UWA Engineering and STEM

05/08/2026

Join us at our STEM Open Night to discover your calling, connect with academics and current students. Explore hands on learning opportunities and world-class facilities, and see where a future at UWA could take you.

Register today 👉 https://www.uwa.edu.au/study/events/2026-stem-open-night

21/07/2026

"Before university, I hadn't built cars or had much experience with tools."

Now, Jasmine is Project Manager of UWAM - UWA Motorsport's Formula SAE electric racing team ⚡

From engineering design and manufacturing to leadership and project management, Jasmine's journey shows how hands-on experiences at UWA can help turn passion into a career.

Read more about the student team building an electric race car and the skills they're developing along the way 👇
https://careerswithstem.com.au/a-formula-for-career-experience-inside-the-student-team-building-an-electric-race-car/

22/06/2026

Italy 2026: Agricultural Engineering Innovation Tour – Applications now open!

Scholarships for UWA Engineering and SAgE students to experience the heart of European agricultural technology and machinery innovation.
The UWA School of Engineering and UWA School of Agriculture and Environment is offering a select group of students the chance to travel to Italy's Emilia-Romagna region, a global hub for agricultural machinery, automotive engineering, and motorsport. Over the course of the trip you will see world-leading agricultural technology up close, meet the engineers and researchers building it, and make connections with international R&D companies and universities.
The trip is built around EIMA International 2026, the world's second-largest agricultural innovation and machinery expo, which runs from 10 to 14 November 2026 in Bologna. Students will be accompanied throughout by engineers from UWA's Centre for Engineering Innovation: Agricultural and Ecological Restoration (CEI:AgER).

Full detail on eligibility and how to apply can be found on the website: https://www.uwa-cei.org/student-opportunities

04/06/2026

Ever wondered what quantum computing actually means? 🤔
This breaks it down — and shows why it matters more than you might think.

Professor Jingbo Wang from the UWA School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing is Founder and Director of the Research Centre for Quantum Information, Simulation and Algorithms, and is helping shape the future of quantum science and technology.

Watch her TEDx talk here 👉

The almost incomprehensible power of quantum computing will be the ...

22/05/2026

Your next move starts here. Make a mark on your journey at UWA and continue with postgraduate study.

Apply now for mid-year.

uwa.au/postgraduate

30/04/2026

To celebrate International Women in Mathematics Day, the Black Swan Academy of Mathematics is happy to present a public lecture presented by Marta Lewicka.

Event details
💬 Lecture: Pattern formation through geometry and mathematical analysis
📆 Date: Tuesday 12 May 2026
⏰ Time: 4:00pm
📍 Location: ARTS Austin Lecture Theatre, UWA

For more information, visit the website: https://sites.google.com/view/black-swan-academy-of-maths/public-lectures?authuser=0

12/12/2025

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24/10/2025

🍻 10 Talks. 5 Bars. One Night Only. 🍻

On Tuesday, 28 October, UWA’s Raising the Bar Perth returns - bringing ten world-class researchers out of the lecture hall and into your favourite CBD bars.

From space farming to ancient rock art, plastics to pests, oceans to health - this is big ideas made social.

Get your free tickets now 👉 uwa.au/raising-the-bar-2025

15/09/2025

Join the Australian Institute of Physics right here, at UWA, to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the first gravitational wave detection.

The ground-breaking 2015 discovery, which detected gravitational-wave signals from the collision of two substantial black holes 1.3 billion years ago, involved collaborators from around the world and was more than 100 years in the making.

🌟 When: Thursday 18 September, 6pm
🌟 Where: Clews Lecture Theatre, UWA
🌟 Registration: www.aip.org.au/event-6328332

Bring your questions! We look forward to seeing you there!