Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

The Bachelor of Engineering Honours is a four-year full-time course. 
The course includes a lot of work integrated learning and practical work, which I think is what sets it aside from any other courses.

Starting out in first year, in fact, we actually get our students to work with practicing engineers and to work on a real project and it gives them a chance to understand a bit more about the engineering industry itself.

In term two we get students to complete a project with an industry partner and this is a chance for them to really understand what are some of the working opportunities available out in our supporting regions.

The course concludes with an Honours thesis, which is where students complete their own research project.
Our Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) does have a lot of connection with industry. We have a wide web of engineering firms who are involved with our courses and actually do provide input into the design of the curriculum as well.

Students need to complete 480 hours of engineering practice. This can be at any engineering firm that they choose, and we will facilitate that process for them. 
It's very clear philosophy within Knauf to pursue and bring on board the absolutely best people that we can find. So, it was a good avenue for us to partner with CQUniversity.

The graduates from there seem to transition better than other graduates that 
I've certainly had exposure to.

Generally, we find that with all the CQUniversity students who have come here, they come with good values and we appreciate what they bring to the business.

Advice to any students looking at an engineering profession is certainly something that will always be in need and will be always opportunities for work so it's exciting times. And if you if you are a sponge and you like learning things and need to constantly learn, it's certainly a profession to get involved in.
A lot of our students actually enter the workforce straightaway. In fact, we're frequently ranked as one of the main institutions in the country in terms of the graduate starting salaries and the number of graduates in the workforce for engineering.
With the internship I met a lot of people in the industry that I worked in and that helped me a lot with my career after university. 
 

So, I encourage future students and current students to make sure that they have enough contact with the clients and with the current workforce so that they have a good network for the end of the day when they finish with the University.
The future of engineering is looking really bright. Engineering is constantly evolving. We are constantly finding new things and new ways of doing things and this is helping us to get towards a more sustainable way of living.

So, if somebody has an interest in how things work and is interested in pulling things apart and maybe improving them, and has that analytical mind or constructive mind, I think that they would be highly suited to engineering.

Engineering is about problem solving, it's about seeing things differently and coming up with new solutions and applying skills and knowledge from math and science and technology.