Internships and Placements

Victorian Institute of Technology (VIT) has strong partnerships and industry engagement with local and regional industry in Australia with its Industry Engagement Committee being Chaired by the Hon. David Bartlett, a former Premier of Tasmania.

These strong industry partnerships and linkages provide outstanding opportunities for VIT students to explore their employability skills with access to a real-world Australian industry profile through:

  • Structured internships
  • Capstone industry-driven student projects
  • Industry-based learning placement programs
  • In-house industry project programs.

Generally, students who have participated in the VIT internship and/or placement program in previous years, have had a very positive experience in their learning journey and have performed extremely well in their academic endeavours.

Hosting a VIT intern at your organisation is cost-effective way to identify talent. Your intern may become your future employee!

BENEFITS FOR THE ORGANIZATION:

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  • A motivated student can bring the latest theories, techniques and ideas to your organisation.
  • With a fresh approach interns can enhance current IT processes and improve unseen processes.
  • Reducing employee workload while increasing efficiency
  • Existing teams can develop leadership skills by managing their interns and delegation of tasks.
  • A great opportunity for the employer to assess interns for ongoing employment in their organization.
  • A reduced or zero cost contribution.
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PREVIOUS KEY INTERNSHIP PROJECT EXAMPLES:

  • Design of compliance management system
  • Software and technology connectivity rollout
  • Cloud computing and data backup systems
  • Develop student logbooks
  • Examining the feasibility of developing a handsfree time attendance system
  • Developing a smart monitoring system
  • Develop and app to assist people with the use of technology as a result of impairments with vision, hearing or mobility
  • Develop application to track thermal fluctuations in large cool rooms
  • Develop app to record data and images via Drones, to assist with monitoring vegetation growth, conservation, water management and stock movement.

Internship Student Feedback

Robert Walker

Student Placement Coordinator

  [email protected]

  (+61) 468 472 235

Industry Stakeholder Feedback

Internship Student Testimony

Anisha Bhandari

Initially, I wasn’t sure if it was a good opportunity compared to an internal project, but I’m glad I went with the internship because I had a wonderful experience. I was able to expand my knowledge, acquire useful work experience, and develop my professional relationship. Additionally, this internship enabled me to solidify my professional objectives and given me a greater grasp of the field I intend to work in after graduation.

The internship I was given by VIT was a fantastic opportunity for me to grow professionally. Anyone looking for a stimulating and worthwhile experience, this is your call, VIT won’t let you down .

Shenali Jayasekara

I went through an internship in the VIT Melbourne campus. It was my first internship placement and where I worked on interesting projects and met great people. This was a new and exciting opportunity for me to test my knowledge and skills in real life and having the opportunity to offer colleagues my ideas and to implement project tasks. By selecting me for this internship, it showed confidence my abilities, and I sincerely appreciate the opportunity. During the internship, I gained useful, practical knowledge and skills, became more diligent and responsible over the last two semesters. I am sure that all the knowledge and skills gained of this internship have provided invaluable experience and will certainly help me in the future career.

I would like to note that the VIT Intern team is responsive and friendly. In addition, I am thankful for giving me this opportunity for Dr. Vo, Robert Walker, as well as I would like to express special gratitude to our team coordinator of the Dr. Sarath Rangarajan, for the invaluable support and guidance to succeed this project.

Thank you for the VIT internship team!