Study Australia - Energy Tomorrow: An Engineering and Management Perspective

  Australia

• Sydney: 
Sydney
• Queensland: 
Cairns
• Northern Territory: 
Alice Springs,  Darwin

Term: Summer 
Dates: June, July, August

Description: This six-week course for engineering students explores energy and sustainability, with a focus on new developments in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. The program is based on a ninety-hour combination of lectures, tutorials, laboratory work, demonstrations, site visits, computer simulations, assignments and discussion periods.

The University of New South Wales is recognized as the top university for energy R&D in Australia with many of the research groups among the world leaders in their field. Various UNSW lecturers will cover the following topics: World Energy, Energy and Environmental Implications, Energy and Sustainable Development, Energy and the Built Environment, Emerging Energy Technologies, Energy Storage, Energy and the Process Industries, and Renewable Energy. A tentative syllabus is available.

Highlights: The program commences in Darwin, in Australia's 'Top End'. While based in Darwin there will be a three-day camping expedition into Kakadu National Park. Crocodiles, Aboriginal art sites and spectacular scenery are some of the highlights of this field trip. On the way to Sydney from Darwin we make a brief stop in Alice Springs to visit the Centre of Appropriate Technology, then will move onto Uluru, the monolithic icon of the central 'red desert' region. For weeks three through five, the program will be based at the campus of The University of New South Wales (UNSW), located 20 minutes from downtown Sydney and five minutes from the beach side suburb of Coogee. Week six will be on location in Cairns for the final section of the course and a field excursion to a renewable energy site. This will leave a few days at the end of the course to relax and participate in the wide range of activities available in that area.

Participants in the program are able to obtain credits through universities and colleges in the United States and Europe. This program is approved by UNSW and students will receive their grades on a UNSW transcript. Credit transfer (generally 6 - 8 U.S. credits total) is subject to home institution regulations so please consult your academic advisor for guidance. Study Australia and UNSW will provide all documentation to overseas institutions to assist in credit transfer.

Includes:
* Guided travel to five distinct regions of Australia including the Outback, the Red Centre, multi-cultural Sydney, the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Tropical Rainforest.
* Earn academic credit transferable to your home degree.
* Study at Australia's top-rated university for energy research and development.

Cost in US$: 2009 Pricing TBD

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Australia Independently Or in Groups

Scholarships are Available. - Each year Study Australia awards thousands of dollars to qualified program participants.

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other
• Transcript

Year Founded: 1995