Gain practical experience & boost your CV

Internships provide unique opportunities for students and professionals seeking specialised training and experience in Australia. As such, English course + Internship packages are the ultimate stepping stone to students’ international careers.

Why do a professional Internship in Australia?

A professional internship can be a tremendous stepping stone for your career. Through an internship, you can:

  • Internationalise your CV
  • Develop workplace English skills
  • Gain valuable experience within your field
  • Obtain credit for your existing studies
  • Gain recognition within your profession
  • Become more independent and confident
  • Gain a deeper cultural understanding

Full-time Work Placements, after the end of your English course

The internship program will fully immerse you into your host company’s operations, ensuring you get valuable experience. In order to achieve this and to meet host company’s needs, all internships are full-time. This means that typically, you will study first and then move onto your Professional work experience after the end of your English course.

Internships available
in most work fields and industries

ELC has partnered with the 2 leading internship providers in Australia to provide internships options to suit all applicants’ profiles and expectations.

Program details and Elligibility Criteria

  • Age range: Students need to be aged 18-30 years old to qualify for this program.
  • Minimum English level: Applicants need to have an upper-intermediate level of English by the time they start their internship. ELC will assess candidates’ level of English at the time of application and recommend an appropriate study length.
  • Full-time program: All internship placements are full time. This means that only full-time placements after the end of the English course can be organised (part-time internships during the English course cannot be organised under this program).
  • Location: Most ELC applicants choose to stay in Sydney for their internship, but you can choose any other major Australian city.
  • Start date: Internship placements are tailor-made to suit applicants’ requirements. Most students ask for a start date the week after their English course ends for a seamless package and this can generally be organised but might depend on host the company’s requirements.
  • Internship Length: Applicants can choose their desired internship length. For placements through Internships Down Under, you can choose any length from 8 to 26 weeks. For most placements through Australian Internships, you can choose from 6 to 26 weeks. In rare cases, for placements in some specific fields, a minimum of 12 weeks or a set length of 26 weeks might apply.
  • Application lead time to program start: Minimum 8-16 weeks
    • For a placement through Internships Down Under you need to finalise your application with all required documents minimum 8 weeks prior to your desired internship start date
    • For a placement through Australian Internships you need to finalise your application with all required documents minimum 16 weeks prior to your desired internship start date.
  • Visa: You need to either have a Working Holiday visa (subclass 417 or 462) or meet the elligibility criteria for a Training Visa (subclass 408) through Australian Internships.
  • Program costs: To take part in our “English + Internship” package, fees apply for the English language course enrolment as well as for the internship placement. English fees are as per our price list, although we sometimes run promotions. Internship prices depend on the internship provider, placement length, and internship type and can only be confirmed once we know more about your profile and project. Contact us to receive a custom quote.

Frequently Asked Questions

You need to either have a Working Holiday visa (subclass 417 or 462) or meet the elligibility criteria for a Training Visa (subclass 408) through Australian Internships

Applicants need to have an upper-intermediate level of English by the time they start their internship.

To enrol into the package “ELC + Professional internship”, you first need to choose your English language course, start date and course length. Our team will give you a quote for this. Most internship placement requests will be quoted $1,350 in 2025. However, in certain cases, higher fees might apply depending on internship fields, visa options and special requirements. Contact ELC for an individual internship assessment. Note that additional insurance and visa fees might apply.

What our students say

Seongmin Hong

Seongmin Hong

Korea

I had a really good experience at ELC! I stayed here for around 4 months and I made really good friends and met good teachers.

Classes

I started in the pre-intermediate class so I couldn’t speak English very well. We ask a lot of questions and translation. There is a lot of support, so it’s really good. There were really good extra classes – very fun!

When I studied hospitality for one month the teacher spoke slowly so we could understand and we could ask lots of questions. She explained very well and we could understand.

Hospitality internship

When I was working in my internship there were a lot of Aussies and people from other countries so we could improve our skills and our English. When I worked in a hotel, I could understand most and I could explain to other people in the job because I knew what to do. I made a lot of friends on the job and it was a really amazing experience to talk in English with other people at work.

SWAP class

In the work class, we learned how to make a resume – that was a really good class. Now I know how to make a very good resume easily. Also, there was a career fair, and university teachers came to ELC to talk to us and that was really good experience. We can check different universities and majors – it was good for us.

Activities

The activity calendar is very nice. The wildlife show was a very good experience. Animals came to school and it was really fun.

Sydney

I love living in Sydney, it’s a lovely place. Also, it was really good experience to go to the countryside.

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+ Internship package

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