Experience the innovative ways that engineering and IT professionals solve real-world challenges at UTS.
Get a career, not just a degree
UTS has long been known as a leader in industry-focused research and learning. The School of Professional Practice and Leadership was created with a clear objective – to create a focal point for fusing our uniquely flexible degrees with the most robust and impactful professional practice programs. What we’ve created is an ideal environment for you to amplify your studies, choose and shape your own future and build meaningful career connections and opportunities – before you graduate.
In demand
Our IT Professional Practice program is certified and highly regarded in industry, and our internships, capstone projects and student/industry pairing initiatives are second to none. Graduates of our industry-focused programs are in high demand right across the full spectrum of the engineering and IT sectors. Quite simply, our programs are tailored to prepare students for careers as leaders and innovators, ready to hit the ground running with technical competencies and the strategic, critical, management and people skills required to make them shine.
Embedded in industry
It’s not just our degrees and programs that are deeply embedded in industry – our team is too. Many of our teachers and researchers are experienced industry professionals. Students benefit from the insights of a wide range of industry practitioners as guest lecturers and mentors.
Every direction you choose
The world is changing fast, and engineering and IT is in the driving seat. Our programs are diverse and flexible, with a capacity to ‘design your own degree’ across traditional and emerging disciplines that you won’t find anywhere else. Everything is centred around the practice-oriented learning experience set out by our unique UTS Model of Learning framework. Our seamless integration of learning with genuine, real-world experience is valued by industry and a decisive factor in our high graduate employment rate.