Deakin offers programs where you can work a couple of hours a week over a trimester, programs where you do an intensive full-time placement and programs with other time commitments to fit into your schedule. Develop real-world knowledge and skills in your chosen field while you study and be up-to-date with industry best practice when you graduate. Getting the chance to work in industry while you’re still studying will help you to:
Deakin is keen for students from disadvantaged backgrounds to take part in workplace learning programs. To help achieve this, we have Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program government funding for our work placement program, as well as the WIL Financial Support Scheme.
We offer a range workplace learning programs through our courses, faculties and schools. Here are just a few of our practical learning and industry experience highlights.
Through the Deakin Law Clinic, you’ll interview real clients under the supervision of a qualified solicitor, conduct research on legal issues and offer advice where appropriate. You’ll also have the opportunity to attend court proceedings.
Deakin's Professional Experience Program works with more than 1400 schools across Australia. A dedicated team will help you find the right placements based on your interests, skills, residential location and mode of transport.
Through the Global Science and Technology Program, you can add an international experience to your IT degree by working in an IT company in Vietnam, study entrepreneurship in Europe or travel to the US and take a semester of subjects at a partner university.
Early exposure to clinical environments lets you develop and consolidate your skills, so you graduate job-ready. When you’re not on a clinical placement, you’ll be learning essential clinical nursing and midwifery skills at purpose-built spaces with state-of-the-art equipment.
Each faculty and school offers a range of workplace learning programs suitable for various study areas and courses. Internships, placements, work-integrated learning programs, community-based volunteering and fieldwork mean you gain the practical experience employers and industry are looking for.
When you study at Deakin, you not only get access to a world of study and employment opportunities through our industry partners, you also get access to our DeakinTALENT career service from your first day at Deakin until long after graduation.
Depending on your course, you may also have the chance to go on an international internship. These are usually intensive and can be done on your own or as part of a team.
The DeakinTALENT FreelancingHUB allows interns to explore working as a professional freelancer within a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural team. Examples of projects run in the past include an impact report for the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, and a business plan for the City of Greater Bendigo.
Get in touch for more information on our workplace learning programs.
Domestic students
1800 693 888
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International students
+61 3 9918 9188
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