Placement opportunities in STEM
UniSA STEM supports industry and student connections to provide real-world opportunities. As part of your STEM program, you will undertake a project or placement in a real-world setting, facilitating the application of learned skills, meeting people in industry, and experience what it's like to have a career in your chosen field. Graduate job-ready with a professional network that will assist you to achieve your career goals. Find out more about your options for placement below.
Establish
Develop connections and build your industry network
Explore
Align your career goals with opportunities in the workplace
Experience
Gain insight into your industry and enhance your CV
Explore your options
To find out more about discipline-specific professional practice available to you, select from the list below. Current UniSA students should visit their program page for information about industry opportunities specific to your degree.
Professional Practice Program (PPP)
All Engineering (Postgraduate and Honours) and Construction Management (Honours) students must complete at least 450 hours of engagement with professional practice to meet the requirements of their program. The UniSA STEM Professional Practice Program (PPP) has been designed to assist students to accumulate these hours, within a flexible and supported structure. Students can acquire their hours through a range of activities which include:
- placements
- internships
- guest lectures
- industry panels
- study tours
- site visits
- hackathons
- networking opportunities
- professional industry events.
Students start accruing hours from their first year at University and are supported by the STEM Industry Experience Team to strategically plan and manage the experiences to support their career ambitions.
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Undergraduate Engineering and Construction Management
Students can contribute to complex and sensitive projects, provide research, testing and analytical support, and offer a range of creative, problem solving and professional skills to your organisation.
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Postgraduate Engineering
Students can contribute to complex and sensitive projects, provide research, testing and analytical support, and offer a range of creative, problem solving and professional skills to your organisation.
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Get in touch
For more information, current students can submit an enquiry to our STEM Industry Experience team. Prospective students are invited to contact our Future Student Enquiries team. Alternatively, you may call us on (08) 8302 5900.
