Student Placements

Lupita Bribiesca, Phd candidate, presenting a talk as part of the 'Meet the Scientists' program at Melbourne Museum Theatre.

Gain experience at the museum

We support the education and development of tertiary students by providing a range of work based learning internships, higher degree research programs, and scholarship opportunities.

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Internships

Our internship program welcomes applications from tertiary students for short, unpaid, work based learning placements across a range of disciplines.

Intern Opportunities

A guide to the departments that offer projects to tertiary students.

Joshua Hale, a Herpetology PHD student, extracting DNA from frog speciments dating back to the 1960s.

Higher Degree Research

Our Higher Degree Research program welcomes applications from Honours, Masters and PhD research students for projects with direct links to the Museum’s Collections.

More information

1854 Student Scholarships

1854 Scholarships were established in 2004 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the museum.

Scholarships and seed funding

Scholarship opportunities and seed funding are available to Higher Degree Research students.

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Sci Comm Works

In this four-month program for tertiary students, you’ll get the opportunity to learn from science communication experts and apply your skills with visitors at Scienceworks.

Work experience

We receive a very high number of requests from secondary students hoping to complete work experience placements at our Museums. We appreciate the interest and would love to accommodate these requests, however our program is currently oversubscribed, and no placement opportunities are available.