All Host Organisations participating in Computing Internship Semester 1 2023 have already made offers to their selected students. If you have not been contacted by a Host Organisation with a placement offer by 20 December 2022, you are not successful with securing a computing internship placement for Semester 1 2023. 

The Computing Internships are offered as an elective course (COMP3820, COMP4820, COMP8830) for eligible undergraduate and postgraduate ANU Computing students. Students have the opportunity to undertake placements with a wide-range of organisations.

Information sessions

The Computing Internship Sem 2, 2023 information session was held 8 March 2023. You can watch a recording of it here.

Types of host organisations and projects

Host organisations represent Federal and ACT Government, private sector, SMEs and the not-for profit sector.

Internship projects provide the opportunity to apply academic knowledge and skills to real-world challenges. Projects are sourced for a variety of areas including software development, data science and analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Activities may include developing a proof of concept, new features for existing software products, data visualisation and automation of current manual process.

To check out computing projects visit the School of Computing projects.

To read about some of our previous internships, go to previous computing internships

How to apply

All current available Computing Internship Projects will be listed on the School of Computing Project Opportunities page. Please search using "internship".

Please note the dates of the application rounds (see 'Application dates' at the top right of this page). When the application round opens, a link will be made available, where you can apply. 

Please note:

• there will be ONLY ONE main round - the main round of student applications.
• You need to have applied in the main round to be eligible to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for new projects in the supplementary round of projects nominations.
• The supplemnentary round of projects nominations will ONLY be for those applicants from the main round who are not successful with securing a project (placement) only.

Application

Eligibility requirements (see Eligibility above) and 'Room Available in Degree' (RAID) checks will be assessed at time of application.  If you meet these requirements, your application will be progressed to the next stage.

The application process will include the following steps:

• completion of an application form - including nomination of your preferred internship projects, and submission of the following documents and information:
  • Details of your current degree program including the Program Rules year that you are following, your major (if applicable) and specialisation (if applicable) and other details of your current degree program for the Eligibility and Room Available in Degree to undertake COMP3820/COMP4820/COMP8830 Assessment.
  • An Expression of Interest (EOI) (limit 350 words) for each organisation you wish to apply to (for organisations with multiple projects only submit one Expression of Interest but state clearly which project/s you wish to be considered for).
  • A current Resume/CV 

There are some points you may wish to consider in the information you include in your Resume and EOI regarding your personal and private information. The following are items students should consider in their Resume or EOI to limit privacy risks, but also present a more professional Resume:

Photograph: in Australia photographs are generally not expected to be included in Resumes and as a result their inclusion may make a Resume appear less professional. We would recommend that photographs should be removed from Resumes. If you would like for a potential employer to see your photo you can include a link to your LinkedIn account.

Date of birth: date of birth is not required for Australian resumes. Your age should not be considered relevant to an employment decision. As a result, and to protect your personal information, you should remove your date of birth from your Resume.

• applications from eligible students will be sent to your nominated host organisations for shortlisting
• Host organisation interviews 
• Offers will be made to students selected by the host organisations.

IMPORTANT

• When selecting the Organisations and Projects, you must check
  • the delivery mode
  • student location requirements, and
  • project's special requirements/special conditions. E.g. some internships require Australian citizenship or may require security clearance.
  • select only those projects that you meet all the requirements.
• You will be asked to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for each organisation you wish to apply to. For organisations with multiple projects, submit one EOI, but state clearly which project/s you wish to be considered for.
• If you do not follow the document naming conventions outlined in the Computing Internships Application form, your applications will not be put forward to the Organisations.

Resources to help you apply

ANU Careers are offering a Workshop - How to apply for CECC Computing Internship, 5 April 2023. Register via the Careers Hub

For more useful resources and tools for your application and interview preparations, see ANU Careers Careers - ANU. 

There are also attachments/documents below, after FAQs