Engineers develop imaginative and visionary solutions to improve the world we live in.
The InspireU Engineering camp provides an opportunity for 20 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from across Queensland to participate in a number of field-specific activities that are designed to provide insight into studying engineering at UQ and the wide range of career and study options available to engineering students and graduates.
The camp includes a range of informative and interactive activities such as touring UQ's engineering precinct, a visit to the visualisation room where students familiarise themselves with a virtual depiction of an open-cut and underground mine, as well as hands-on engineering workshops in the field of aerospace engineering.
Who is eligible?
To be eligible to participate in InspireU Senior Engineering, students must:
- Be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent;
- Be enrolled in schooling in Year 11 or Year 12 in 2020;
- Be enrolled in Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) subjects and eligible for an ATAR score; and
- Have school attendance rate of 90% or greater.
Preference will be given to students currently studying at least one or more of either Physics, Chemistry and Math. Students will be selected from a competitive process and will be assessed on their academic standing in addition to their attendance and behaviour.
How do I apply?
To apply for the InspireU Senior Engineering residential camp (“the program”), you need to submit a completed Application Form and provide some additional information that will support your application. This includes:
- A completed Application Form including:
- the signed consent of one of your parents or guardians; and
- the signed consent of your school principal and/or senior school representative; and
- A copy of your FULL school reports from Year 7 to current year; and
- A written reference from your referee supporting your application (i.e. referee letter).
Please note: the application must be completed in full, is readable and includes all supporting documentation required, otherwise it will not progress any further in the application process.
Please also ensure that your responses to the identified criteria questions remain within the word limit.
For more information
Contact the ATSIS Unit on (07) 3365 6665 or send an email to inspireu@uq.edu.au with the subject title being InspireU Senior Engineering Program.
InspireU Senior Engineering dates
Program dates
Sunday, 19 January to Friday, 24 January 2020
Applications open
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Applications close
Friday, 29 November 2019