The Faculty of Engineering and IT graduate attributes connect discipline-specific knowledge and self-understanding with capabilities needed in the world.
Graduate attributes
Our graduate attributes
These attributes articulate the dispositions that prepare Faculty of Engineering and IT graduates as socially responsible professionals and technical experts who can contribute to a sustainable future world.
A. Indigenous Professional Capability
Preamble: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the first peoples of Australia. They are also the first scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians, and the first practitioners of environmental sustainability and respectful community engagement.
Faculty of Engineering and IT graduates have knowledge of Indigenous Australian contexts to inform their capability to work effectively for and with Indigenous Australians across their professional discipline.
B. Socially responsible
Faculty of Engineering and IT graduates are aware of and responsible for social, environmental, economic and ethical contexts and consequences of their work, committed to enacting sustainable futures for all.
C. Design oriented
Faculty of Engineering and IT graduates are curious, creative and innovative and define problems within a wider context.
D. Technically proficient
Faculty of Engineering and IT graduates are technically knowledgeable and adept in discipline-specific methodologies.
E. Collaborative and communicative
Faculty of Engineering and IT graduates are collegial, cooperative, ethical and constructive.
F. Reflective
Faculty of Engineering and IT graduates are reflective, connected, action-oriented, lifelong learners.