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This career circle is for any student who is interested in pursuing a career in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Mathematics (STEM).

Join as many Career Circles as you want by updating your career interests on Handshake. Updating your career interests will allow you to receive the latest Circle updates. Check out more information about the Circles here.

Check out job and internship listings by major/career interests on the College of Engineering, College of Arts & Sciences, and Miami Herbert Business School websites to view currently open listings for UM students and alumni in STEM fields. For thousands more opportunities, log in to Handshake.

Do you have questions about internships, graduate school, or your future career? Or are you unsure what your first step should be? Speak with a coach via Zoom or stop by Toppel for in-person coaching, Monday – Friday from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. Feel free to email us at toppel@miami.edu if you need assistance outside of our drop-in coaching hours.

Personal Statement for MPH Programs: Examples & Expert Advice

Why Does a Personal Statement Matter for MPH Programs?

In the competitive world of public health admissions, your personal statement is a critical component of your application. It’s your opportunity to showcase your passion for public health, highlight relevant experiences, …

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20 most popular jobs upon graduation for students majoring in civil engineering

Here’s a focused guide to the 20 most popular jobs for graduates with civil engineering degrees. Civil engineering is one of the oldest and broadest fields, covering infrastructure, buildings, transportation, and environmental systems. Employers value civil engineering grads because you’ve …

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20 most popular jobs upon graduation for those majoring in data science, statistics, or applied math

Here’s a clear, practical guide to the 20 most popular jobs for graduates with degrees in Data Science, Statistics, or Applied Mathematics. These majors build analytical muscle, comfort with coding, and a knack for problem-solving. Employers like these grads because …

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New Scientist Jobs: Your Science Career Catalyst

New Scientist Jobs: Your Science Career Catalyst

New Scientist Jobs connects job seekers with opportunities in life sciences, biology, physics, astronomy, and chemistry, providing tailored services for …

Science Careers: Your Gateway to Professional Opportunities

Science Careers: Your Gateway to Professional Opportunities

Science Careers is an online platform dedicated to connecting professionals in the science industry with diverse job listings and resources.

GitHub | A Platform for Developers

GitHub | A Platform for Developers

GitHub is a development platform inspired by the way you work. Host and review code, manage projects, and build software …

TECHNOLOchicas

TECHNOLOchicas

TECHNOLOchicas is a national initiative to raise awareness among young Latinas and their families about career opportunities and success stories …

Dice: Tech Job Platform

Dice: Tech Job Platform

Dice is an online platform for exploring tech jobs. It simplifies the job search process by offering a wide range …

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Are you looking to use real-time job market data to make informed decisions about your future career path, explore relevant salary data, or identify the skills you need to build or market to get your next role? Use the following tool to explore your options.

There are two ways to navigate this tool:

  1. Keyword Search: Search for the title of the job you’re looking to pursue, or skills you may have that could be relevant for a particular career path.
  2. Narrow Down by Industry + Occupation: If you have a general sense of the industry you’d like to pursue, you can narrow down the occupations within a given industry to help you decide.

Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Featured Jobs & Internships

Thousands of internship and job opportunities are posted on Handshake by employers specifically looking to hire students. The following job and internship opportunities were pulled from Handshake for your career circle.

For thousands more opportunities, log in to Handshake. All UM students have a Handshake account that is automatically created for them when they enroll at the U. All you have to do is log in to Handshake to activate your account.

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Skill Building with LinkedIn Learning

Access and explore on-demand LinkedIn Learning content (courses and videos) that can help you identify and build skills needed to be successful in your future career. Here, you can find relevant LinkedIn Learning content featured for your career circle.

Cloud Computing Careers and Certifications

Taught by Lynn Langit
Do you want to start a career in cloud computing, but don’t know where to begin? Whether you’re an IT…

Python Code Challenges: Working with Data

Taught by Jonathan Fernandes
Are you looking to upskill in Python? This course was designed for you. Instructor Jonathan Fernandes guides you through a…

Migrating from AutoCAD to Inventor

Taught by Thom Tremblay
AutoCAD users around the world are adopting Autodesk Inventor, the purpose-built tool for mechanical design, engineering, and manufacturing. While they’re…

The New AI Tech Stack: AI Literacy for Tech Leaders

Taught by Maria Parysz
This course acts as a comprehensive resource designed to equip tech professionals with a deep understanding of the AI technology…

Applied Machine Learning: Ensemble Learning

Taught by Matt Harrison
Do you want to grow your skills as a machine learning practitioner, but don’t know where to begin? You don’t…

Computer Science Principles Lab: JavaScript

Taught by Rich Winnie
Take coding from theory to practice with our Computer Science Principles Labs. This hands-on lab gives you a chance to…

AI Foundations: Ideating and Prototyping

Taught by Isil Berkun
In this course, Dr. Isil Berkun—a former staff AI software development engineer at Intel and currently the founder of DigiFab.ai—provides…

Learning ArcGIS Python Scripting (2018)

Taught by Jennifer Harrison
Have you ever needed to find all the broken links in a set of map documents? Or convert units before…

Leveraging AI and Data Engineering for Sustainable Solutions

Taught by Talal Gedeon
In this course, learn how technology and data can transform sustainability efforts and pave the way for a smarter, greener…

Python: Working with Predictive Analytics

Taught by Isil Berkun
Data can tell many stories: where it came from and where it’s going. Predictive analytics gives programmers a tool to…

End-to-End Real-World Data Engineering Project with Snowflake

Taught by Deepak Goyal
This comprehensive course offers a hands-on deep dive into building a robust data pipeline using Snowflake, focusing on a real-world…

Generative AI in Healthcare: Transforming Bedside Outcomes

Taught by Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, FACS
The healthcare landscape is being transformed by AI, creating both opportunities and challenges for medical professionals. This course bridges the…

Google Cloud Data Engineering Foundations

Taught by Bhavani Ravi
This course provides a high-level overview of all the tools and data engineering techniques employed with Google Cloud. Instructor Bhavani…

Transition from Data Science to Data Engineering

Taught by Pooja Jain
You need to know how to transform your data if you really want to mine it for insights. In this…

Geospatial Data Analytics Essential Training

Taught by Milan Janosov, Ph.D.
The amount of spatial data—information tagged to geographic coordinates—is vast, ranging from the GPS logs that mobile phones take to…

Using AI to Generate Business Analysis Deliverables

Taught by Jamie Champagne
AI is quickly becoming a competitive advantage, and those who know how to take advantage of these capabilities in their…

Autodesk Civil 3D 2025 Essential Training

Taught by Eric Chappell
Autodesk Civil 3D 2025 is a feature-packed design and documentation solution for civil engineering, design, and surveying. By mastering the…

From Drone to AutoCAD: The Workflow

Taught by Shaun Bryant
This course explores the intersection of drones and AutoCAD, focusing on the collection, management, and application of drone data for…

Excel for Engineering Professionals

Taught by Jan Karel Pieterse
While Microsoft Excel can be a powerful tool for engineers, most engineers barely scratch the surface with its full functionality.…

Data Engineering Foundations

Taught by Harshit Tyagi
Data science can be generally defined as the process of making data useful, and data engineering is a key part…

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Skill Building Through Virtual Company Projects

Build valuable career skills and get a taste of industry experience via short virtual projects created by top companies across the globe on the Forage platform. Click on "View All Projects" to view all experiences for this career community. To check out projects across all the career communities and relevant practice interview questions, here.

Digital Law Experience with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

New Law Careers Experience with College of Law

GenAI for Proposal Generation Experience with EAB

Partnering with AI in the workplace Experience with Datacom

Work Ready Skills Experience with RateMyPlacement/DBL

Chemistry Experience with LifeArc

Wondering how to list a completed project on your resume/CV or LinkedIn profile? Review the Forage referencing policy.

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Skill Building through External Classes

Behavioral Interviews for Engineers

Behavioral interviews are an essential part of every interview, yet candidates often underprepare for them. Especially in more senior roles,…

Intro to Geographic Data Mapping

Learn about different kinds of data-driven geographic maps and gain a conceptual understanding of how they are created. About this…

Using Git for DevOps: Using Git Effectively

Become proficient in Git for DevOps, including repository management, Git commands, GUI, distributed workflows, branching, Git server protocols, and Gitflow.…

Ethical Prompt Engineering with DeepSeek-R1

Explore ethical AI prompt engineering to mitigate biases, ensure fairness, enhance transparency, prevent risks, and apply the Red Team cycle…

Prompt Engineering Techniques with DeepSeek-R1

Navigate DeepSeek-R1 to refine prompts, tackle complex tasks, and oversee projects. Explore reasoning models for goal-setting, writing, and technical design.…

Using OpenAI APIs: Fine-tuning Models, the Assistants API, & Embeddings

Explore fine-tuning AI models like GPT-3 and 4 with OpenAI APIs. Learn to utilize the Assistants API and understand the…

DevSecOps and Containers

Explore DevSecOps for containers: Learn virtualization, containerization, Kubernetes, Docker, DevSecOps and containers, Containers security challenges, API microgateways, and how to…

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Essential Cloud Principles

Get started with Cloud essentials, deployment models, and cloud infrastructure component exploration. Use this course to get started with Cloud…

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Managing Google Compute Engine

Use Google Cloud Engine for Infrastructure as a Service. Learn to manage VM instances, update and connect to them, use…

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Storage Technologies

Explore cloud storage systems, hot and cold storage, data protection methods, replication, and RAID. In this course, you’ll explore cloud…

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Licensing Models & Risk Mitigation

Uncover cloud pricing factors, risk mitigation strategies, and compliance implementation. Cloud service providers (CSPs) must generate confidence in cloud service…

Generative AI on GCP: Harnessing Generative AI with Vertex AI

Leverage Vertex AI on GCP for generative AI projects. Explore genAI models, AI Studio, Vertex API, model garden, custom model…

DevSecOps in AWS

Explore DevSecOps in AWS: Learn about roles, implementation essentials, AWS CI/CD services, testing and monitoring tools, and implementation hurdles. DevSecOps…

Prompt Engineering: Generative AI for System Hacking

Discover how generative AI enhances ethical hacking techniques and detects system vulnerabilities. Learn best practices for preventing system hacking and…

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Google Cloud Resource Manager

Learn how to use Google Cloud Resource Manager to hierarchically manage resources. Learn to create labels and tags, move and…

Deep Dive Into Generative AI with Azure OpenAI

Learn Azure OpenAI: architecture, OpenAI Studio, model customization and deployment, text and image generation, integration, privacy and compliance issues, and…

Generative AI on GCP: Deep Dive Into Generative AI Studio

Explore Generative AI Studio on GCP. Learn language model training, tuning, performance evaluation, deployment, and speech-to-text conversion. Generative artificial intelligence…

Generative AI on AWS: Getting Started

Unlock AWS AI/GenAI services for businesses. Explore AWS GenAI services, foundational models, and infrastructure for developing and deploying GenAI solutions…

DevSecOps Principles: From DevOps to DevSecOps

Learn DevSecOps Fundamentals: Explore the roles of DevOps and DevSecOps in IT. Understand benefits, requirements, and challenges. Discover industry applications…

Core DevOps Skills: Agile & DevOps

Become adept in Agile development practices, methodologies, and DevOps synergy. Explore methodologies, testing principles, teams, goals, and key target areas.…
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Featured Industry & Career Guides

Vault offers comprehensive industry and career guides that provide insights into industry work life and advice for students and alumni on kickstarting their careers. You can access 170+ guides on our Custom Career Content site to help you explore career paths and gain valuable information that will help you make informed career decisions.

Vault Guide to Chemistry Jobs, Second Edition

Vault Guide to Chemistry Jobs, Second Edition

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

Vault Guide to Nursing Jobs, Second Edition

Vault Guide to Nursing Jobs, Second Edition

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

Vault Career Guide to Health Care Management, Fifth Edition

Vault Career Guide to Health Care Management, Fifth Edition

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Cane2Cane Mentors

Explore careers, prepare for your future, and connect with industry professionals. Exclusive to our University of Miami community, Cane2Cane is a social network where 'Canes receive help navigating from college to career. No matter who you know, or don't know, connect and learn from professionals across 60+ industries who are eager to help you prepare for your career journey.

Meaghan Wheeler

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Microbiologist Stryker
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Magaly Park

Community Mentor
  • Miami, Florida
  • Board Member GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI INC
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Paul Terman, PhD

Alumni Mentor
  • New Haven, CT
  • Visiting Assistant Professor Wesleyan University
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Andre Buchanan

Alumni Mentor
  • Technical Consultant Salesforce
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Ana Leal Doreste

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Lab Assistant MediPath Pathology Services
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Jessie Zuiderveld

Alumni Mentor
  • New York, NY
  • Chief Financial Officer Ibis Prep
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James McSweeney

Alumni Mentor
  • Rye, NY
  • Machine learning engineer Air Force Research Laboratory
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Diana Ramirez Villamil

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Supplier Quality Engineer II MEDTRONIC
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Veronica Bustabad

Faculty & Staff Mentors
  • Miami, FL
  • Web Developer University of Miami
Meet Veronica

Faryn Solomon

Alumni Mentor
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Biostatistician Job searching
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Robert Tassy (he/him)

Alumni Mentor
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Software Quality Lead autodesk
Meet Robert

Dan Rosenberg

Alumni Mentor
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Account Executive Emergent Software
Meet Dan

Join your peers on Cane2Cane to connect with a 'Cane who can help you achieve your career goals! You can search for connections in the Cane2Cane community by applying various filters, such as industry, location, degree, and more!  

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