In a report commissioned by global leader in engineering education and research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the CSU program was named as one of the top four emerging engineering courses in the world and the CSU engineering degree described as ‘completely rethinking what engineering educating should look like’.

The report describes a benchmarking study of global undergraduate engineering and was commissioned by MIT’s New Engineering Education Transformation initiative.

The study canvassed opinions from a wide range of international experts, and CSU was chosen among a small group of universities as an emerging leader in engineering education, alongside renowned engineering education providers University College London, Singapore University of Technology and Design and University of Technology Delft.

The report describes CSU Engineering as creating a ‘new chapter in engineering education’ by offering a radically different approach to undergraduate engineering education that focuses on human-centred engineering and diverse opportunities for students to explore authentic problems using state-of-the-art technology.

Foundation Professor of Engineering Euan Lindsay said, “Our program allows opportunities for students to explore and apply engineering learning through authentic problems through four year-long paid placements in the workforce.

“This is a program that trains student engineers not engineering students.

“The way we treat the student engineers as professionals in training is a cultural shift for university education and a defining feature of CSU Engineering.”

CSU engineering is offered from the Bathurst campus through the faculty of business, justice and behavioural sciences.