Since 2000, Flinders has sent 100 students on a unique program which provides a 8 week placement in the US Congress. Students work full-time in the office of a member of the United States Senate or the US House of Representatives. The program provides an opportunity, unparalleled in Australasia, to experience political life in Washington DC. Students who participate in this program return with a unique appreciation of the workings of the American political system. While in Washington they develop a research project which will be the basis for their assessment in this internship which is a university topic.