Business Consulting in Sri Lanka

Key information

Destination: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dates: 14 July - 27 July 2024

Program cost: TBC + airfares

Funding:

• 20 x A$3,000 New Colombo Plan Mobility Grants available for eligible undergraduate students
• $9,504 OS-HELP Loans available for eligible students

Program eligibility: Undergraduate students 

Application deadline: 31 March 2024

Overview

This project will provide you with the knowledge and experience of working on real-life industry projects in socio-cultural context within the Indo-Pacific region of Sri Lanka. The project, developed in partnership with a large conglomerate based in Colombo, will have you working alongside business students in multidisciplinary teams to solve real business problems supported by academic coaches and industry mentors.  

You will undertake a two-week posting in Colombo immersing yourself in the local culture and business environment, working on the assigned project, and strengthening business skills. You will gain practical insights into market context, resources, products, services, and logistic arrangements in Indo-Pacific business environment. Notable similarities in the business environments in Sri Lanka and other Asian countries will open-up business and career opportunities to work in the Asia and Pacific region. After returning, you can be considered ambassadors for the future student mobility program, enhancing your leadership capabilities.

Highlights and tentative itinerary

More details will be provided closer to the departure date. 

Academic information

Which unit/s can this program be taken for as credit?

BUS30032

Can this unit be taken as an elective by students in any Swinburne degree?

No.

Eligibility

To qualify for this program, you must:

• Be enrolled into an Undergraduate degree
• have completed or be enrolled into BUS30031 Sustainable Business Practice, at the time of application

Colombo, Sri Lanka