At Swinburne University of Technology, we welcome senior secondary students to participate in work experience at the university. These one-week placements give students the opportunity to work with our academics and professional staff and to:

  • develop employability skills
  • explore possible career options
  • understand employer expectations
  • build self-understanding, maturity, independence and self-confidence.

2025 program

Applications for our 2025 work experience programs are open from 1 January 2025. We encourage early applications as there are limited places for each program, and places are usually filled by March or earlier.

Work experience areas

Our work experience programs run in the following areas.

Program overview

Students will learn aspects of applied mathematics research at Swinburne.

Students will have a chance to:
  • Learn about differential equations
  • Obtain hands-on experience with MATLAB as a high-level programming language
  • Apply maths to solve real world problems in mathematical biology.
     
2025 program

Applications for the applied mathematics work experience program are now closed. Successful applicants will be notified of their result via email.

Program overview

Students will learn aspects of astronomy and astrophysics research at Swinburne.

Students will have a chance to:
  • Search for pulsar signatures in radio observations
  • Classify galaxy morphologies
  • Identify strong gravitational lenses
  • Search for peculiar motions in simulated galaxy mergers
  • Produce visualisations of galaxies and galaxy groups
  • Participate in real-time remote observations
  • Attend scientific talks and group meetings
  • Prepare teaching materials.
     

Applications for the astronomy and astrophysics program have now closed. We received a high volume of very high quality applications. Applicants will be informed of their outcome by 28 March 2025. For inquiries, please email CASWorkExperience@swinburne.edu.au.

Program overview

Students will learn aspects of OHS and technical skills required to run Science Laboratories.

Students will learn about:
  • Equipment calibration and maintenance
  • Ehemical inventory and management
  • Safety documentation; creating Safe Work Instructions, Standard Operating Procedures and Risk Assessments
  • Common laboratory techniques and equipment; PCR, electrophoresis, cell culture, analytical instruments, materials characterisation, light and electron microscopes, microbiology culture techniques.
     

Applications for the Technical Skills in Laboratory Management program have now closed. Successful candidates will be notified by Monday 31 March 2025.

Want to learn more?

Find out more about work experience at Swinburne by emailing schoolprograms@swinburne.edu.au.

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