Extraordinary internships
Learn on the job in an empowering environment with one of Australia’s top 10 internship programs.
By Fran Molloy
Atlassian
The paid 12-week summer internship is for Australian students in their second-last year. Aimed at software developers, IT and infrastructure, site reliability engineers and product managers.
Visit: goo.gl/Zwk99S
Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC)
Each year AWC offers 10 conservation biology graduate internships of 4–6 months. A small stipend and travel allowance is paid and interns are mentored by a team of experienced ecologists. Students should have a Bachelors degree with Honours in ecology or conservation.
Visit: goo.gl/Ew3RBo
CISCO
CISCO offers paid full-time intern placements across a range of jobs, usually running from July–January, for current undergraduate students in fields ranging from IT and business to marketing and engineering.
Visit: goo.gl/l7CyaG
Ernst & Young (EY)
EY is an accounting/business advisory firm offering a range of research and development vacation intern programs in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Entry is highly competitive and open to students in a range of degrees including STEM.
Visit: goo.gl/ZpnAO2
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Postgraduate students with a first degree in health or medical sciences are eligible for the three-month unpaid NHMRC internship program in either Canberra or Melbourne.
Visit: goo.gl/cpaC6q
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Protiviti is a multinational risk advisory and audit firm that places interns in their second-last year in a winter holiday program in its offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. Students in computing, business, finance and economics are prioritised.
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Visit: goo.gl/5hsQwZ
Renewable Energy
This unpaid research intern role at the Clean Energy Council involves research for one day a week over two months in the Melbourne CBD.
Visit: goo.gl/7OaZ8z
Sydney Water
Industry experience trainees sign up for one year, with paid work 2–3 days per week, and the program is open to students enrolled in computer science, electrical/computer engineering, IT or a similar field.
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Unilever
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