Sustainability in Engineering Design and Manufacturing | South Korea

Key information

Destination: Seoul and Ulsan, South Korea

Dates: 8 - 24 February 2027

Program Cost: TBC + airfares

Funding:

• $5,065 OS-HELP Loans are available for eligible students
• $10,130 OS-HELP Loans are available for eligible students

Program Eligibility: Undergraduate Engineering students

Application Deadline: 15 August 2026

Overview

Over a period of 16 days, a team of Engineering students will visit industrial and academic sites in South Korea and participate in planned workshops, to appraise trends in sustainable manufacturing and design focussing on sustainability and low carbon footprint. The tour will visit some of the centres of CCEI (Centres of Creative Economy and Innovation), and attend workshops at aerospace, electronic appliances, locomotive manufacturers, shipbuilding, and partners institutions.

The study tour aims specifically to:

1. Expose the students to South Korea’s growth paradigm shift from a fossil-fuel dependent growth to a quality-oriented growth paradigm focussing on utilizing new and renewable energy sources and green technologies, and measures to effectively deal with climate change.
2. Assess and evaluate South Korea’s emissions target reductions progress (more than 40 percent by 2030 and zero emissions by 2050, phasing out fossil fuels, building a clean energy infrastructure, and clean energy investments).
3. Expose the students to strengths, limitations and implementation of Korea’s New Deal major objectives. Korea’s New Deal objectives are:
   • (a) a smart country at the centre of a digital transition based on data, networks, and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
   • (b) a green country that achieves a balance among people, nature, and growth through a green transition towards net-zero emissions.
   • (c) a safe country that invests in human resources to create a strong employment and social safety net.
4. Enhance inter-cultural skills, critical thinking, problem solving, and research skills.
5. Engage in multi-institutional workshops and presentations which will enhance deep learning through acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and personal relations development.
6. Develop subsequent global engagement activities by students and academic staff.