High School Work Experience

To be eligible for the program you must be:

• an Australian student in year 11 or 12 at an Australian high-school or college;
• working towards receiving an ATAR or International Baccalaureate Diploma;
• studying at least two science subjects;
• achieving an average grade of B/high achievement or better across all subjects.

If you meet the above criteria, we will also consider your written response when assessing applications. Priority is also given to students who live outside South East Queensland.

We aim to offer places to year 12 applicants in the first instance so if you don’t receive a place in Year 11, we encourage you to apply again in the following year.

Students who are unsuccessful in obtaining a place in the work experience program are encouraged to apply for the one day Holiday Science Experience program.

Before you apply, you will need to do some reading about QIMR Berghofer’s research so you can let us know what about our research interests you and what your future plans for study involve.

Our program receives hundreds of applications each year so submitting an application does not mean you’ve automatically qualified.

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a work experience agreement form which must be signed by your guardian, school principal and the QIMR Berghofer Education Coordinator.