Engineering Placement Information
An internship/placement is designed to give you first-hand discipline-specific experience working within industry. You are able to undertake a placement as part of your course and receive credit towards your degree. You will have the opportunity to network, develop or update your professional skills and prepare for your future career, which is valuable no matter what your level of experience.
SEP499 Professional Engineering Practice
The aim of the Professional Engineering Practice unit is to:
- enable you to advance your knowledge and existing skill set
- give you an opportunity to gain experience in your field of choice and develop networks.
For this unit you are required to source your own course related placement. You will be required to undertake a minimum of 30 day blocks and a total of 60 days. SEP499 is available in all trimesters.
We would recommend you complete the 60 days over the trimester 3 period so you can fully engage in the experience and thoroughly develop your employability skills.
SEP499 Professional Practice | Pre-requisites |
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This is a core unit in the suite of engineering courses S460, S461, S462, S463 and S465. Students to achieve a cumulative total of 60 working days minimum (normally 12 full time working weeks) by placement (or multiple placements) proposed, approved and undertaken while enrolled in this unit. This is compulsory for Engineers Australia accreditation. This unit remains open once a student is enrolled until the time their placement is finished. At the end of trimester, if incomplete, the student will receive an XA result. |
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Academic queries
SEP499 Unit Chair: Please refer to the University Handbook for unit chair and assessment details.
Apply
Please refer to Preparing and sourcing your WIL Placement for useful information.
Before you send the Placement Agreement to the organisation, please contact the WIL Team to determine if the faculty has an existing agreement with the organisation
- Placement Agreement & Schedule 1 (PDF, 353.9KB)
- Industry and Student Application Form - Domestic Placements (PDF, 308KB)
- Industry and Student Application Form - International Placements (PDF, 398KB)
To apply, visit InPlace where you will complete an application and attach the agreement and relevant Industry & Student Application Form for your placement. See Self-Placement Student Instructions (PDF, 476.7KB) for assistance on how to complete this step.
Note: When submitting your attachments in InPlace, please make sure you click ‘Upload’ and then 'Save'.
Contact us
For more information regarding the WIL Program, or if you have any questions, please contact:
SEBE WIL Team
Email: eng-professionalpractice@deakin.edu.au
Or come along to a drop-in session! Join us every Monday from 2 - 3:00pm via Zoom
SEL703 Postgraduate Engineering Internship
SEL703 Internship-Engineering | Pre-requisites |
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Duration: 120-160 hours Offered:
The Postgraduate Engineering Internship is for Master of Engineering (Professional) students only. SEL703 is a university unit and attracts normal tuition fees. |
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Academic queries
SEL703 Unit Chair: Please refer to the University Handbook for unit chair and assessment details.
Apply
SEL703 is not available for Trimester 2 and 3, 2020
Contact us
For more information regarding the WIL Program, or if you have any questions, please contact:
SEBE WIL Team
Email: sebe-eng-wil@deakin.edu.au
Or come along to a drop-in session! Join us every Monday from 2 - 3:00pm via Zoom