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Optik's mission is to harness the transformative power of internships to drive positive change and create a lasting impact. Our commitment is to provide opportunities that nurture talent, foster innovation, and develop a diverse and inclusive workforce. We aim to bridge the gap between education and real-world application by offering internship experiences that empower individuals to acquire practical skills, gain meaningful insights, and ignite their passion for lifelong learning.

About Optik Consultancy

Optik is an inhouse consultancy, created to deliver authentic internship experiences, and to support students in underrepresented groups. Students experience a workplace environment, where they deliver results for client projects through academic and industry mentorship. 

Established in 2017, the Optik internship program connects UTS students with industry partners to work on real-world engineering projects at UTS Tech Lab.

While students gain practical hands-on learning experiences, our industry partners gain access to talented students who are ready to work. Optik bridges the gap between theoretical classroom learning and real-world industry applications.  

What UTS offers our industry partners

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  • Opportunity to build strong relationships with up-and-coming talent through mentorship and training.
  • Scale impact with just a 1-hour a week investment.
  • Opportunity to train tomorrow's leaders
  • Gain a fresh perspective for solving issues and enhancing your online presence with tech-savvy, social media smart interns.
  • Access to world-class facilities and expertise of academics and PHD researchers at UTS Tech Lab.

What UTS offers our students

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  • Opportunity to work on authentic local and national industry projects with continuous observation, evaluation and feedback for growth.
  • Gain invaluable real-world skills that can be difficult to come by without experience
  • Opportunity to build a network of industry contacts which can help you find and secure a job after you graduate.
  • Convert your academic knowledge into industry skills
  • Dedicated 12 week time-frame to focus on your project.
  • Great way to build hard and soft skills through leadership, communication and project planning workshops and mentoring.

Hear from our students and partners

Professional skills development

Optik gradaute Trishati Manjunath 

“My team, Team Opn Systems, worked on a web application that allows small to medium businesses to automate their business procedures. Optik helped me to make a mindset shift from a student to a business consultant.  

I have learnt to be adaptable due to the open-ended nature of projects. This has allowed me to remain creative. Such a rewarding experience.”

Trishati Manjunath  

build confidence

A young man speaks to a group out of shot using a microphone

“I learnt that you would find what you will search for while at Optik. I was searching for a professional experience in real-life projects, and I got that.  

I worked with MidCoast Council to facilitate water pumping to 180 homes. I worked with highly experienced engineers from the industry who guided us through this process. I feel like a professional engineering consultant now.”

Swoyam Kunwar Rana  

Test your theories

Julian Cincotta from Butter Sydney addresses the 2023 Optik cohort

"We participated in the Optik program to test underlying assumptions with fresh eyes. The students delivered a prototype in the 12-week period from scratch which was a brilliant outcome."

Julian Cincotta 
Butter Sydney 

Our current 2023 partners