Internships & careers
An ANU science degree will give you the skills that are important in every workplace: an inquiring mind, attention to detail, familiarity with data and technology, as well as an analytical approach to problem solving and innovation.
Internships
An internship is an opportunity for you to work in an organisation on an agreed project for approximately 1–2 days a week for a semester. There may also be opportunities for intensive internships during semester breaks, where you would work 4 or 5 days per week over 3 or 4 weeks.
Internship projects are available at different levels, to undergraduates (SCNC 2000 and SCNC 3000) and postgraduates (SCNC 8000). Current HDR students can email science.internships@anu.edu.au to enquire whether projects can be incorporated into their PhD program. To be eligible for an internship, you must have at least a Distinction average across all subjects.
Science internship program
Get hands on work experience and network with future employers while earning credit towards your degree.
Host a science intern
The Science internship program enables you to work with our most talented students on a project relevant to your business.
Intern stories
Waste not, want not: Solving Australia’s food waste problem
As part of an internship at ANU, Molly Folkard has just made an important contribution to Australia’s food waste waste strategy – while still an undergraduate.
How an internship can jump-start your start-up
Sherbaz says his current career trajectory was shaped by an internship experience he completed as part of his science program.
How did you spend your summer?
Matthew Teh spent his summer as a research intern at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute with the University of Tokyo.
Careers in science
An ANU science degree will give you the skills that are important in every workplace: an inquiring mind, attention to detail, familiarity with data and technology, as well as an analytical approach to problem solving and innovation. You will graduate with a qualification recognised globally as one of the best in the world. Doors will open for you, in your career or in your further education, as you join our network of respected and successful alumni. See below, the numbers speak for themselves.
ANU grads in top 3 most employable in Australia
86% of our undergraduate students find employment within one year of graduation.
93% of our postgraduate students find employment within one year of graduation.
Data source: The Times Higher Education Global University Employability Ranking 2018
Our grads go everywhere
ANU science graduates are finding careers in all kinds of industries. Within 4 months of graduating, 63% of our grads reported being employed in the public sector, 28% in the private sector and 9% in the not-for-profit sector.
Data source: 2018 GOS-Graduate Labour Force Report
Our grads are career-ready
Our science degrees will give you the skills to prepare you for work. 80% per cent of our grads reported they were “very well” or “well” prepared for employment. With these skills, you’ll be ahead of the competition when it comes to finding a job.
Data source: 2018 GOS-Graduate Labour Force Report
Career stories and support
Career stories
Our grads get the jobs! See where our science alumni are, and how they got there.
Careers Centre
Discover the support available to help you nail that interview, find a job and plan your career.
