Suranaree University of Technology includes Cooperative Education and Career Development as an integral part of its undergraduate curriculum. This is considered an important innovation in Thailandus higher
education pioneered by Suranaree University of Technology. Cooperative Education that combines classroom-based education with real workplace
experience through good principles and systems. This system requires that students work full time in the workplace for 16 weeks or one semester.

     They are to perform in the workplace as if they were the employees
of an organization that employs the university graduates. They will have a chance to apply what they have learned in class, to promote their working and social skills, and to qualify as desirable graduates for the prospective employers. According to the survey of an organizationus satisfaction on studentsu job performance in 2006, it was ranked at a umuchu level. In addition, the percentage of SUT graduates being employed is 78.