Engineering Professional Practice
All Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Master of Engineering, Master of Engineering and Master of Engineering (Professional) students must complete 430 hours of Engineering Professional Practice (EPP) prior to graduation.
We are currently in the process of transitioning to a new system to manage EPP, called EPP Hub. Your EPP Hub will be available from Semester 1 2025. The former EPP System is now closed while we transfer approved claims to your EPP Hub.
What is EPP?
The engineering accrediting body Engineers Australia, states that 'exposure to professional engineering practice is a key element in differentiating a professional engineering degree from an applied science degree' and requires engineering graduates to have exposure to professional practice.
Who is required to complete Engineering Professional Practice?
All UQ Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Master of Engineering, Master of Engineering and Master of Engineering (Professional) students.
What am I required to complete to graduate?
Complete 430 hours of professional practice made up of a variety of mandatory and optional activities including*:
EPP modules
Course-based professional practice
Industry placement
Continuing professional development (CPD)
Other paid supervised employment or the UQ Employability Award
Keep an up-to-date record of your EPP in the EPP Hub and upon completion, submit your EPP Hub to the Faculty for approval
Satisfactorily complete four (4) reflections, reflecting on the Industry Placement component of your EPP, referring to the Engineers Australia Stage One competencies.
*For students commencing prior to 2025, the mandatory and optional EPP activities will reflect the EPP rules that were in place at the time of commencement. Click here to access the old Engineering Professional Practice Activity Table. All students will need to use the EPP Hub to complete EPP.
Your EPP Hub
EPP Hub is your one-stop-shop for everything EPP!
This is where you can find information on:
what is required, including mandatory and optional activities
modules to help you with your career including advice on getting an industry placement
how to claim your EPP hours
how to submit your reflections
how to submit your completed EPP for approval, and
submission deadlines
Before you embark on your EPP journey, carefully read the information on EPP Hub to make sure that you understand what is required and how you can meet your EPP requirement. You should start thinking about what you can do from first year and beyond and make a plan on how you can complete your EPP to be able to graduate on time.
Always maintain an up-to-date record of your professional practice hours in your EPP Hub.
Industry Placement
Part of your EPP requirement is to complete an industry placement. For workplace hours to count as an industry placement towards EPP, you must be supervised by an engineer.Separate from this is any level of supervision required to provide professional engineering services in the jurisdiction you are working in or providing services to. For example, if you are providing professional engineering services in Queensland, or to a project in Queensland, you must be supervised by a RPEQ in compliance with the Professional Engineers Act of Queensland. Other jurisdictions will have different requirements. If you are not working in Queensland, you should check what these are. If you are unsure, ask you supervisor. It is your responsibility, and the responsibility of your supervisor, to ensure you are meeting professional engineering requirements where you are working.
*Supervisors who do not hold an engineering qualification but hold an equivalent or related qualification may be approved on a case-by-case basis by the Faculty. Email your request for approval to employability@eait.uq.edu.au.
You cannot be supervised by a near relative or close associate as this would be a conflict of interest. Examples of near relatives are parents, partners and siblings. Examples of close associates are friends and neighbours.
How to find an Industry Placement
It is your responsibility to find an industry placement and to ensure it meets EPP requirements.
You can also access support on the EAIT Employability website, including online tools to build your employability, industry events, tips on how to find opportunities and booking consultations with one of our advisers.
If you have any doubt about the suitability of an opportunity, please speak to EAIT Employability.
Before you commence your industry placement
You must submit your industry placement to InPlace before the placement starts, to seek UQ approval and to be able to claim your hours.
Both paid and unpaid placements must be submitted to InPlace.
Follow the steps below to submit your placement to InPlace:
Open the UQ InPlace dashboard
For both paid and unpaid placements, click to open the Self Placement submission for EAIT Engineering Professional Practice located in your ‘To Do’ section
Attach the relevant placement form.
Unpaid Placements - Unpaid Engineering Professional Practice Approval form
Paid Placements – Paid Placement Notification form
Add the required information to the submission in InPlace
Submit
For detailed instructions (including screenshots) click on the tab below:
Self Placement submission instructions
Your submission will then be considered for approval by EAIT Employability and further advice will be provided to you.
If your EPP industry placement is unpaid and has been approved via the Unpaid Engineering Professional Practice form along with your placement submission in InPlace, you will have access to a range of insurances whilst you are on placement. UQ’s Certificates of Currency for insurance are available here. The University's insurance cover will not apply to placements undertaken without UQ approval.
Travel related to your unpaid Placement
If, for your unpaid placement, you are travelling more than 50km from your usual place of residence that requires an overnight stay, you must complete the relevant EAIT Travel Approval Form. This form must be submitted and approved to be covered under UQ’s Travel Insurance. Please note the travel form is not required if you are employed by the placement company.
If you have any other questions, please contact EAIT Employability.
Changing your placement details and other issues
If there are any changes to your originally submitted placement details, or you are experiencing any other issues during the process, please contact EAIT Employability via email as soon as possible, employability@eait.uq.edu.au.
After your industry placement
Seek confirmation from your industry supervisor by completing the Placement Verification Survey.
On the last day of your industry placement, you will receive an email prompting you to complete the Placement Verification Survey. This is an important step to being able to claim your industry placement in your EPP Hub as it is how the Faculty verifies your industry placement hours with your placement supervisor.
The email will contain a link to the survey that you will need to complete and submit.
Once you have submitted your survey, your supervisor will then also receive an email to confirm your placement via the Placement Verification Survey. Please note that your supervisor will have access to your survey responses.
You will have seven (7) days from the end of your placement to complete the survey. After you submit your survey, your supervisor will have fourteen (14) days to complete their survey.
Please note that you won’t be able to claim your placement in the EPP Hub if the placement verification survey has not been completed by both you and your supervisor. If you or your supervisor did not receive an email after your placement, or you have any other issues with the survey then please contact EAIT Employability on employability@eait.uq.edu.au
The Faculty will check the completed survey(s) after your placement claim is submitted for approval.
Submit your reflections
Submit your assessment via UQ Blackboard
Write your four (4) reflections in line with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies as per the Reflection Assessment Writing guidelines; and
Submit your reflections to Blackboard for marking. Refer to the Reflections Assessment Submission guide for instructions on submitting your reflections.
You must submit your reflections on the SEAL Reflections Form.
Students are reminded to familiarise themselves with the Student Integrity and Misconduct Policy and to ensure that all information submitted is accurate and all reflections are entirely the student’s own work, or sources are referenced appropriately.
Marking of reflections is managed by Schools; therefore, we are unable to advise when your assessment will be marked.
If you have submitted your assessment by the deadline, you can expect it to be marked with priority and in time for graduation checks. Time is allowed in the process to enable students to resubmit if needed to graduate on time.
If your assessment has been marked with a Pass, it will display on Blackboard. If your assessment has been marked with a Fail, you will need to re-write your reflections and re-submit until you receive a Pass. Our team will clear your attempt in Blackboard to enable you to resubmit.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) or machine translation (MT) may constitute misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct. This reflection task evaluates a student's ability, skills, and knowledge without the aid of AI. Students are advised that the use of AI and/or MT technology to develop responses and reflections is strictly prohibited. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine translation (MT) in reflections is monitored and investigations will be undertaken where it is suspected that AI or MT has been used. As part of the investigation process, students may be required to attend an interview with a member of academic staff where they will be asked questions regarding their reflections. The investigation process will take time and may put your graduation eligibility at risk.
Your EPP Hub submission deadlines for graduation
Your EPP Hub must be submitted by Friday of week 9 in the semester you intend to graduate.
FAQs
Q: What is EPP Hub?
The new EPP system is referred to as EPP Hub. From Semester 1 2025, You will access your EPP Hub through StudentHub. This is where you will find the mandatory and optional activities that are required to complete as part of your EPP. You also use EPP Hub to log and track your progress and to submit your EPP for review.
Q: I have already had my EPP approved in the old EPP system. Do I have to transition to my EPP Hub?
No. If you have submitted and received approval for all 450 EPP hours in the old EPP system and have also submitted your reflections to Blackboard before the deadline of 20 September 2024, then your EPP status is complete, and you’ll see this reflected in your mySI-net Studies Report. You won’t need to transition to Your EPP Hub.
However, if you have had all your EPP hours approved, but have not submitted your reflections by 20 September 2024, your EPP status will be incomplete, and you will need to finalise your EPP via the EPP Hub. Your previously approved EPP hours will be transferred over from the old EPP system to your EPP Hub on your behalf.
Q: I have claimed some of my EPP hours in the old EPP system, but I have not completed all required hours, do I have to claim these hours again in the EPP Hub?
You will have to transition to EPP Hub. Any approved hours in the current EPP system will be transferred over for you. The transfer process will take place between December 2024 and January 2025 and both systems will be unavailable to students during this time. From Semester 1 2025, the EPP Hub will be available for you to continue to complete your remaining EPP.
Q: I haven’t claimed any hours in the old EPP system yet, but I have completed 450 hours of EPP. Can I claim these in my EPP Hub?
Yes, EPP Hub will be available from Semester 1 2025.
Q: I have completed and claimed part of my EPP in the old EPP system. How can I claim my remaining hours?
Any approved hours that you’ve claimed in the old EPP system will be transferred to your EPP Hub on your behalf between December 2024 and January 2025. EPP Hub will be accessible from Semester 1 2025 and you can claim new hours after this. You will be able to access information on how to access your EPP Hub via the EPP website.
Q: Will the categories and Type A and B hours remain the same in EPP Hub?
If you commenced your studies prior to 2025, EPP Hub will reflect the EPP rules that were in place when you commenced. For example, Type A hours correspond to the Industry Placement category with a claimable hour range of 0 – 430.
For further information on old to new category correspondence, visit the old Engineering Professional Practice Activity Table.
Q: I commenced my engineering program before 2025, do I only have to complete 430 EPP hours now?
Yes! The transition to EPP Hub comes with a change of required EPP hours which applies to all students regardless of commencement date and year level.
Q: I submitted an industry placement via InPlace but the placement dates have changed. How do I change the InPlace record?
If there are any changes to your originally submitted placement details, please contact EAIT Employability via email as soon as possible, employability@eait.uq.edu.au.
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