Elevate Your Future: A Commitment to Career Preparedness.
Illinois Institute of Technology · Career Services
Elevate
Transform your Illinois Tech education into career success.
A structured four-year journey for undergraduates — real experience, verified credentials, and a coach who knows your name — so you graduate with evidence of what you can actually do.
★ The Elevate Commitment ★
Career-ready on day one — with the tools and resources to launch your career within six months of graduation.
86.1%
Career Outcomes Rate
$74,840
Median Starting Salary
6 mo.
Career Launch Commitment
80,000+
Global Alumni Network
Career outcomes rate and median starting salary from the most recent Illinois Tech First Destination Survey. Alumni network size is a university total, not survey data. The six-month figure describes the Elevate Commitment and is not a statistic. See the full outcomes dashboard →
Elevate turns your Illinois Tech education into career-ready experience — through internships, research, competitions, study away, and more, paired with personal coaching and verified digital credentials that prove your skills to employers. It starts before enrollment and continues through graduation, and our global network connects you to opportunities worldwide.
Our commitment: to prepare every Illinois Tech student to excel from day one — with the distinctive education and practical expertise that define our approach to scientific, technological, and professional innovation.
Sections 1 through 4 are the undergraduate Elevate journey. Section 5 is for graduate students, transfer students, and anyone not enrolled. Open only what you need.
Ready to elevate your future?
Your invitation and the program terms arrive by email. Once you have accepted them, log into 312 and search Elevate to join the group for your year.
Join Elevate Now1Undergraduates in Elevate
How Elevate Works
Six steps from your first year to graduation, backed by the Elevate Commitment▾
Year-appropriate activities build the skills employers look for — from LinkedIn to internships to leadership — all tracked in 312 Campus Groups with your Elevate Success Coach.
01. Gain Real-World Experience
Internships, research, competitions, study away, and innovation challenges.
Requirement: at least two Elevate experiences
02. Earn Digital Credentials
LinkedIn-ready badges that verify real competencies, not claimed ones.
03. Navigate Your Pathway
Career coaches, faculty mentors, and alumni help you align coursework with where you want to land.
04. Work With Your Elevate Success Coach
Every student gets dedicated support — guidance, progress tracking, and a partner who makes sure nobody falls behind.
05. Secure Your Future
Career-ready on day one, with the tools and resources to launch within six months of graduation. The full Elevate Commitment is at the bottom of this page.
06. Command Industry Skills
Real-time career preparedness that adapts as the market moves, so your skills stay current.
The Elevate Commitment applies to undergraduates who enroll in Elevate and sign and complete the program’s terms and conditions. Eligibility requires maintaining good academic standing and meeting all Elevate program requirements.
2Getting Started
Your Next Steps
It starts in your inbox — here is the full sequence, in order▾
I. Watch your Illinois Tech email
Career Services sends eligible undergraduates an invitation to join Elevate directly by email, together with the program’s terms and conditions. Everything you need to enroll arrives in that message, so check your Illinois Tech account rather than a personal address, and look in your spam folder if you have not seen it.
II. Read and accept the terms and conditions
Read the terms in full before you accept them. They set out what the program asks of you, what Career Services provides, and the requirements attached to the Elevate Commitment. Accepting the terms is what activates your membership — nothing else in this list works until that step is complete. Questions about any of it go to elevate@illinoistech.edu.
III. Log into 312 and search Elevate
Sign in to 312 Campus Groups, search Elevate, and join the group for your year — for example, “Elevate Incoming 2026.” This is the step students most often skip. Do it when you sign up, not later: 312 is where your checklist lives, where your coach meetings are booked, and where your completed experiences are recorded.
IV. Access your checklist
On your 312 home page, find “My Checklists” on the right. Your personalized checklist shows the required activities and electives for your year.
V. Book your Elevate Success Coach meeting
Schedule a 30-minute check-in to build your career roadmap and get your questions answered. Available online or on campus.
First-Year: Book NowSecond-Year: Book NowThird-Year: Book NowVI. Explore more opportunities
Visit elevate.iit.edu to browse curated experiences, job simulations, and additional career resources.
3The Journey
Year by Year
What each year asks of you, from pre-college through graduation▾
Pre-College, the summer before you arrive. Digital literacy, LinkedIn creation, and career exploration, plus optional enhancements.
First Year. Resume development, campus engagement, and a professional foundation.
Sophomore Year. Internship preparation, mock interviews, portfolio development, and leadership experiences.
Junior Year. Secured internships, advanced networking, and industry-specific skills.
Senior Year Coming Soon — job search strategy, graduate school preparation, and career launch.
Transfer Student Bridge Open for Fall 2026 — a parallel entry point for new incoming transfer students, mapping the fastest route from arrival to a strong first job. Not a fifth year; a different starting line.
Now open: the Transfer Student Bridge launches this fall for new incoming transfer students. If you transferred in for Fall 2026, that is your entry point — details are in section 5 and on the Transfer Student Hub.
Still coming: the Senior Year track is being built. If you are a senior now, section 5 has what is open to you today.
4What You Will Build
Skills and Badges
In-demand skills, documented with credentials you can show an employer▾
Elevate builds the skills employers and labor market research rank highest, and documents them with credentials an employer can verify.
Those skills span communication, critical thinking, AI and digital literacy, leadership, collaboration, self-awareness, and career development. Which credentials you earn depends on the experiences you complete.
For the current list of skills and badges, email elevate@illinoistech.edu.
Drawn from frameworks including NACE, the World Economic Forum, CASEL, and the Coursera Job Skills Report.
Not an undergraduate in Elevate? There is still a door for you
5Everyone Else
Not an Undergraduate in Elevate?
Graduate students, transfer students, and anyone not enrolled▾
The structured four-year journey above is built for undergraduates who enroll in Elevate. Everything else Career Services offers is open to every Illinois Tech student, at no cost, with nothing gated.
Graduate students
Use Elevate on a self-directed basis. Work with a career coach and pick the pathways and experiences that fit your goals, one at a time, when you need them.
Book a career coach →See graduate outcomes →Transfer students Open for Fall 2026
The Transfer Student Bridge is open this fall to new incoming transfer students. It meets you where you are, whatever you transferred from, and maps the fastest path to a strong first job on a shorter timeline than four years. Start at the Transfer Student Hub — and if you transferred in before Fall 2026, everything else on this page is already open to you.
Transfer Student Hub →Open to every Illinois Tech student, free
Not sure which door is yours? Email the Elevate team or bring the question to a coach — it is a short conversation and there is no wrong answer.
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The Elevate Commitment
Career-ready on day one. Launch-ready within six months.
Our commitment is to prepare you to contribute from your first day on the job, and to put the tools and resources in your hands to launch your career within six months of graduation.
Still searching six months after you graduate? You may be eligible for additional upskilling support and continued options at Illinois Tech. Contact the Elevate team and we will work through it with you.
Applies to undergraduates who enroll in Elevate and sign and complete the program’s terms and conditions. Eligibility requires maintaining good academic standing and meeting all Elevate program requirements.
Get started today
Ready to elevate your future?
Contact elevate@illinoistech.edu
Your invitation and the program’s terms and conditions are sent to your Illinois Tech email. You must read and accept all Elevate terms, conditions, and requirements, then log into 312 and search Elevate to join your year’s group.
Join Elevate Now*Elevate Participation Terms and Conditions Apply: Eligibility requires maintaining good academic standing and meeting all Elevate program requirements.
