Graduate Certificate of Engineering
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2026 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Certificate of Engineering |
| Deakin course code | S550 |
| Course Credit Points | 4 |
| Course version | 3 |
| Faculty | |
| Course Information | For students who commenced from 2026 onwards |
| Campus | Offered at Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Online | No |
| Duration | 0.5 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | The course map for students commencing from Trimester 1 2026 will be available soon. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central. |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8 |
| Supplementary Information | This course is not available to international students. |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Career opportunities
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Fees and charges
Course overview
Ready to start a career in engineering? The Graduate Certificate of Engineering is your pathway to your next role. Through focused study, you will acquire the engineering knowledge, skills and forward-thinking mindset employers are looking for in today's landscape. This course is tailored to enhance your technical and problem-solving skills, equipping you with the readiness to design and manage engineering projects collaboratively.
With design and innovation at the heart, this course offers a comprehensive foundation to propel your career forward. Through a focus on practical and applied learning, you will graduate prepared to tackle the challenges of the modern engineering industry head-on.
Ready to engineer your career to the next level?
If you hold a three-year undergraduate degree in science, engineering or information technology, or if you are a member of Engineers Australia (Engineering Technologist) or an equivalent professional body, then this course is your perfect next step.
Deakin graduates are well-rounded and ready to meet the challenges of the future. Whether you are preparing for a leadership role, wanting to master your communication skills, or keen to explore new principles and technologies within your specialisation, this industry-led course will equip you for success.
Career opportunities
After completing the Graduate Certificate of Engineering at Deakin, you will emerge equipped with foundational knowledge and practical skills to excel in your chosen specialisation. Whether you delve into civil infrastructure engineering, electrical and renewable energy engineering, environmental engineering, robotics and automation engineering, mechanical engineering or smart manufacturing, this course will encourage you to excel in the career you choose. Not only will you graduate with advanced technical skills, but you will possess strong project management, teamwork, and interpersonal abilities to hit the ground running.
You will be on your way to stepping into roles such as a:
- project manager
- energy manager
- quality assurance manager
- engineering business development manager.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Respond to or initiate research concerned with advancing engineering and developing new principles and technologies within the specialist engineering discipline using appropriate methodologies and thereby contribute to continual improvement in the practice and scholarship of engineering. |
| Communication | Prepare high quality engineering documents and present information including approaches, procedures, concepts, solutions, and technical details in oral, written and/or visual forms appropriate to the context, in a professional manner. |
| Digital literacy | Use a wide range of digital engineering and scientific tools and techniques to analyse, simulate, visualise, synthesise and critically assess information and methodically and systematically differentiate between assertion, personal opinion and evidence for engineering decision-making. |
| Critical thinking | Identify, discern, and characterise salient issues, determine and analyse causes and effects, justify and apply appropriate assumptions, predict performance and behaviour, conceptualise engineering approaches and evaluate potential outcomes against appropriate criteria to synthesise solution strategies for complex engineering problems. |
| Problem solving | Apply technical knowledge, problem solving skills, appropriate tools and resources to design components, elements, systems, plant, facilities, processes and services to satisfy user requirements taking in to account broad contextual constraints such as social, cultural, economic, environmental, legal, political and human factors as an integral factor in the process of developing responsible engineering solutions. Identify recent developments, develop alternative concepts, solutions and procedures, appropriately challenge engineering practice from technical and non-technical viewpoints and thereby demonstrate capacity for creating new technological opportunities, approaches and solutions. |
| Self-management | Commit to and uphold codes of ethics, established norms, standards, and conduct that characterises accountability and responsibility as a professional engineer, while ensuring safety of other people and protection of the environment. |
| Teamwork | Function effectively as a team member, take various team roles, consistently complete all assigned tasks within agreed deadlines, proactively assist, contribute to ideas, respect opinions and value contribution made by others when working collaboratively in learning activities to realise shared team objectives and outcomes. |
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Certificate of Engineering students must pass 4 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:
- DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
- SEE700 Safety Induction Program (0-credit compulsory point unit)
- 1 core unit (1 credit point)
- 2 course elective units (2 credit points)
- 1 postgraduate open elective (1 credit point)
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.
Course structure
Core
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0 credit points) |
| SEE700 | Safety Induction Program (0 credit points) |
| SEP791 | Engineering Modelling |
Course elective units
2 credit points of course electives from 1 Discipline Grouping.
Students should choose 2 credit points of units from 1 Discipline grouping to fill the course elective unit option (subject to meeting unit requirements).
Students intending to articulate into the S751 Master of Engineering (Professional) course are recommended to choose 2 units from the same discipline grouping they wish to continue in their Master’s specialisation.
Civil Infrastructure Engineering
| SEN770 | Infrastructure Engineering |
| SEN727 | Tunnel and Underground Construction |
| SEN728 | Transportation Infrastructure Systems |
| SEN729 | Railway Infrastructure Design and Management |
| SEN769 | Advanced Structural Design |
| SEV702 | Traffic and Transport Engineering |
Electrical and Renewable Energy Engineering
| SEE705 | Energy Efficiency, Management and Market Analysis |
| SEE706 | Power System Analysis |
| SEE716 | Electrical Systems Protection |
| SEE717 | Smart Grid Systems |
| SEE718 | Renewable Energy Systems |
| SEE719 | Microgrid Design, Integration and Management |
Environmental Engineering
| SEN725 | Urban Stormwater Asset Design |
| SEV701 | Integrated Catchment Systems |
| SEV711 | Air Pollution and Control |
| SEV731 | Waste Engineering and Transformation Systems (2 credit points) |
| SLE716 | Environmental Protection |
Mechanical Engineering
| SEJ751 | Materials Performance and Durability |
| SEM700 | Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| SEM711 | Applied Dynamics and Product Development Technologies |
| SEM712 | Advanced Modelling and Simulation |
| SEM721 | Product Design and Development |
| SEM722 | Advanced Manufacturing Technology |
Robotics and Automation Engineering
| SEE701 | Advanced Control Systems Engineering |
| SEE710 | Industrial Automation |
| SEE711 | IoT Systems Engineering |
| SEE712 | Applied Signal Processing |
| SEN771 | Intelligent Autonomous Robots |
| SIT720 | Machine Learning |
Smart Manufacturing
| SEE711 | IoT Systems Engineering |
| SEN771 | Intelligent Autonomous Robots |
| SEM722 | Advanced Manufacturing Technology |
| SEM724 | Design for Additive Manufacturing ^ |
| SIT718 | Real World Analytics |
| SIT742 | Modern Data Science |
^ available from 2027
Elective unit
1 credit point of postgraduate open elective unit
Course duration
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.
Fees and charges
Tuition fees will vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, your study load and/or unit discipline.
Your tuition fees will increase annually at the start of each calendar year. All fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD) and do not include additional costs such as textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment, mandatory checks, travel, consumables and other costs.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.
Further information
Contact Student Central for assistance in course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements. Student Central can also provide information for a wide range of services at Deakin.