Boost your knowledge, skills and connections, and graduate with hands-on experience
At Griffith, work-integrated learning experiences allow you to put what you've learned in the classroom into practice. Through work placements, internships and projects, you can expand your network and your horizons, as well as gain credit towards your degree.
WIL also offers you a chance to think about and do things differently—to adapt, be agile and demonstrate creativity and resilience. These are key transferable skills that attract employers and will help you hit the ground running as you embark on a career in a new world of work.
Benefits of work-integrated learning
Develop connections
Develop professional connections to open doors to future work opportunities
Gain experience
Work in professional settings to gain industry experience for when you graduate
Develop skills
Learn new skills and enhance existing ones
Gather knowledge
Develop and draw on knowledge that directly relates to your courses
Boost employability
Build your employability and sought-after attributes, so you can stand out from the job-seeking crowd
Contribute to community
Enjoy the sense of achievement that comes from giving back to the community and being involved in positive change.
Engage with others
Engage in teamwork and problem solving, and learn to communicate effectively
Sense of identity
Develop your professional identity and become job ready
How WIL works
Work-integrated learning is embedded in many of our programs, which means you may need to complete a work placement as part of your degree. However, we also have a range of additional WIL opportunities open to all students. You can also explore the WIL opportunities offered by our academic groups, which are relevant to their individual schools.
Opportunities for all
Community internships
Check out the range of local and global community internships open to all students.
With hundreds of roles spanning a variety of industries—here and abroad—there's something for everyone.
Student Partnerships Program
The Student Partnerships Program offers two unique WIL courses that will give you the opportunity to partner with Griffith-led and student-led projects and teams, to work together on ideas and initiatives that will directly impact the Griffith experience.
Academic group work-integrated learning opportunities
Arts, Education and Law
Each school within the Arts, Education and Law academic group has its own student opportunities. See your school for more details.
Griffith Business School
Explore local and global work-integrated learning opportunities for Griffith Business School students.
Griffith Health
Most programs within the Griffith Health academic group have WIL embedded in curriculum. For more details, contact your individual school.
Griffith Sciences
Explore the internships offered to students studying in schools within the Griffith Sciences group.
Contact your placement officer for more information
For more details about work-integrated learning related to your study program, please contact your school's placement officer.
Your placement officer can also help you with queries regarding:
- your degree's placement requirements
- work-integrated learning agreement forms (if your school does not use Sonia)
- Sonia placement system access and issues.
How to contact your placement officer
Find your school and the corresponding placement officer's email address below:
| School | |
|---|---|
| Community Internship | ci-course@griffith.edu.au |
| Griffith Business School | gbsinternships@griffith.edu.au |
| Griffith Film School | r.fabb@griffith.edu.au |
| Griffith Graduate Research School | To be advised |
| Griffith International | goglobal@griffith.edu.au |
| Griffith Law School | lawcareers@griffith.edu.au |
| Griffith Sciences | wil-gs@griffith.edu.au |
| Queensland College of Art and Design | To be advised |
| Queensland Conservatorium | To be advised |
| School of Applied Psychology—Health Services Management (Postgraduate) | hsmplacements@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Applied Psychology—Organisational | orgpsych-placements@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Applied Psychology—Postgraduate | To be advised |
| School of Applied Psychology—Undergraduate (Honours) | psychhonourswilp@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Applied Psychology—Undergraduate (Counselling) | wilpsychology@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Criminology and Criminal Justice | ccj-professional-practice@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Education and Professional Studies | pst@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Health Science and Social Work—Clinical Exercise Physiology | exphysplacements@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Health Science and Social Work—Exercise Science | exscplacements@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Health Sciences and Social Work—Human Services and Social Work | hsvplacements@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Health Sciences and Social Work—Nutrition and Dietetics | nanddplacements@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Health Sciences and Social Work—Occupational Therapy | occthy.praced@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Health Sciences and Social Work—Physiotherapy | physiotherapycpo@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Health Sciences and Social Work—Rehab Counselling | mrcplacements@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Health Sciences and Social Work—Speech Pathology | speechplacements@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Health Sciences and Social Work—Sport Development | adminspdev@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences | placementshlss@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Medicine and Dentistry—Clinical Medicine | medclinicalplacements@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Medicine and Dentistry—Clinical Medicine (Sunshine Coast) | sunnycoastmed@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Medicine and Dentistry—Dentistry | doh-placement@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Medicine and Dentistry—Paramedicine | paramedicineplacements@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Medicine and Dentistry—Public Health | phplacements@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Nursing and Midwifery—Midwifery | bmidcpo@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Nursing and Midwifery—Nursing | nursingcpo@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences | mls-ehplacements@griffith.edu.au |
| School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences—Pharmacy and Pharmacology | pharmacyplacements@griffith.edu.au |