American Univesity of Beirut

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Co-operative education, also known as co-op, is a college-held program in which students combine their studies with one or more official paid work terms within their area of study. The difference between a co-op work term and an internship is that internships are typically short in duration (one or two months) and can be unpaid, while co-op terms typically have a longer duration (at least four months) and are paid.