School of Computing - Macquarie University
Master Program -Internship (COMP8851/COMP8860)

For Students:

• For Internship, students MUST fill out the Expression of Interest (EoI) Form here:
  • Student EoI Form
  • List of Available Projects for s1-24: CLICK HERE
• MQ 2024 Calendar
• You need to be in your final semester to qualify for the Internship. Additionally, we strongly suggest having a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 75 or higher.
• Your Internship project MUST align with your field of study. For instance, if you're pursuing a Master's in Cyber Security, ensure that your Internship project is relevant to the field of Cyber Security.
• If your Program Leader approves your case, you can do an Internal Project in your 3rd semester (2-year program) of your study plan.
• To be able to enrol for the Internship, there should be a company supporting your Internship. We also highly recommend you also try to find a company yourself.
• You are not allowed to enrol for the Internship unless a company sponsors your Internship. It means that, if you are enroled in COMP8860/COMP885 without following the above-mentioned process, your enrolment will become invalid.
• You will be able to enrol for a part-time or full-time Internship.
  • Part-time Internship (20 cp): you should enrol in the COMP8851 unit
  • full-time Internship (40 cp): you should enrol in COMP8851+COMP8860 units
  • Important Notice:
    • You cannot enrol in COMP8860 by itself. This unit can be only combined with COMP8851 (in one semester) to form a Full-time Internship.
    • Who can do a full-time Internship? In particular, if you have COMP8860 available as an option to enrol in, then you should be able to do the full-time Internship.
    • If you are an employee of a company, then you cannot do an Internship in the same company. Such students should do an Internal Project instead.
    • Students should undertake a relevant project/Internship that is consistent with their chosen major/specialization.
    • Internship is a unit, and the start and end date *MUST* be from Week 1 to Week 13 of that semester.
• Midterm/Final Report Template Form: to be completed and submitted by the students during week 6 (midterm) and week 12 (final).
• Internship Weekly Report Template.
• Internship Proposal
• CV Tempalte

For Companies:

• Companies should register their projects here:
  • Register Projects Here
• Certificates of Currency/Insurance, Macquarie University
• Template-MQ-Internship Form to be Signed by the Company, before starting the Internship.
• Internship Marking Criteria Form to be filled by the Company, at the end of the Internship.
• These Internships are unpaid and part of the master's program.
• Part-time Internship (20 cp): This Internship is equal to 2 units and the student can work 2.5 days a week for 13 weeks in a company (from week 1 to week 13).
• Full-time Internship (40 cp): This Internship is equal to 4 units and the student can work 5 days a week for 13 weeks in a company (from week 1 to week 13).
• Please notice that, if you are sponsoring more than 1 student, the Internship proposal (project tile and description) should NOT be the same for those students. Students may work on the same high-level projects, but their project titles, description, and tasks should differ.

S1-2024 Internship Workshop:

• We will organize an Internship workshop on Thursday 1 Feb 2024 (from 9am to 10:30am) for the students who plan to do an Internship in s1-2024.
• To attend the workshop, students MUST fill the Expression of Interest (EOI) Form (See Above).
• The workhop will be online, ZOOM ID: https://macquarie.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwucuuqqzojH9ywqz4Tx6qed8_HaNGojiz-
  [Meeting ID: 883 5225 1958 - Passcode: 299080]
• Internship Wokshop Recording: CLICK HERE
• Notice:
  • Internship will start from Week 1 and will conclude on Week 13.
  • During O-Week, you will finalize your Internship with the compnay and submit the Internship Proposal on iLearn.

How to Enrol in the Internship Unit?

1. Students should submit the EoI form. Then, student details will be shared with the companies.
2. You will have access to the list of Available projects on this page "Under for Students" Section. Please notice that, you can also find other companies yourself.
3. Please contact the company supervisor (email can be found in the available projects), and share your CV and transcript with the company.
4. Company may organize an interview with you. After the interview with the company, you should prepare the Internship Proposal (Download the Proposal Template HERE)
5. The Company should complete the "MQ Internship Form" and email it to the PACE Officer of the Internship unit at "pace.science@mq.edu.au". The company should CC the student in this email, and the email subject of the email should be "Internship Unit - COMP8851 - School of Computing".
6. Kristy will be in touch with the company supervisor to finalize the Internship     
7. After these steps, if the Internship convener approves your proposal and eligibility, then you will be able to enrol in the unit.
8. Notice: The Company and The student *MUST* use their official email address.

Questions Regarding the Internship Unit?