Graduate Certificate of Engineering
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2025 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Certificate of Engineering |
| Deakin course code | S550 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment |
| Campus | Offered at Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Online | No |
| Duration | One year part-time |
| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2025. 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 |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Career opportunities
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Specialisations
- Course structure
- Fees and charges
Course overview
Ready to advance your engineering career? The Graduate Certificate of Engineering is your pathway to your next role. Through specialised study, you will acquire the advanced engineering knowledge and skills and forward-thinking mindset employers are looking for in today's engineering landscape. This dynamic course is tailored to enhance your research, technical and problem-solving skills, equipping you with the expertise to design and professionally manage engineering projects collaboratively.
With design and innovation at the heart, this course offers a comprehensive foundation to propel your career forward. Tailor your degree to match your career goals by specialising in civil engineering, electrical and renewable energy engineering, mechanical engineering design, or mechatronics and control engineering. With a focus on practical and applied learning, you will graduate ready 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, or if you are a member of Engineers Australia (Engineering Technologist) or an equivalent professional body, then this course is your perfect next step. For domestic students completing this course as a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activity, you are advised to select a specialisation area from the Master of Engineering (Professional).
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 the unique knowledge and practical skills to excel in your chosen specialisation. Whether you delve into civil engineering, electrical and renewable energy engineering, mechatronics and control engineering, or mechanical engineering design, 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 specialisation (4 credit points)
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.
Specialisations
Refer to the details of each specialisation for availability.
Engineering specialisation (4-credit points):
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical and Renewable Energy Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering Design
- Mechatronics and Control Engineering
Course structure
Core
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0 credit points) |
| SEE700 | Safety Induction Program (0 credit points) |
4 credit points from a chosen specialisation from S751 Master of Engineering (Professional)
Course duration
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
- Contact Student Central
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.