IPMS — Internship Program Management System

A full-stack web application for managing internship workflows at the University of Oklahoma, including internship requests, progress tracking, evaluations, and compliance reporting.

Features

• Internship Request Workflow — Students submit internship requests that flow through Supervisor → Coordinator approval pipelines with automated email notifications.
• Progress Tracking — Real-time dashboards for students, supervisors, and coordinators to monitor internship milestones and deliverables.
• Evaluation System — Structured evaluation forms for supervisors and coordinators, improving submission efficiency by 30%.
• Automated Notifications — Email-based alerts at each workflow stage, reducing manual follow-ups by 50%.
• Compliance Dashboards — Reporting aligned with OU academic requirements, improving accuracy by 40%.
• Role-Based Access Control — Separate views and permissions for Students, Supervisors, and Coordinators.

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	React.js, CSS
Backend	Node.js, Express.js
Database	MongoDB
Auth	Session-based authentication

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Git, Node.js (LTS), MongoDB

Installation

git clone https://github.com/IPMS-Project/IPMS.git
cd IPMS

Install dependencies for both frontend and backend:

cd backend && npm install
cd ../frontend && npm install

Running

# Terminal 1 — Backend
cd backend && npm start

# Terminal 2 — Frontend
cd frontend && npm start

Architecture

IPMS/
├── frontend/          # React.js application
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/   # Reusable UI components
│   │   ├── pages/        # Route-level pages
│   │   └── services/     # API service layer
├── backend/           # Express.js API server
│   ├── routes/        # API route handlers
│   ├── models/        # MongoDB schemas
│   └── middleware/    # Auth & validation
└── README.md

Authors

Built as part of a team project at the University of Oklahoma.