# Internships

**Source**: https://employability.uq.edu.au/internships
**Parent**: https://employability.uq.edu.au/

Expand your practical skillset through work experience

Work experience allows you to apply and contextualise your studies in an organisational environment and gain a competitive edge in the job market.

This will help you discover workplace processes and communication, build your interpersonal skills and expose you to a new professional network.

[Information for employers](https://employability.uq.edu.au/employers)

Contextualise your studies

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 Gain workplace experience

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 Build your professional network

## Find opportunities

[Global Internships](https://employability.uq.edu.au/internships/global-internships)

The Internship Team offers a range of domestic, virtual and global internship opportunities to UQ students.

[UQ Embassy Internship Program](https://employability.uq.edu.au/get-edge/internships/uq-embassy-internship-program)

The internship program is a volunteer extra-curricular program and is offered during the Summer and Winter breaks.

[Practera SAIEP - Industry Experience Projects](https://employability.uq.edu.au/practera-nano-industry-projects)

Work on a 2-week authentic industry experience, via virtual collaboration with your student team, and client.

[GCH Learning Experience and Academic Placements Program](https://employability.uq.edu.au/gch-learning-experience-and-academic-placements-program)

This program enables GCH to offer non-clinical internships and work experience across the Health Service.

[Other internship experiences](https://employability.uq.edu.au/internships/enrichment)

Experiences supported by local or overseas government organisation that you can consider.

[Forage](https://www.theforage.com/landing/UQ/GCuGNGgTwCwEtQMkq/careers)

A taste of a virtual internship, Forage offer free virtual experience programs that are self-paced and take 5-6 hours to complete.

## Unpaid Work Experience

If you are looking to undertake unpaid work experience outside of your required coursework, you can [learn more about how UQ can assist.](https://employability.uq.edu.au/unpaid-work-experience)

## Course related internship programs

- [Business, Economics & Law

  The Student Work Experience Program (SWEP) is a competitive recruitment and work experience program for BEL students](https://bel.uq.edu.au/set#programs)
- [Engineering, Architecture & IT

  The EAIT Faculty engages with industry to help you find professional practice opportunities](https://www.eait.uq.edu.au/engineering-professional-practice/overview)
- [Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

  The Student Futures Team (SFT) in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) aims to help students to build connections and enhance their employability through collaborative partnerships](https://hass.uq.edu.au/enrich-your-study-experience)
- [Graduate School

  The Graduate School is your gateway into a wide range of career-enhancing experiences for HDR Students](https://cdf.graduate-school.uq.edu.au/experiences)

[Contact your faculty](https://employability.uq.edu.au/contact#qt-contact_tabs-foundation-tabs-2) for more information on course-related internship programs

## **How to prepare**

Listen to advice from employers on how you can best prepare for your placement