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Integrated Engineering Education emerges within a landscape historically defined by disciplinary separation, technical mastery, and a production-oriented view of the engineering graduate. Since the formalisation of engineering education in the 19th and 20th centuries, curricula have largely centred on technical content, with rigid structures that mirror the industrial models they were designed to support. Students were trained to be specialists—proficient in their field, but often isolated from the broader social, environmental, and human dimensions of their work.

This traditional model, while foundational and still necessary in many respects, has struggled to keep pace with the accelerating complexity of the modern world. Global challenges such as climate change, digital transformation and AI, and social inequality demand a new kind of engineer: one who can think across boundaries, engage with diverse stakeholders, and adapt to change.

We are educators, researchers, philosophers, collaborators, change leaders, innovators, and system-challengers. Our shared educational practices challenge the image of the engineer as solely a technical expert. Instead, we centre engineers as collaborators, listeners, leaders, systems thinkers, designers, and responsible citizens. This shift is not only pedagogical but cultural—it demands that we also transform how engineering education institutions view themselves and their role in society. This is a global task.