Major Industrial Project Placement Scholarship (MIPPS)

The School offers a very unique scholarship scheme program (MIPPS) for the school's top Fourth Year students to get the chance to work full time in an industrial placement. Successful students receive a tax-free scholarship $12,000 and will have first semester requirements replaced with 6 months full-time work undertaking high-level investigative projects, under industrial and academic direction.

Industry sponsors include BHP Billiton, BOC, Caltex, Intec, Qenos, Sydney Water, Masterfoods and Visy Pulp & Paper.

Pallavi Agrawal, the girl in the picture

I received a tax-free scholarship $12,000 and worked for Caltex at the Kurnell refinery in Sydney for MIPPS in 2007. I was at Caltex for approx 6 months (17 Jan - 6 Jul). MIPPS gave me exposure to the oil and gas industry and the opportunity to conduct a research project in industry with real and monetary repurcussions. I was able to solve a challenging and complex problem for the company which shall benefit them financially and also benefit the environment.

My future plan is to be a project manager and work in numerous countries on a variety of projects around the world.