What does an internship involve?

Each 6-month internship consists of 4 stages:

1. Preparation

You enrol in a preparatory subject, where you will learn about how to apply for a job (writing a cover letter, a resume, etc.) as well as learning about workplace cultures and practices, including ethics, equal opportunity, workplace health and safety, industrial relations and professional development.

2. Finding a position

You identify a position in an organisation with professional functions and activities relevant to your chosen major. Internship opportunities are registered by the FEIT Internships Team on CareerHub, or you may approach an appropriate organisation yourself. Once you pass the resume deliverable stage of your preparatory subject, you will automatically be given access to view relevant internships on CareerHub that meet your course requirements. Once you have found a position, you then register your internship on CareerHub, after which you will automatically be enrolled in the relevant industry experience subjects.

Please note: You cannot self-enrol in the subjects Engineering Professional Experience and Work Integrated Learning.

3. Internship

You undertake a 6-month (average of 24 weeks) full-time or equivalent part-time internship in your chosen organisation. If you are enrolled in Engineering Professional Experience (41036-Junior / 41046-Senior), you will also be required to concurrently complete Work Integrated Learning (41037-Junior / 41047-Senior).

4. Reflect and Review

After completing your internship, you enrol in a reflection and review subject which provides you with an opportunity to report and reflect on your learning during your internship, as well as having an opportunity to learn from the experiences of other students. 

For more information about the program, please contact FEITinternships@uts.edu.au. You can also view subject descriptions from the UTS Handbook referring to your course, then course structure.