The Faculty of Engineering is a constituent body of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. UNSW was formed on 1 July 1949, and the Faculty was established on 8 May 1950 with the inaugural meeting of the Faculty taking place on 7 June 1950. It was one of the first three University faculties which were established by Council (resolution 54), and was initially formed of four departments including Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mining Engineering, headed by Dean Professor Harold Brown. Today, it is the largest engineering faculty in Australia, offering the widest range of engineering programmes.

Organisations

The Faculty comprises eight schools: The UNSW School of Surveying and Geospatial Engineering (1970 to 2013) was a school of this faculty.

Women in Engineering

Eleonora Kopalinsky, the first woman to graduate in engineering at UNSW, graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering in 1966. Other early female engineering graduates were:

Rankings and achievements

MyUniversity Results

MyUniversity is an Australian Government website providing information about Australian universities. As data is collected from different sources, percentages may collate to over 100%. Information is provided university wide, and on select disciplines. Results for all Engineering disciplines are listed below.

Projects

Students of the faculty are involved in a number of high-profile projects:

Notable alumni