When should I begin my internship?

Commencement of your first internship

  • If you started at UTS in Autumn, you should enrol in 41035 Engineering Practice Preparation 1 in Spring or Summer (if offered), as this will keep your options as open as possible for when you do your first internship should an opportunity arise.
  • For students who have transferred to UTS from another institution and have been awarded significant advanced standing, you must aim to complete 41035 Engineering Practice Preparation 1, 41036 Engineering Professional Experience 1 and 41037 Work Integrated Learning 1 in your first year, otherwise your enrolment may be restricted.

Completion of your first internship

  • You must complete your first internship before you have accumulated more than 87 credit points.
  • If you have not passed 48110 Engineering Experience 1 or 41036 Engineering Professional Experience 1 and have passed more than 87 credit points of engineering subjects, you will receive an official warning from the Faculty that you must undertake your first internship as soon as possible and you are only permitted to enrol in a maximum of 12 credit points of academic study.
  • If you have accumulated more than 120 credit points of engineering subjects and have still not completed your first internship, you will receive notification from the Faculty that your enrolment in all subjects will be terminated until such time as you have completed your first internship.

Note: This is strictly enforced and there are no exceptions. If you delay your first internship, you run the risk of possibly delaying your graduation due to the pre-requisite chain of subjects in the engineering practice program.

Commencement of your second internship

  • You are able to commence your second internship once you have accumulated 129 credit points of engineering subjects for 'phasing out' courses and 147 credit points for current courses. It is not possible to commence your second internship until you have met these requirements.
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