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Supervision
While in IBL students are supervised by their employers and
a member of the faculty's academic staff who acts as the
student's industrial tutor.
Employing Organisations
A large number of companies support the Cooperative
Education Program (IBL) by offering employment to students
from the disciplines of Civil, ElectricallElectronic, Mechanical
and Manufacturing Engineering. These companies are from
the automotive, communications, electronics, computer,
construction, and manufacturing industries and from local
government.
Overseas placement
The faculty cooperates with the following universities in
organising overseas placements:
Cleveland State University
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of Surrey, Guildford, England
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
University of Cincinnati, USA
Lawrence Institute of Technology, USA
IBL graduates offer employers a
competitive edge
Swinburne Higher Education Division's IBL programs place
students out in industry, in paid work, where they get the
opportunity to look at the realities of their chosen career
paths. Therefore, when they graduate, they join the employer
with the advantage of having had one year of structured
work experience.
This means:
they are 'results orientated';
they already understand and accept workplace targets,
relationships and disciplines;
they are a year older and more mature;
they have completed a longer course, e.g. engineen have
had three-and-a-half years full-time study with the same
teaching content of a four-year course, plus one year of
supervised paid employment;
they also bring with them knowledge of the latest technology,
acquired in the course of their studies.
Employers alerted to the 'bottom line' advantages will also
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organisation;
regular and long-term contact between emplayen and
faculty staff has a beneficial influence on course design
and teaching methods;
the student promotes the image of the employer's
organisation at Swinburne.
IBL graduates bring with them:
a realistic attitude to work;
access to professional specialised faculty staff;
access to Swinburne's high technology facilities including
computer links to international information banks.
For further information, contact the Administrator,
Cooperative Placement Service.
Engineering Alumni Association
Coordinator, Alumni Association
J.K. Russell
Administrator
B.E. Erickson
Seventyfive years after the inception of the Faculty of
Engineering, a new link has been forged between
Swinburne University and the community with the
foundation of the Swinburne Engineering Alumni in 1990.
The Alumni Association is open to former staff, graduates
and members of the community interested in the work of
the Faculty, and promoting the history and identity of
Swinburne. Equally important are the social and business
contacts which can be fostered via the Alumni.
Aims and objectives
to offer services and activities responsive to the needs of
Alumni members;
to give Alumni members pride and purpose of
membership and provide a network of industry contact;
to provide information on postgraduate education and
curriculum development;
to give the Faculty a valuable resource of qualified
expertise and support for its programs and activities and
a forum for contact with peers.
Advice to prospective students
First-year engineering degree
Secondary students considering a professional engineering
course in civil, electrical power and control, communication
and electronic, computer systems, manufacturing (chemical
or production), mechanical engineering or technology,
should bear in mind the need to undertake studies in
mathematics and the physical sciences which will allow them
to proceed to a Year 12 course of study as prescribed in the
entrance requirements.
A feature of Swinburne's engineering degree courses is the
common first-year program which enables a student commencing
a course to delay making a final decision on the
branch of engineering to be undertaken until the end of
first year.
The subjects comprising first year are intended to form a
firm foundation on which studies in later years are built.
Considerable emphasis is placed on the dwelopment of
fundamental scientific principles and an introduction to
engineering technology and techniques.
Another feature of all degree courses is their four-and-a-half
(nine-semester) year industry based learning format. The program
consists of seven semesters of academic tuition in the
Higher Education Division of the University plus two
semesters of IBL. The course structure for engineering
degree courses is shown in the sections pertaining to the
various schools of the Engineering Faculty.
Second and later years engineering
degree
Students who have completed, or partly completed, an
engineering coune at another tertiary institution may apply
for entry to an engineering degree course at Swinburne.
Applications in this category are essentially considered on
the basis of the course studied by the applicant and the
results obtained. Enquiries should be directed to the
Associate Dean of the school concerned.
The policy of the Engineering Faculty Board regarding admission
with advanced standing is stated in the section entitled
'Admission with advanced standing'.
Bachelor of ~echnolo~~ (Building
Surveying)
Secondary students planning to enter the Bachelor of
Technology (Building Surveying) should bear in mind the
necessity for studies in mathematics and the physical
sciences. Eligible applicants should have successfully
completed a VCE course of study as prescribed in the
entrance requirements.