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This course is not offered in the Spring intake.
This course is designed for aspiring professional engineers across a broad range of engineering disciplines, who seek to design, create, manage and improve complex engineering systems using cutting-edge technologies.
Choose this course to gain a transdisciplinary perspective, blending insights from various fields and real-world experience, preparing you to tackle today's intricate challenges and untapped opportunities.
Distinctive in its practice-based approach, the course combines theoretical knowledge with practical application. You'll develop not only technical engineering expertise but also business analysis, problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills. With 12 weeks of work experience integrated into your studies, you'll graduate with the industry exposure employers value.
Practice-based, industry-connected teaching and learning combines academic study with hands-on skills. You will develop skills essential for professional engineering practice and leadership, grounded in theory and technical knowledge and supported by your personal development, social awareness, and deep industry engagement. This degree prepares you to be a lifelong learner and a versatile professional.
In this double degree you will focus on the high-level conceptual thinking and problem-solving practices that lead to the development of innovative, creative and entrepreneurial outcomes. You will gain leading edge capabilities that are highly valued in the globalised world, including dealing with critical and creative thinking, invention, complexity, innovation, future scenario building and entrepreneurship, and the ability to work on across disciplines and navigate a rapidly changing world.
This course adopts a practice-based approach to engineering education and the course content is a mix of theory and practice. As well as gaining strong technical skills in engineering, students gain skills in business analysis, problem-solving, teamwork and communication. Employers look for graduates with industry experience and, in this course, students are exposed to real engineering problems in their coursework as well as completing 12 weeks' work experience. Interaction between work experience and academic curriculum is very strong.
By focusing on the high-level conceptual thinking and problem-solving practices that lead to the development of innovative, creative and entrepreneurial outcomes, students of the combined degree also gain leading edge capabilities that are highly valued in the globalised world, including dealing with critical and creative thinking, invention, complexity, innovation, future scenario building and entrepreneurship, and the ability to work on their own across disciplines. These creative intelligence competencies enable graduates to navigate in a rapidly changing world.
Course aims
The course aims to equip graduates with the skills and attributes needed for professional practice and leadership. It is based on the themes of academic development, personal development and professional formation. It provides sound foundations in engineering theory, technical expertise and knowledge of professional practice, while also developing academic literacy, advocacy skills and social awareness so that graduates become lifelong learners and effective citizens in many different capacities. The concept has been strongly endorsed in wide-ranging industry consultations.
