Formula SAE-A
"Enhancing university education by bringing industry into the classroom"
We can guarantee you’ve never seen anything quite like Formula SAE-A – a competition where university students design, build, and compete in their very own Formula-style open-wheeled racing car.
Formula SAE-A has been embraced by universities since its 2000 inception, providing an exciting, challenging and realistic platform which enables students to put into practice the outcomes of their studies.
In December each year, thousands of students, volunteers and spectators get to experience around 35 university teams pitting their machines head-to-head in this comprehensive educational program. The event also attracts teams from across the world, including New Zealand, the Middle East, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, and India.
Students with Formula SAE-A experience are recognised as highly motivated and capable professionals who are in demand. The competition provides an environment for students to develop their skills in problem-solving, leadership and project management, not necessarily taught in the classroom.
Team members are often headhunted for their unique skillsets in engineering, design, cost, management, leadership, teamwork, marketing and finance.
Through Formula SAE-A we are creating the next innovators and leaders of tomorrow’s mobility engineering sector. And by making the event known to every industry, we’re introducing these young engineers to prospective employers who need team members that can hit the ground running from day one.
Electric vehicles dominate the competition, but self-driving cars are entering the market, bringing about a full-scale revolution in how we travel and connect. As technology evolves, we also challenge students to design, build and compete in the next generation of autonomous vehicles.
"Formula SAE-A is one of the most effective applied engineering education programs in Australasia. Students experience engineering not as an abstract discipline, but real-world profession. Designs fail, manufacturing doesn’t go to plan, components arrive late or not at all. These challenges give Formula SAE-A student's long-term educational value. Graduates leave with a clear understanding that engineering is rarely about finding a single “correct” solution. Instead, it is about balancing competing requirements – performance, safety, cost, manufacturability, reliability, and time. For many students, Formula SAE-A represents the first time their work is assessed by practicing engineers rather than academics alone. This intense engineering competition requires each team to continually improve, to analyse, to develop, and try again. This produces graduates who do not see engineering as a finished process, but as a continual one". Angela Krepcik, General Manager - Society of Mobility Engineers Australasia.
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