This course is available as an exit option from the Master of Engineering.
You will focus on practical, real-world problems to develop technical and project management skills, as well as your ability to work as part of a team. You will acquire advanced engineering skills along with critical-thinking, innovative problem-solving and entrepreneurial skills that employers are looking for, all while strengthening and extending your understanding of engineering through the pursuit of specialised study.
Engineering offers an exciting future with a demand for engineering graduates globally. Skilled engineers are needed across all sectors, with employers seeking graduates who are fully equipped with advanced engineering, project management, and interpersonal skills who are capable of starting work immediately.
As a graduate, you may find career opportunities in a wide range of industries including non-engineering fields.
Indicative student workload
You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include lectures, seminars, practicals and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.
Career opportunities
Graduates of this course may find career opportunities associated with their study area in a wide range of industries. Employers look for graduates who are fully equipped with advanced engineering skills and capable of starting work projects immediately. With strong demand for professional engineers continuing to increase, engineering graduates can be selective about the location and type of employer they wish to work for.
Mandatory student checks
Any unit which contains work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, Working with Children Check or other check.
Course Learning Outcomes
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
Responsibly select and apply an integrated and specialised technical engineering knowledge and skills in professional practice to design, develop and evaluate sustainable systems, processes and solutions to real-world problems.
Demonstrate capacity to continue professional development and scholarship through the synthesis of current trends, research directions and application of evidence-based methodologies within an engineering specialisation.
Communication
Apply effective communication skills in a professional context to interpret, evaluate and present technical engineering information using oral, written, visual modes.
Digital literacy
Identify, select and use digital technologies and tools to source, manage, generate and share information, evaluate its reliability, and use the information for engineering design, problem solving and research purposes.
Critical thinking
Demonstrate autonomy and judgement through balanced application of logic, intellectual and research criteria to review, analyse, and synthesise information for engineering problem solving.
Problem solving
Evaluate and use specialist engineering methods to identify potential solutions to independently and collaboratively resolve complex, real-world problems and realise solutions.
Demonstrate innovative and creative approaches and solutions to engineering problems that are constrained by local, national, global and contemporary issues and show capacity for planning, designing, executing and managing a range of engineering projects.
Self-management
Work responsibly and safely in engineering environments to demonstrate professionalism.
Teamwork
Undertake various team roles, work effectively in multidisciplinary teams, and utilise effective teamwork skills in order to achieve team objectives.
Global citizenship
Engage with global traditions and current trends in engineering practice in order to appreciate diversity, seek equity in outcomes and adopt ethical and professional standards to evaluate engineering impacts in the society.
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Diploma of Engineering students must pass 8 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
Students will be required to take an active role in their learning and apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills complete practical projects strategically placed within units of study.
Details of specialisations
Civil Engineering
Campuses
Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
Unit set code
SP-S000086
Overview
Civil engineers facilitate the solving of problems for the benefit and advancement of our communities through the installation and management of infrastructure using mathematics and scientific principles. They plan, design and test the structures of private and public buildings and facilities. This specialisation provides you with the opportunity to extend your engineering knowledge, skillset and competencies for employment across several industries, particularly in relation to designing, constructing and maintaining civil infrastructures and physical systems.
This specialisation provides unique technical, research and practical learning experiences to prepare graduates for professional and leadership roles in contemporary power system environments. Students will have access to industry-standard tools and world-class facilities, as well as opportunities to engage with internationally recognised teaching and research staff who have extensive experience in electrical and renewable energy.
Product development and innovation are key drivers for industry. Mechanical engineers contribute to planning, designing, organising and overseeing the assembly, erection, commissioning, operation and maintenance of mechanical and process plant installations to roll products out of the production line. Mechanical engineers are employed in a wide range of industries including the automotive industry, aerospace and transport industries, power generation, refineries, insurance industries, building services, railway systems design, consumer goods design and production and management consultancies. This specialisation brings together studies in leading computer-aided engineering technologies, and advanced materials and manufacturing, leveraging Deakin’s world-class research teams in a practical and applied approach to address structural mechanics problems. You will acquire a solid understanding of product and process modelling and designing for sustainability.
This specialisation allows students to enhance the skills acquired through their undergraduate degree and specialise in technological areas associated with electronics. Students will have opportunities to explore interests in power systems, instrumentation and process control; sensor networks; and embedded systems.
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.
