Master of Engineering (Professional)

2025 Deakin University Handbook

Year	2025 course information
Award granted	Master of Engineering (Professional)
Deakin course code	S751
Faculty	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
Campus	For students who commenced prior to 2021.
Duration	2 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code	052600A
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 9
The final intake to this course version was in 2020. Students should contact a Student Adviser in Student Central for course and enrolment information. Further course structure information can be found in the handbook archive.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Study the Master of Engineering (Professional) and you will develop technical skills, a positive approach to problem solving and the ability to work as part of a team, while focusing on practical experience and a supervised research or industry project that provides you with the advanced project management skills required to tackle complex, industry-focused problems head on.

This degree focusses on practical experience and enables you to partner with industry and form professional networks.

This course is designed to extend your research, technical engineering and professional skills gained from a 4 year undergraduate degree. Throughout the degree you will acquire advanced engineering skills and the forward-thinking, innovative and entrepreneurial skills employers are looking for, while strengthening and extending your understanding of engineering through the pursuit of specialised study.

Want to advance your career through specialised study?

You will have world-class facilities and equipment at your fingertips with access to Deakin’s state-of-the-art engineering precinct and the Geelong Technology Precinct (GTP) – home to the Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM), Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI), CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering and the Australian Future Fibre Research and Innovation Centre.

Deakin’s Master of Engineering (Professional) partners with industry to provide you with practical work experience opportunities, the capacity to apply your skills to real-world problems and the opportunity to form professional networks prior to graduation.

Engineering offers an exciting future for your working life, with a huge demand for engineering graduates in Australia and internationally. Skilled engineers are needed across all sectors, with employers looking for graduates who are fully equipped with advanced engineering, project management and interpersonal skills and capable of starting work immediately.

Indicative student workload

You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include classes, 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

With strong demand for professional engineers continuing to increase, engineering graduates can be selective about the location and type of employer they want to work for. Employers are looking for graduates who are fully equipped with advanced engineering skills and capable of starting work projects immediately. Graduates of this course may find career opportunities in a wide range of industries associated with their study area producing job-ready graduates that industry is looking for.

Participation requirements

Placement can occur at any time, including during standard holiday breaks. Learn about key dates at Deakin.

Elective units may be selected that include compulsory placements, work-based training, community-based learning or collaborative research training arrangements.

Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.

Students commencing in Trimester 3 will be required to complete units in Trimester 3.

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.

Alternative exits

Graduate Certificate of Engineering (S550)

Equipment requirements

Students must have access to a suitable computer and a network connection. Information about the hardware and software requirements may be obtained from the School of Engineering, telephone 03 9244 6699.

Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities	Apply specialised, integrated and practical knowledge of engineering principles in the design and analysis of systems and/or processes. Apply advanced and specialised knowledge of contextual factors that impact on engineering including Innovation, Sustainability, Leadership and Project management. Apply advanced and in-depth knowledge of current research directions and methodologies within an engineering specialisation.
Communication	Communicate effectively and professionally in a range of contexts using oral, written, graphical and interpersonal communication to professional, non-professional audiences.
Digital literacy	Locate, select, analyse, apply, evaluate, and disseminate both technical and non-technical information utilising a range of digital technologies and information sources. Use specialised engineering tools and technologies to communicate ideas, concepts, and designs.
Critical thinking	Apply critical and analytical thinking and judgment to complete engineering projects through design-based learning activities. Reflect critically on the theory and professional practice or scholarship of Engineering.
Problem solving	Apply design-based methodologies and creative and innovative approaches to solve problems in the context of research-based or professional engineering projects.
Self-management	Demonstrate self-management through professional and ethical conduct, and apply the principles of lifelong learning to new challenges.
Teamwork	Work effectively in teams and demonstrate team leadership in a collaborative learning environment with others from different disciplines and backgrounds.
Global citizenship	Manage technical, economic, social and ethical aspects of global engineering problems and projects in sustainable and culturally sensitive ways.

Approved by Faculty Board 27 June 2019

Course rules

To complete the Master of Engineering (Professional) students must pass 16 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
Completion of STP710 Career Tools for Employability (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
Completion of SEE700 Safety Induction Program (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
Completion of STP050 Academic Integrity (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
4 credit points of core units (totalling 4 credit points)
One 8-credit point specialisation from the list below. You will be required to complete a minimum 1 specialised study as part of this course.
4 elective units (totalling 4 credit points)(you can choose which ones to study)

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.

For students pursuing a second Engineering specialisation, you will only be required to complete the four credit points of discipline specific units (excluding project units) within the second specialisation requirements.

Work experience

You may have the opportunity to complete an engineering internship of 120-160 hours (typically as a 4-6 week unpaid placement or as a 12 week unpaid placement) in an Engineering-related position.

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

Other learning experiences

You may choose to use one of your elective units to undertake an internship or participate in an overseas study tour to enhance your global awareness and experience.

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.

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