Each year:

• 35 universities offer over 230 Bachelor of Engineering Courses to approx 50,000 students.

• 5,000 Australian students graduate from engineering courses in Australia.

• 1,800 eligible Australian engineering students are turned away from university due to a lack of university places.

Engineering at UniversityEngineering at University

Source: http://www.physiol.usyd.edu.au/research/labs/nrc/info/info.html

Annual Number of First Degrees in Engineering Annual Number of First Degrees in Engineering [per million population][per million population]

Source: The Engineering Profession: A Statistical Overview, 2003, Edition 3, Engineers Australia

0

100

200

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400

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600

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800

900

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Eligibility for University PlacesEligibility for University Places

Winners and LosersWinners and Losers

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

0

5

10

15

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Students receiving offers Students not receiving offers

Sources: DEST and The Engineering Profession: A Statistical Overview, 2006, Edition 4, Engineers Australia

Student Enrolments in Engineering & Science Student Enrolments in Engineering & Science 1994-20041994-2004

Source: The Engineering Profession: A Statistical Overview 2006, Edition 4, Engineers Australia

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Engineering Science

Counting EngineersCounting Engineers

THE ENGINEERING

PROFESSION

A Statistical OverviewFourth Edition March 2006

Graduates Seeking Full-time WorkGraduates Seeking Full-time Work[index < 100 indicates relative shortage][index < 100 indicates relative shortage]

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

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20

40

60

80

100

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Engineering Graduates All Graduates Engineering Skills Shortage Index

Source: The Engineering Profession: A Statistical Overview, 2006, Edition 4, Engineers Australia

Engineering Skills Shortage IndexEngineering Skills Shortage Index[< 100 indicates relative shortage][< 100 indicates relative shortage]

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Ind

ex

All FieldsElectrical

Mechanical Civil Mining

Source: The Engineering Profession: A Statistical Overview, 2006, Edition 4, Engineers Australia

Engineering Job Vacancy SurveyEngineering Job Vacancy Survey

18%

15%14%

24%

15%

TasmaniaQueensland

Western AustraliaNorthern Territory

All Respondents

0

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2

3

4

5

6

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Engineer Vacancies Engineers Employed

Source: Engineers Australia Survey 2006

Pessimistic Five-year ScenarioPessimistic Five-year Scenario

10,000 eligible students miss out on engineering courses

Engineers still graduating at 5,000 per year

Skills shortages exacerbated

Australian economy suffering significantly

Greater reliance on fly-in/fly-out

More designs and other work sourced in global off-shore offices

Schools ProgramsSchools Programs

Source: http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/links/janindex.shtml

Schools ProgramsSchools Programs

Professional Development ProgramsProfessional Development Programs

Centre for Engineering Leadership and ManagementCentre for Engineering Leadership and Management

The Engineering Profession 2001The Engineering Profession 2001

33801

100216

133521

267538

Home OccupationsRelated Occupations

Other OccupationsTotal

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Post Graduate Graduate Diplomas etc

Source: Estimated unpublished 2001 Census data supplied by the ABS