Student Employment

Are YOU a student seeking exciting and challenging career opportunities?

Now’s your chance!

Working as a student for the Department of National Defence (DND) offers practical work experience to complement your education, and is a great opportunity to kick-start your career in the public service.

DND hires the second largest number of students of any federal government department*, through programs such as the Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP) and Co-operative Education (Co-op). Once employed through FSWEP or Co-op, DND can easily hire students into permanent jobs after graduation. We hire students from disciplines like:

• Business Administration and Commerce (Accounting and Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, etc.)
• Communication
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Political Science and Public Administration
• Trades
• And many more ...

* Public Service Commission of Canada, 2008