www.rmit.edu.au/riierp

Work overseas as part of your study – RMIT International Industry Experience and Research (RIIERP)

Phuong Vinh Thi Nguyen

Lucy Stephen

Goals

• To provide students with the opportunity to carry out their industry work experience at overseas companies and by doing so, get them exposed to work ethics in a different cultural environment

• To facilitate the production of graduates who are worldly in their outlook and hence globally employable

• To provide students / graduates with a wide range of infrastructure for the development of their vocational and research skills

• To provide RMIT the means of assessing the quality of its students / graduates from a global perspective

• To promote RMIT’s interaction with institutions / companies who have best practice in the relevant areas of expertise

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RIIERP today

• RIIERP is the only program of its kind in Australia

• RIIERP is supported by 178 organisations in 17 countries

• RIIERP partners contribute about $2 million each year in generous student allowances

• More than 1,800 RMIT students have been placed around the globe

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Global destinations

RIIERP partner companies and institutions are based in 17 countries around the globe

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Benefits and Responsibilities of Students

Benefits• Early exposure to global work

environment in different cultural and ethical settings

• Acquisition of the requisite skills for professional development

• Opportunity to improve global employability as a young graduate

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Responsibilities• To carry out their assigned tasks conscientiously

• To integrate well in work and social environment of their host companies and countries

RIIERP Components

RIIERP

Undergraduate Program

Graduate Program

Research Collaboration

Work Experience

Bachelor Thesis Project

Graduate Traineeship

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Special Projects

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Postgraduate Research

RMIT Research Centres

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Research Centres

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Duration: • Special projects: dependent on projects

• Others: 6 – 12 months

“Going to the other side of the globe to work on the F136 program has been such a fantastic experience and has allowed me to gain invaluable skills and experience in one of the world’s leading power systems companies. I’m very excited to gain a position on the Graduate Leadership Development Program and continue my career with Rolls-

Royce.”

RMIT Engineering Graduate Jason Seris, 2009 at Rolls-Royce in Indianapolis

“I found this to be a very rewarding experience, as not only did I get to work in the highly competitive Space Industry, I also got to see some of the most incredible human inventions that have been and are being created.”

RMIT Aerospace Engineering student Allison Louise Adorni-Braccesi, 2009 at Astrium in Bremen

“I have gained an understanding of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies which are a useful skill set that can be transferable to any given industry or workplace. Working for a multinational organisation has broadened my views of various cultural norms when dealing with

colleagues across the globe.” RMIT Marketing Graduate Lucy Stephen, 2010 at Siemens in Mühlheim

Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany Paris

Munich Barcelona Paragliding, Bavaria Berlin

Winterberg, GermanyCarneval, Cologne