Developing Students’ Competencies and Academic Performance through Academe- Industry Partnership

This study determined the students’ competencies and academic performance of engineering students through Academe- Industry Partnership of the Lyceum of the Philippines University in Batangas City. Descriptive type of research was utilized in the study. Engineering interns have very high competencies in terms of attitude with high performance in personality. There is a significant difference in the internship performance rating of engineering interns, wherein computer engineering interns obtained significantly higher ratings than Mechanical and Industrial Engineering interns. Mechanical Engineering students with high average rating in Industrial and Power Plant Engineering tend to obtain high competencies during internship.

Keywords – Competencies, Engineering, Mechanical, Industrial, Academic Performance