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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR THINH NGUYEN DIRECTOR LEARNING & TEACHING COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & SCIENCE

Why is Industry Connection Important?

THE VIRTUOUS SUCCESS CYCLE

What does Industry Want?

Source: Graduate Outlook Survey 2013, Graduate Careers Australia

Most Important Graduate Selection Criteria 1. Personal & communications skills

2. Passion/knowledge of industry

3. Critical reasoning/analytical/problem solving skills (etc)

4. Calibre of academic results

5. Work experience

Our Approach

Problem Based Learning Engaging students in deeper learning through real-world problems

Benefits of PBL

Solving real world problems

Builds communications skills

Increased student engagement

Develop team work skills

Benefits strong and weak students

Self-directed, independent learning

Industry Projects Assessment of integrated water management City West Water

Augmented reality virtual logbook Metro Trains

Tyre assembly fault detection Toyota Tyre Assembly

LED lighting automation Arup

Rain gauge calibration McVan Instruments

M2M Application Telstra

Blast–absorbing strut design for the Bushmaster ADF

What Our Students Say

“We felt like real engineers working on PBL problems” “Being able to learn new skills regarding how to approach a particular problem”

“Guess how we were made job ready”

“I had gained skills not only related to the degree, but also valuable in my future career” “This was good for developing resourcefulness, communication skills and teamwork”

What was the best aspect of the course? – CEQ Question

Supporting Student Success

Well appointed PBL and lab facilities

Good student to teacher ratios

Personal & informal learning environment

Award winning teachers

Strong student support programs

Built-in Foundation (for Engineering)

Compare Us

Monash University 84.2% Deakin University 83.8%

La Trobe University 83.3% Victoria University 82.3%

RMIT 82.1% National Average 81.8%

University of Melbourne 80.3% Swinburne Uni. of Technology 80.1%

Federation University 75.9% Source: 2011 Course Experience Questionnaire

OVERALL SATISFACTION INDEX (Engineering & Science)

Chris Amos Current 4th year Civil Eng. student

Gokul Mani Graduate Building Services Engineer, SDP Consulting

What Our Students Say

Connecting with Industry

PBL problems and projects from industry

Practical placements in industry

Industry lecturers

Course Advisory Committees

World Class research with industry partners

Our Flagship Courses

Sports Eng.

Elec. Eng. IT

Science (Spec.) Mech. Eng.

Civil Eng. Building (Con. Man.) Archi. Eng.

Science (Teach.) Foundation

Simple Course Architecture

Foundation 1st year

Professional Core Units Major 1 Major 2 Major

Minor 1

Minor 2

Foundation 1st year Foundation 1st year

Professional Degrees General Degrees (Double Majors)

General Degrees Major + Minors

Established Pathways

World Class Research

Well Above World Standards in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Only University in Victoria)

At World Standards in Artifcial Intelligence

At World Standards in Civil Engineering

2012 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) rankings

Above World Standards in Applied Mathematics

At World Standards in Chemical Engineering

At World Standards in Distributed Computing

Learn Differently

Study Engineering & Science at Victoria University

Associate Professor Thinh Nguyen Director of Learning & Teaching

College of Engineering & Science Email: thinh.nguyen@vu.edu.au

Web: http://www.vu.edu.au/about-us/academic-colleges/engineering-science