Exploring Sustainability in Design and Manufacturing | South Korea

Key information

Destination: Seoul and Ulsan, South Korea

Dates: 5 July 2025 - 23 July 2025

Program Cost: TBC

Funding:

• 20 x $4,000 New Colombo Plan Mobility Grants are available for eligible students
• $9,893 OS-HELP Loans are available for eligible students

Program Eligibility: Undergraduate Engineering students

Application Deadline: 31 March 2025

Overview

Over a period of 18 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. 

Program Cost

The cost of this program is TBC.

See below for the list of inclusions and exclusions of the program fee.

Inclusions

• Accommodation
• Breakfasts
• Welcome and farewell dinner
• Ground transport for group visits
• Travel insurance
   

Exclusions

• Airfares
• Visa
• Academic tuition fees (unit costs)
• Most meals
• Personal expenses
   

Funding

New Colombo Plan Mobility Grants

This program has 20 x A$4,000 Australian Government New Colombo Plan grants. These grants are available to Australian undergraduate students (with no citizenship or residency rights to South Korea), who have not previously received more than one NCP short-term grant.

Grants are allocated on a rolling basis and students are automatically considered for a grant as part of the application process.

OS-HELP Loan

Eligible Australian students can apply for an Australian Government OS-HELP Loan of up to A$9,893 to help cover costs associated with your overseas program. Plus, up to $1,314 to complete Asian language study in preparation for your study tour in Asia.

For more information on funding and eligibility, see Fee Help and Scholarships.

Information Sessions

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