Business Experience Projects
Explore different industries and get career ready by completing a virtual business project.
Immerse yourself in a Business Experience Project and transform your academic knowledge into hands-on experience.
Gain invaluable insights from industry professionals and collaborate with real companies. Our seven unique projects cover a range of dynamic topics, including global business, innovative technologies, sustainable development, and emerging trends.
Participating in these virtual projects is a great opportunity to discover your career interests. Projects are tailored to enhance your career readiness by helping you build on your academic knowledge and develop essential professional skills. Through team-based consulting, you’ll gain practical experience, expand your professional network and boost your resume to be more competitive for future internship or graduate roles.
Business Experience Projects are a great way to gain industry experience, especially as a first year undergraduate when industry internships are not generally offered.
Jieming Bei
Bachelor of Commerce
Choose your project
- International Business
- Growth Strategy
- Artificial Intelligence
- Digital Marketing
- Funding & Finance
- Sustainable Impact
- Megatrends
International Business
Step into the world of global expansion and support companies entering new market regions with the International Business project.
In this project you'll conduct a thorough analysis of a chosen market, evaluate how well the product aligns with local demand and identify any barriers to entry. By assessing market attractiveness, competitor landscapes and potential opportunities like government support, you’ll provide valuable recommendations for a successful market entry strategy.
Collaborate with industry partners and apply your research skills to real-world international business challenges in this exciting project.
Benefits
- Conduct a comprehensive market analysis to support international expansion.
- Evaluate product market fit and identify barriers to entry.
- Research and analyse potential customers and competitors in the new market.
- Explore emerging technologies, startups and innovations relevant to the industry.
- Develop practical recommendations for market entry and resource allocation.
- Enhance your resume with hands-on experience.
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Term
Applications open Applications close Orientation session Program starts Program ends Term 1 2025 Monday, 10 February 2025 Sunday, 13 April 2025 Tuesday, 13 May 2025
1pm – 2pm
Monday, 19 May 2025 Friday, 30 May 2025 Term 3 2025 Monday, 26 May 2025 Sunday, 28 September 2025 Tuesday, 27 October 2025
2pm – 3pm
Friday 3 November 2025 Friday, 14 November 2025 Please note the Term 1 program runs in the break between Term 1 and Term 2.
Apply now
Applications for Term 1 open Monday 10 February 2025.
Applications for Term 3 open Monday 26 May 2025.
Growth Strategy
The Growth Strategy project offers you a unique chance to work with real industry partners to identify and capitalise on growth opportunities.
You’ll partner with businesses to focus on areas such as marketing, product development or customer channels. As a student consultant, you'll conduct in-depth research, analyse industry trends and perform competitor analysis to uncover actionable insights that can drive strategic growth.
This project, created in collaboration with industry partners, provides hands-on experience in developing and recommending strategies that address current challenges and leverage new opportunities.
Benefits
- Gain practical experience in identifying and developing growth strategies.
- Work directly with real organisations to apply your research and analysis skills.
- Enhance your ability to analyse market trends and competitor activities.
- Develop actionable recommendations to drive business growth.
- Improve your communication, teamwork and problem-solving abilities.
- Enhance your resume with hands-on experience.
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Term Applications open Applications close Orientation session Program starts Program ends Term 2 2025 Monday 10, February 2025 Sunday 11, May 2025 Tuesday, 10 June 2025
1pm – 2pm
Monday, 16 June 2025 Friday, 27 June 2025
Apply now
Applications for Term 2 open Monday 10 February 2025.
Artificial Intelligence
Help organisations uncover the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their industry. By conducting targeted research and exploring best practices, you’ll develop actionable recommendations that demystify AI, guide strategic decision making and identify practical areas for AI integration.
By analysing competitors’ successes and examining organisation specific processes, this project aims to provide organisations with a roadmap to boost their products, enhance value and future proof their operations with AI.
Benefits
- Research and identify key AI trends relevant to the organisation's sector.
- Explore and evaluate AI types and platforms, providing a simplified comparison for easy decision making.
- Analyse case studies from competitors to reveal how they are leveraging AI effectively.
- Identify organisation specific areas in their product, value chain or business processes where AI can add value.
- Deliver a clear set of actionable recommendations for building a comprehensive AI strategy.
- Enhance your resume with hands-on experience.
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Term
Applications open Applications close Orientation session Program starts Program ends Term 2 2025 Monday, 10 February 2025 Sunday, 25 May 2025 Tuesday, 24 June 2025
3pm – 4pm
Monday, 30 June 2025 Friday, 11 July 2025
Apply now
Applications for Term 2 open Monday 10 February 2025.
Digital Marketing
Join the Digital Marketing project and make an impact by helping organisations refine their digital strategies.
Over the course of the project, you’ll collaborate with industry partners to assess and enhance existing digital media platforms or develop new ones. You’ll also gain hands-on experience by evaluating current digital marketing practices, researching industry benchmarks and suggesting actionable improvements.
This project provides a unique opportunity to develop and apply your digital marketing knowledge in a real-world setting, working with a team of UNSW students to solve a practical challenge and contribute to a real company’s business success.
Benefits
- Develop practical skills in creating and optimising digital marketing strategies.
- Collaborate with industry partners to address real-world digital marketing issues.
- Boost your research and analysis skills by exploring digital marketing trends and practices.
- Gain experience in evaluating and improving digital marketing platforms.
- Enhance your resume with hands-on experience.
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Term
Applications open Applications close Orientation session Program starts Program ends Term 2 2025 Monday, 10 February 2025 Sunday, 8 June 2025 Tuesday, 8 July 2025
3pm – 4pm
Monday, 14 July 2025 Friday, 25 July 2025
Apply now
Applications for Term 2 open Monday 10 February 2025.
Funding & Finance
Dive into the dynamic world of funding strategies and help organisations discover the best avenues for financial growth. Through in-depth research, you'll identify a range of funding options spanning venture capital, debt, and grants, and present actionable insights.
Your comprehensive analysis will provide organisations with a clear understanding of the most promising opportunities, guiding them toward sustainable investment and expansion.
Benefits
- Investigate emerging and established funding sources tailored to the organisation's industry.
- Curate a list of potential investors and funding channels for easy exploration.
- Provide a detailed report highlighting the top funding options with strategic recommendations.
- Offer insights into current market sentiment around investment in the organisation's sector.
- Deliver practical guidance on funding approaches to drive business growth.
- Enhance your resume with hands-on experience.
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Term
Applications open Applications close Orientation session Program starts Program ends Term 3 2025 Monday, 26 May 2025 Sunday, 17 August 2025 Tuesday, 16 September 20251pm – 2pm Monday, 22 September 2025 Friday, 3 October 2025
Future applications
Applications for Term 3 open Monday 26 May 2025.
Sustainable Impact
Join the Sustainable Impact project and take on the challenge of enhancing social and environmental responsibility in real-world business operations.
Throughout the project, you’ll collaborate with organisations to identify and implement practical solutions that align with global sustainability expectations. You’ll conduct in-depth research to address the social and environmental impacts of organisation operations, explore emerging trends and technologies and propose strategies to improve their sustainability footprint.
This hands-on experience will empower you to drive meaningful change and contribute to a more sustainable future.
Benefits
- Gain practical experience in consulting and project management with a focus on sustainability.
- Analyse industry trends and customer expectations to enhance environmental and social impact.
- Research and evaluate sustainable development practices and innovations relevant to the sector.
- Develop actionable recommendations for improving the organisation’s global social and environmental footprint.
- Strengthen your problem-solving and critical thinking skills through real-world challenges.
- Expand your professional network and connect with industry mentors.
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Term
Applications open Applications close Orientation session Program starts Program ends Term 3 2025 Monday, 26 May 2025 Sunday, 7 September 2025 Tuesday, 7 October 2025
1pm – 2pmMonday, 13 October 2025 Friday, 24 October 2025
Future applications
Applications for Term 3 open Monday 26 May 2025.
Megatrends
Position organisations for success by providing a comprehensive analysis of future trends, emerging technologies and innovative players set to shape their industry.
This immersive project allows you to explore disruptive forces, evaluate the readiness of new technologies and profile pioneering startups. Your strategic insights will offer organisations a valuable roadmap for staying competitive in a constantly evolving business landscape.
Benefits
- Research and profile major trends shaping the industry, providing actionable insights.
- Identify potential impacts of each trend on organisations within the organisation's sector.
- Explore and assess emerging R&D areas and technologies with transformative potential.
- Profile innovative startups leveraging these technologies to disrupt the industry.
- Deliver strategic recommendations tailored to the organisation's competitive needs.
- Hone your skills in industry analysis, strategic foresight and innovation research.
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Term
Applications open Applications close Orientation session Program starts Program ends Term 3 2025 Monday, 26 May 2025 Sunday, 14 September 2025 Tuesday, 14 October 2025
1pm – 2pmMonday, 20 October 2025 Friday, 31 October 2025
Future applications
Applications for Term 3 open Monday 26 May 2025.
- What to expect
- How to apply
- Project essentials
Business Experience Projects offer a dynamic blend of practical learning and real-world application. You’ll collaborate with industry partners in virtual teams to tackle real business challenges across sectors including trade, government, not-for-profit and private enterprise.
Guided by project briefs, you’ll conduct research, analyse data and develop strategic recommendations that address genuine business needs. Throughout the project, you’ll gain insights into different industries, hone your problem-solving skills and receive feedback directly from organisations.
Each project is designed to help you translate your knowledge into action, build confidence and develop a skill set that will set you apart in your future career.
Apply now
Complete your application through BusinessConnect
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2025
Project Term 1 2025 Term 2 2025 Term 3 2025 International Business Yes Yes Growth Strategy Yes Artificial Intelligence Yes Digital Marketing Yes Funding & Finance Yes Sustainable Impact Yes Megatrends Yes -
To be eligible you must:
- Be an undergraduate or postgraduate student.
- Be enrolled at UNSW Business School.
- Have completed Career Accelerator: Essentials.
- Have completed Career AI - Step 3: Aspire and achieved a score in the yellow or green zone for your LinkedIn profile.
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Approximately 25 hours over 2 weeks.
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myBCom: 24 points
myMCom: 24 points
What students say
Bachelor of Economics
Business Experience Projects provided me with a sound and organised framework by which I am now able to improve the quality of job applications. It allowed me to foster new relationships with like-minded individuals.
Bachelor of Commerce
I appreciated this program as it provided me with an invaluable opportunity to apply problem-solving skills in a real-world scenario. This hands-on approach allowed me to develop my ability to provide an effective solution that met the organisations' needs.