Saunders audiences using one of the many ways to announce your activities, events and accomplishments.
Tiger Pride
Tiger Pride is comprised of Traveling Tigers (off-campus) and Tiger Den (on-campus). Learn more about Tiger Pride meetings with valued corporate partners, industry advisory boards, and Saunders alums.