Just my opinion but I don't really like the idea of these undergrad/post grad combined courses. Most people would also advise against post grad without any experience if you aren't planning on a career in academia.
I have a friend studying Engineering at UNSW who said that a lot of post grad Eng students there effectively bypassed the compulsory industry experience component required for graduating any B Eng by working at the uni. I'm not sure if that was because of those kind of courses or if it was in general but it sounds a bit questionable imo.
Thanks for the update, I was mistaken. Got to hate the dodgy marketing.
Yep, D94 is right. You have to find the internship yourself, but the uni does help by providing the listing and having a prerequisite (3cp) subject where writing a resume and cover letter is one of the assesments.
Don't let this (solely) deter you from UTS but I do know people who have good grades that are having some trouble finding positions, and in certain majors at the moment there appears to be an element of luck or something outside of grades involved - especially if you are selective in what you apply to.
In saying that I personally did get an internship doing what I wanted (purely software development as opposed to any testing or support) in the semester I started looking and am learning a LOT and enjoying it.
Additionally, most of the companies that take UTS interns would take on students from any university - the difficult part is finding those companies, but even students at UTS have to resort to researching and cold calling. So if you are completely sold on another uni but the engineering practice program is causing you to rethink that you could always just add on the diploma of professional practice at UNSW or take a semester (or year) off uni and end up with the same amount of experience.
