Student Membership

TAPPI Student Membership provides access to the people, resources, and information needed to get the most from your college experience and launch a successful pulp, paper, packaging, tissue or converting industry career.

This membership is available to full-time degree candidates enrolled in an accredited science or engineering school as well current student members who are recent graduates during their first year on the job.

The TAPPI Foundation, through the generosity of its members and Corporate Sustaining Members, offers fully sponsored Student Membership at no cost. Please email students@tappi.org to sign up.

JOIN 

Pricing: US $40 
Limited to 7 years without special permission 

Benefits

• Subscription to TAPPI Standards & Technical Information Papers (TIPs) that provide technical information, best practices, including quality control testing, use and maintenance of manufacturing equipment you’ll use on the job, and guidelines for aspects of the production process, plus more practical information to enhance what you’ve learned in class.
• Get engaged through TAPPI’s Student Chapters, Local Sections, Connect online communities, events, and divisions and committees.
• Join the Young Professionals Division for networking and content that will boost your professional development and leadership skills.
• Access to the eLibrary, with 25,000+ technical papers, an archive of webinars, and conference proceedings, all to enhance your learning experience.
• Scholarship opportunities totaling more than $50,000 annually. And if you’re ready for that first job, you can post your resume or browse available internships and full-time positions in the Career Center.

Annual Student Summit

The TAPPI/PIMA Student Summit is a unique event, designed to give you a chance to meet your peers from other universities and attend sessions focused on leadership, career development, and other vital topics. Held each January over MLK weekend, this three-day event is jam-packed and affords you opportunities to…

• Get a peek into careers in paper, pulp, corrugated and flexible packaging, as well as tissue, nonwovens and nanotechnology.
• Hear directly from experienced professionals on various hot topics.
• Meet young professionals and get their take on their pathways to success.
• Participate in face-to-face interviews with major companies for internships, co-ops, or full-time positions.
• Have fun with your fellow students through a challenging trivia game and exciting engineering competition.
• Tour mills and production facilities and hear from the professionals who run them.