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

• Engineers Without Borders – Monash Chapter
• Monash Engineering Co-operative Education 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.

• Monash Engineering Leadership Program (ELP)
• Monash Engineering Summer Research 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 Engineering Tropical Exchange Challenge (E-TEC)
• Monash Generator programs (can be Engineering-related if the start-up or idea you work on is Engineering focused)
• Monash Green Steps Sustainability Leadership Program (can be Engineering-related if the project you work on is engineering focused)
• Monash Industry Team Initiative (MITI)
• Monash Mentoring Program
• Co-op students: Employability Skills Program (ESP)
• Master of Professional Engineering students: Work Integrated Learning (WIL)
• 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
• Monash Virtual Career Fairs (some are Engineering-related)

Non-Engineering-related Monash Activities

• Monash Intercultural Competence in the Workplace - online module
• Access Monash Mentoring Program
• Friends and Mentors in Engineering Mentor Scheme (FaME – mentor 1^st year Monash Engineering students)
• Monash Ancora Imparo Leadership Program
• Monash Career Connect Student Ambassador Program
• Monash Career Connect workshops
• Monash Careers Expo events
• Monash Clubs & Societies
• Monash Generator programs (can be Engineering-related if the start-up or idea you work on is engineering focused)
• Monash Global Summer & Winter Programs
• Monash Global Professional Communication Program
• Monash Green Steps Sustainability Leadership Program (can be Engineering-related if the project you work on is engineering focused)
• Monash Leap into Leadership Online (LiLO – free online courses for Monash students)
• Monash Minds Student Leadership Program
• Monash Online Short Courses (free online short courses on various subjects)
• Monash Student Leadership Summit

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 work experience - tips to get started
• Unpaid work experience - tips to get started
• Volunteering – 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
• Forage (formerly known as Inside Sherpa) – 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 (for example here and here)
• 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)
• Let’s Torque (STEM public speaking competition)
• International students – Practera Consulting Projects (can be Engineering-related if the project you work on is engineering focused)
• Prosple Virtual Experiences - free Virtual Experiences, some of which are Engineering-related
• 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

Non-Engineering-related External Activities

• Paid work / unpaid work / volunteering activities that are not engineering focused
• Agorize - a website that lists innovation challenges, hackathons etc (can be Engineering-related if the challenge you work on is engineering focused)