CPD experience suggestions

The lists below include suggestions for ways that you can accumulate CPD hours.

They are not comprehensive and there are many other opportunities that you can also consider, so please ensure you do your own searching as well.

Monash activities

Engineering-related Monash Activities

• Industry Experience (IE) for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students
• Engineers Without Borders – Monash Chapter
• Monash Engineering Co-operative Education Internship Program (Co-op)
• Monash Engineering Curriculum-based Activities: You can count up to 70 hours of Engineering-related Curriculum-based activities towards your CPD. Hours you spend outside the classroom on group assignments, presentations, Final Year Projects, Study Abroad/Study Exchange etc, can be counted
• Employability Skills Program
• Monash Engineering Teams, Clubs & Societies: Monash has 30+ Engineering Teams, Clubs & Societies – active participation in events with an Engineering focus (guest speaker, networking, industry visit etc) can be counted as Engineering-related CPD hours
• Monash ImpactHack – Aone-day, challenge-based innovation competition designed to ignite bold thinking and real-world problem solving
• Monash Innovation Guarantee – Experiential unit MON2750 / MON3750 - runs over the summer semester, can be counted in the Work Experience category and does have some projects which are Engineering-related
• Monash Innovation Guarantee – Experiential unit MON5750 - runs over Winter, can be counted in the Work Experience category and does have some projects which are Engineering-related
• Monash Peer Assisted Study Session (PASS) Leader - can be Engineering-related if focused on engineering content
• Monash Generator programs can be Engineering related if the start-up or idea you work on is Engineering focused
• Monash Mentoring Program
• Monash Malaysia transfer students: Industrial Training
• Software Engineering students: Industry-Based Learning (IBL)
• Monash Energy Club – some events could count as Engineering-related
• Monash Association of Coding – some events could count as Engineering-related
• Monash Jobs for Students Program – some jobs may count as Engineering-related
• National Indigenous Space Academy (NISA) – Indigenous STEM students exploring the stars – with JPL NASA and STFC’s RAL Space

Non-Engineering-related Monash Activities

• 180 Degrees Monash – Develop innovative, practical and sustainable solutions to global challenges
• Access Monash Mentoring Program
• Friends and Mentors in Engineering (FaME) – mentor 1st year Monash Engineering students
• Monash Ancora Imparo Leadership Program
• Monash Career Connect Student Ambassador Program
• Monash Career Connect workshops
• Monash Careers Expo events
• Monash Career and Industry Events
• Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies (M3CS
• Monash Clubs & Societies
• Monash Generator Programs – can be Engineering-related if the start-up or idea you work on is engineering focus
• Monash Global Summer & Winter Programs
• Monash Global Professional Communication Program
• Monash Leap into Leadership Online – LiLO – free online courses for Monash students
• Alumni to Student Mentoring
• Monash Global Ambassador Program
• Leave No One Behind
• Monash TeaMWork Virtual International Internship Program
• Monash – Indigenous Leaders Program
• The Student Experience Student Ambassador Program

External activities

Please note that Monash University doesn’t specifically endorse any of the programs or providers on the External Activities list – it is merely a starting point of ideas for ways that CPD can be completed and each student is responsible for vetting any activity they participate in.

Engineering-related External Activities

• Paid and unpaid work experience - opportunities – tips to get started
• Monash Volunteering Program– tips to get started - could be Engineering-related if what you are doing has an engineering focus
• Engineers Australia - free for students to join - attend events or complete free online courses
• Young Engineers Australia – free Virtual Work Experience Modules - each module is between 2-5 hours in length
• Forage – free Virtual Work Experience Programs - each online program is around 5-6 hours in length and there are some that are Engineering-related
• Hackathons – search online to find an Engineering-related hackathon to participate in
• Code Club Australia - volunteer to teach kids how to code
• CS in Schools - volunteer to help coding be taught effectively in schools
• In2science - STEM peer mentoring in schools
• International students – Practera Consulting Projects - can be Engineering-related if the project you work on is engineering focused
• Agorize – a website that lists innovation challenges, hackathons etc - can be Engineering-related if the challenge you work on is engineering focused
• HeroX – a website that lists innovation challenges - can be Engineering-related if the challenge you work on is engineering focused
• GrabCAD challenge – a website that lists innovation challenges - can be Engineering-related if the challenge you work on is engineering focused
• Melbourne Space Program - technology projects for university students – can be Engineering-related if the project you work on is engineering focused
• Code Like a Girl - events and courses
• Puffing Billy Railway - Volunteer Program

Non-Engineering-related External Activities

• Paid work / unpaid work / volunteering activities that are not engineering focused