Professional Education Partnerships
UniSQ’s Professional Education Partnerships (PEP) program is a networking and relationship building initiative between industry partners, students, and UniSQ. The aim is to create a pipeline of graduates from regional or rural areas who have gained real-world experience throughout their studies, and who will remain in these areas after graduation.
With the wide range of degrees and specialisations you can choose to study through our PEP program, opportunities to learn and enhance your skill sets in your chosen field are plentiful. The PEP program is being expanded to include additional programs. Please email us if you are interested in a specialisation not listed.
Discover the key roles that UniSQ, the Industry Partner and the UniSQ student will play as part of a successful PEP.
Am I eligible to apply?
To be eligible to participate in the Professional Education Partnership program you must be enrolled as a UniSQ student or planning to enrol, live in a regional or rural area, and obtain/have employment relevant to your degree.
Why participate in PEP?
Grow your own
Industry partners are given the unique opportunity to upskill current employees.
Build a pipeline of graduates from your region
As an Industry Partner, develop your own pipeline of local undergraduates and graduates who want to stay in your region.
Partner with UniSQ
Opportunities for industry to work closely with UniSQ academics and to co-create experiences for students.
Receive financial support
UniSQ provides financial support to the PEP student during their university studies.
Improved Employability
PEP students gain improved employability through higher education and employment before graduating. The real world work experience, whilst studying, enhances learning outcomes.
Access tailored support and professional development
Opportunities to network with your peers, UniSQ staff and industry employers in a supportive social setting. Develop your professional identity through access to a wide range of professional development courses.
Hear from our PEP students
What is it like being part of UniSQ's Professional Education Partnerships program and what are the benefits of participating?
Meet an industry partner
Hear from one of our industry partners about their experience in partnering with UniSQ through the Professional Education Partnerships (PEP) program and what PEP students could expect from this opportunity.
PEP degrees and specialisations
Start your career in construction with a 2-year Associate Degree. Get hands-on with practical course material and work with professional equipment alongside learning about the management of construction of some of the world's biggest projects.
Associate Degree of Construction
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Associate Degree of Engineering
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Begin your career in surveying with UniSQ's Associate Degree of Surveying and learn to collect, store, adapt and manipulate spatial data to communicate effectively with audiences, including professionals, para-professionals, clients and the wider community.
Associate Degree of Surveying
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Pioneering in the agriculture sector, UniSQ offers Queensland's first dedicated degree in Agricultural Technology and Management. It allows you to study agricultural courses from UniSQ Toowoomba surrounded by vibrant ag industry centres or opt for the convenience of external/online study.
Bachelor of Agricultural Technology and Management
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Graduate ready to make an impact in the construction industry and the ability to manage a range of construction projects, including residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects, and work in some of the world’s most influential industries.
Bachelor of Construction (Honours)
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Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
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You can specialise in Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Technology
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Study key aspects of animal health, welfare, and behaviour, as well as product quality, and animal ethics to ensure humane and sustainable food production, and address local and global issues facing animals and animal production systems today. You will examine emerging technologies in animal production, and learn to apply cognitive and technical skills in the areas of animal nutrition and management.
Bachelor of Science (Animal Science)
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Delve into the science behind agricultural plant production with the Bachelor of Science (Plant Agricultural Science). You will explore topics in plant physiology, agronomy, plant microbe interactions, soil science, plant breeding, and precision agriculture, all of which provide training and knowledge in a discipline that is critical to the health of the Australian economy.
Bachelor of Science (Plant Agricultural Science)
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Set yourself up for a career in the outdoors with Australia’s largest surveying education provider. Study the Bachelor of Surveying (Honours) with UniSQ and get the opportunity to register as a Professional Surveyor through this professionally accredited degree. In your final year, you’ll have the opportunity to complete a research project and delve into specialist surveying topics.
Bachelor of Surveying (Honours)
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Gain foundational knowledge and practical experience in surveying to work as a surveying technologist, mine surveyor, and supervising engineering surveyor and, with a bit of experience under your belt, as a manager of survey operations in the Commonwealth, state and local government, private surveying consultancies, and with a plethora of large construction organisations. Your studies will include Queensland or New South Wales cadastral surveying, or both if you like.
Bachelor of Surveying Technology
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Student Expression of Interest Form
Industry Partner Expression of Interest Form
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Want to know more about UniSQ’s PEP? Get in touch with us.
Email
PEP@unisq.edu.au