| Session project is held | Delivery Mode | Project registration opens | Project registration closes | Project dates | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intensive January - February (S1CIFE) | Face-to-face | 9 December 2024 | 19 January 2025 | 20 January – 16 February 2025 | Please see timetable |
| Semester 1 (S1C) | Face-to-face | 13 January 2025 | 23 February 2025 | 24 February – 1 June 2025 | 3 hours of class a week |
| Intensive June - July (S2CIJL) | Face-to-face | 12 May 2025 | 22 June 2025 | 30 June – 27 July 2025 | Please see timetable |
| Global Campus ICPUs (S2CIJL) | Face-to-face | Applications open 24 February 2025 | Applications close:
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30 June – 27 July 2025 | Please see timetable |
| Semester 2 (S2C) | Face-to-face | 23 June 2025 | 3 August 2025 | 4 August – 9 November 2025 | 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 This unit can be used to claim activities under the Professional Engagement Program (PEP) depending on when you commenced your degree. Indicatively a minimum of 140 hours can be claimed for intensive projects and a minimum of 60 hours for semester long projects. Additional hours may be claimed on individual projects depending on the amount of industry partner involvement. For more information, please contact engineering.professionalengagement@sydney.edu.au |
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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 | |
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.
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 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.
This year we will be delivering semester length ICPU projects in partnership with the SLIC program (Service Learning in Indigenous Communities) and Girringun Aboriginal Corporation ICPU. For this project students will be working directly with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, therefore students are required to complete an interview process to partake in this ICPU.
The process for applying to this ICPU is outlined on the SLIC page.
For any questions regarding the SLIC ICPU please contact slic.info@sydney.edu.au.
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 and a group interview. 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 2025 Global ICPUs will open on 24 February 2025. To receive updates and reminders, you can register your interest for global projects.
