Highlights
- Graduate with a bachelor and master degree in five years, fast-tracking your ability to lead and contribute to advanced manufacturing projects.
- Engage with multinational industry partners such as BMW and Boeing in industry embedded manufacturing projects and research.
- Demand for engineers with skills in advanced manufacturing are increasing with the Federal Government investing $15 billion into rebuilding Australia’s industrial base (National Reconstruction Fund, 2023).
- Australia’s $100 billion manufacturing industry is the nation’s second largest source of business research and development, making engineers key to the future manufacturing workforce (Engineers Australia, 2023).
- Your skillset will be in demand in a diverse range of industries including: automotive, energy, biomedical engineering, mining, aerospace, defence, food, beverage, chemical, agriculture and pharmaceutical.
Our world is in transition to new sustainable and renewable ways of operating. Manufacturing is a critical aspect of our developed society, and engineers must not just adapt, but must lead the transition from traditional approaches to advanced, digital, sustainable and interconnected systems of production.
In this degree, you will learn to strategically apply new technologies and modes of manufacturing to help streamline operations and innovate. You’ll learn to address emerging trends in de-carbonisation and lead projects using sustainable materials and processes such as biofuels and animal-free food production. You'll learn how to build sustainability and resilience into a manufacturing process when supply chain impacts affect production.
Once your master degree is underway, you’ll have opportunities to learn in cutting edge facilities such as our Mackay Pilot Plant, based on the site of an operating sugar factory, which is a unique research and development facility that converts biomass into biofuels, green chemicals and other bioproducts at the pilot scale.
You’ll also have access to ArmHUB – our jointly owned innovation hub for agile robotics, AI and design for manufacture industry. The hub is at the forefront of industrial transformation, building strong local supply chains and preparing companies for success in global markets.
