| Session project is held | Delivery Mode | Project registration opens | Project registration closes | Project dates | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intensive January - February (S1CIFE) | Face-to-face | 8 December 2025 | 18 January 2026 | 19 January–15 February 2026 | Please see timetable |
| Semester 1 (S1C) | Face-to-face | 12 January 2026 | 22 February 2026 | 23 February–23 May 2026 | 3 hours of class a week |
| Intensive June - July (S2CIJL) | Face-to-face | 11 May 2026 | 21 June 2026 | 29 June–26 July 2025 | Please see timetable |
| Global Campus ICPUs (S2CIJL) | Face-to-face and online | 2 February 2026 | 29 March 2026 |
29 June–24 July 2026 | Please see timetable |
| Semester 2 (S2C) | Face-to-face | 22 June 2026 | 2 August 2026 | 3 August–8 November 2026 | 3 hours of class a week |
To be eligible to enrol in a 3000 level Industry and Community Project Unit (ICPU) you need to be an undergraduate student.
As part of applying, you will need to enrol in a shell unit. To be eligible, you need to make sure this unit is available in your course. Check your handbook for this unit and ensure you meet any criteria specified for this unit. ICPUs are referred to as 'Interdisciplinary Projects' or 'Industry and Community Project Units' in your handbook.
The shell unit is dependent on your faculty or school, and in some cases related to your major(s).
| Faculty/school | Unit of study | |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning | ARCH3108 | |
| Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (including Sydney College of the Arts and Sydney School of Education and Social Work) | See below for more information | |
| The University of Sydney Business School | ACCT3400, BANK3400, CLAW3400, FINC3400, IBUS3400, INFS3400, MKTG3400, QBUS3400, WORK3400, WORK3401, SIEN3400 | |
| Faculty of Medicine and Health | Sydney Pharmacy School | PHAR4820. Students enrolled into PHAR4820 will only be able to register into Intensive July health-related projects. |
| Sydney School of Health Sciences | HSBH3026 | |
| Sydney Conservatorium of Music | PERF3640 | |
| Faculty of Engineering | ENGG3800 ENGG3801 |
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| Sydney Law School | LAWS3508 (Bachelor of Laws), LAWS5208 (Juris Doctor). Combined Law students in years 1, 2 and 3 should enrol in the faculty shell unit relevant to their non-law degree. Bachelor of Law and Juris Doctor students who are in their final or penultimate year and have completed a minimum of 48 credit points of core law units should enrol in LAWS3508. Due to accreditation requirements, only projects delivered fully face to face will be available for registration to Sydney Law School students. | |
| Faculty of Science (including Sydney School of Veterinary Science) | SCPU3001 See below for more information |
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If you commenced your studies from 2018 onwards, or transferred to the new curriculum, you are required to complete a six credit points 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project Unit.
To enrol in an ICPU you will need to complete an Interdisciplinary Impact Unit (XXXX3999) in another subject area as a pre-requisite or co-requisite for your ICPU unit.
If you have opted to complete a second major within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, you should:
If you commenced your current award course prior to 2018 and have available space, you can enrol in INDP3000 as an elective and you do not need to complete a XXXX3999 unit as pre-requisite or a co-requisite.
This unit is for students in the Humanitarian Engineering specialisation who wish to undertake an ICPU related to their specialisation.
More information about Semester 1 projects within the unit specialisation will be available on this page in the future.
Please refer to the Faculty of Engineering Undergraduate Handbook to confirm your eligibility for enrolment. If you are unsure and have any enquiries relating to your eligibility, please contact pvceducation.enquiries@sydney.edu.au.
Upon actioning of enrolment, you'll be directed to apply for departmental permission in Sydney Student.
In the application for departmental permission, you will need to provide a supporting statement to confirm you are applying for one of the Humanitarian Engineering approved projects for the semester (as listed above).
An example of the supporting statement is:
I am wanting to enrol in the unit ENGG3801 in Semester 1 and wish to be registered into The Settlement ICPU project.
On successful enrolment you will then be manually registered into one of the Humanitarian Engineering approved ICPU Semester 1 projects.
This unit of study is primarily available to students completing double majors from the Faculty of Science. Additional guidance as follows:
If you will be in your final semester in Semester 1 2026 and no alternative XXXX3888 interdisciplinary project unit is available in this session for your major, you can request to enrol in SCPU3001 by submission of an enrolment exception request (EER) to waive the corequisite requirement via your unit of study selection screen in Sydney Student once enrolment opens for you.
If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Science, please select the applicable XXXX3888/3988 interdisciplinary project unit of study for your first major, and the applicable XXXX3888/3988 for your second major. If there is no XXXX3888/3988 available for your second major, SCPU3001 can be selected if available to you. If you are in your final year of study in 2026 and this requires you to enrol in SCPU3001 before XXXX3888/3988, you can request to enrol by submission of an enrolment exception request to waive the corequisite requirement via your unit of study selection screen in Sydney Student once enrolment opens for you.
Please note that enrolment in SCPU3001 is subject to availability and project spaces are limited.
The first step is to select a shell unit for the project through Sydney Student. If you've already enrolled you can do this by changing your units of study (go to ‘My studies’, ‘Units of study’, then ‘Change your units of study’).
Choose the shell unit for your faculty or school, and where relevant, your major(s).
Once you've successfully enrolled, you will receive an email with instructions on how to register for a project in Sydney Student.
Before registering for a semester-long project, check the timetable and make sure you're available for the allocated class times. For intensive projects, you need to be available Monday to Friday on a full-time basis. You will be manually added to the project timetable and it will take 7-9 days for your personal timetable to reflect your project registration.
To finalise your enrolment in the unit you will need to select a project in Sydney Student (go to 'My studies', 'Enrolment', then 'Project registration'), upon project registration opening.
Places in each project are limited so we encourage you to register early to avoid missing out. You will only see projects that are available for your enrolled shell unit and still have places available. If you can’t see a project when you register, you will need to select a different project. Project availability is subject to change.
Once you've registered for a project, you will need to upload a signed and witnessed Deed Poll (pdf, 348KB) to Canvas. This is a compulsory requirement of your enrolment in this unit. Without it, you will not be able to continue the unit. Make sure you consider the acknowledgments in the deed carefully before submission. You will be granted access to Canvas the week before teaching starts for your enrolled session and you will need to submit your Deed Poll before the first day of class.
Global Intensives are run during the June - July Intensive session. If you take part in a global intensive, you will spend 2 weeks overseas. There will be an additional merit-based application process for these units that includes an application submission. You will need to be successful in this application before you are accepted into the project.
Please note that we may cancel or make changes to the published projects if target enrolments are not met.
Applications for our 2026 Global ICPUs will open on 2 February 2026. To receive updates and reminders, you can register your interest for global projects.
