Employability and careers

Employability and careers

Graduate ready for work with a degree from Sydney

Employability and careers

Graduate ready for work with a degree from Sydney

Access opportunities, programs and internships that boost your credentials and give you real-world experience.

Our students have worked with industry leaders such as Adobe, Airbus, City of Sydney, Deloitte, Facebook, Google, Greenpeace, Microsoft, Qantas, and Singapore Airlines.

Our programs

Industry projects

For undergraduates to work on real-world projects with an organisation

Design Your Future

Reflect on your strengths and ambitions to create a personalised career and life plan

Careers centre

Career counselling services and other resources to prepare you for work by the end of your degree

Startup Year

For combined Bachelor of Advanced Studies students to build entrepreneurship skills and prepare for the startup program

Student entrepreneurship

Learn vital skills to accelerate your ideas, career or research

Service learning

Collaborate on real-world projects for and with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Sydney Knowledge Hub

Research students can collaborate with startups, non-profits and corporate organisations

3–6 month internship

Higher degree by research students can get paid on-the-job experience with an industry partner in a sector related to their research

Business programs

The University of Sydney Business School gives special support to prepare you for employment, including career planning, coaching, industry experience and job-hunting.

Engineering and Computer Science programs

Develop your workplace competencies and transferable skills through the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science's award-winning Professional Engagement Program (PEP).
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Internships and placements

Majority of our degrees offer embedded or elective placements and internships that range in duration from 2 weeks to 1 year. Each hands-on program is developed specific to your area of study and will enhance your employability.
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Student stories

Sydney student jets off to NASA JPL for prestigious internship

A University of Sydney and SmartSat PhD candidate has been selected for a 10-week NASA internship aimed at launching students into careers in aerospace.

Students provide local insights to Singapore Airlines’ KrisShop

University of Sydney students shared ideas with Singapore Airlines' flagship retailer, KrisShop, on ways to innovate in the Australian market, through a project unit to help solve the challenges of industry partners.