This degree has a strong multidisciplinary focus and emphasises the development of innovative technologies, strategies and solutions ensuring a sustainable future. It deals with planning, design, implementation and management of sustainable energy practices involving renewable energy sources such as sun, wind, oceans and carbon neutral fuels.
Its focus on work integrated learning includes off-campus industry placement in the final year, ensuring graduates are fully prepared for a challenging career in industry, and research and development enterprises.
Sustainable Energy Systems is concerned with lowering global dependence on non-renewable sources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, creating energy efficient technologies for industries and using alternative energy sources. This degree will develop strategies to improve energy systems for energy production, materials, tourism, land management and policy analysis and development.
Students can complete their program with a wide choice of courses, commencing their specialisation, if they choose, in third year. The final year project in industry will offer experience in various areas of sustainable energy including the specialist fields. Students have the option of completing a general Engineering degree or a degree with a specialisation.
The programs allow significant flexibility and students can often choose courses outside their main study area to develop a broad understanding across a number of areas. Students interested in research can often undertake research projects under the supervision of academic staff, even while undertaking their undergraduate program.
Engineering
Griffith University's engineering program recognises that you may not yet have fully decided on which engineering discipline your career will be based. First-year studies are therefore designed to provide a balance between the ability to specialise, which is important for those who have chosen a discipline, and the ability to delay choosing, for those who have not yet decided.