Alumni Impact Awards

Acknowledging exceptional Swinburne alumni. 

Swinburne’s Alumni Impact Awards acknowledge exceptional alumni from around the world, who have achieved success and made a significant impact in their community and/or professional field.

Award recipients are testament to Swinburne’s vision of bringing people and technology together to build a better world, and an inspiration to fellow alumni, students and the wider Swinburne community.

Award Categories

Learn more about our Alumni Impact Award category winners and finalists.

Technology Innovation Impact Award

For a Swinburne alum whose exceptional endeavour has resulted in significant impact through technology and entrepreneurial innovation, demonstrating Swinburne’s vision of bringing people and technology together to build a better world.

The George and Ethel Swinburne Social Impact Award

For a Swinburne alum who has demonstrated Swinburne’s passion of providing opportunities for all, irrespective of wealth, privilege, age, gender or race, making a real difference to the world we live in.

Innovative Planet Impact Award

For a Swinburne alum whose exceptional endeavour has resulted in significant impact in local and/or global environmental sustainability.

Winners and Finalists

Read the stories of our inspirational award recipients. Since graduating, each has blended their Swinburne education with hard work and tenacity to create lives of distinction. Finalists were selected for their extraordinary leadership, entrepreneurial innovation and desire to make the world a better place.

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