Discover sustainability engineering

Sustainability engineers use specialised skills to tackle some of the biggest problems we’re facing, including climate change, population growth and access to clean drinking water. This job is about building things that have a very low environmental impact, while also providing the same fantastic improvements that engineering can bring to human life. We just focus on doing them in a very sustainable way. With opportunities in water management, renewable power, biofuel development, electric vehicle manufacturing and sustainable process engineering, it’s an incredibly diverse field. As we transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources and embrace a more sustainable future, all future engineers will need to have a sustainability mindset when approaching a problem to solve.

At QUT, we know this is the future of the engineering industry and our students can choose from a range of disciplines including electrical and renewable power, and chemical and sustainable process engineering. They have the opportunity to have practical experiences while learning, with fantastic real-life opportunities like exclusive internships with leading industry companies who

The questions we need to answer are big. We need to think holistically about how we can make our cities more sustainable. Most of the world is going to live in urban centres in the future, but we won’t have enough water for them to survive. We need to come up with solutions like water recycling and water harvesting to make sure these cities remain prosperous.

During my own undergraduate degree I became aware that we could use natural solutions that exist all around us to fix problems that we as humans have created. Harnessing all that awesomeness in the environment to create a better world for future generations - how perfect!

Every engineering project has a sustainability component, and that will only increase in the future, so the opportunities to create positive impact are huge. The future looks bright.