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 | Offered at Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Online | No |
| Duration | 2 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | The course map 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. |
| CRICOS course code | 052600A Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 9 |
*Enrolment in a Trimester 3 study period is compulsory to complete this course. International students must also ensure they complete the course within their CoE duration. | |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Alternative exits
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Specialisations
- Course structure
- Work experience
- Details of specialisations
- Other learning experiences
- Fees and charges
Course overview
Study the Master of Engineering (Professional) and develop the research, technical and problem-solving skills to design and implement engineering projects as part of a professional team. Throughout this degree you will acquire advanced engineering skills as well as the forward-thinking and entrepreneurial skills employers are looking for. You will strengthen and extend your understanding of engineering through the pursuit of specialised study, graduating with an in-demand expert skill set.
The course focuses on practical hands-on learning, as well as research and professional practice skill development. You will undertake industry-led or research-based projects to apply your engineering knowledge and extend your understanding through specialised study. You will also have the opportunity to combine electives and gain a second specialisation. Choose from diverse topics like Analytics, Management or Sustainability and tailor your degree to your unique interests.
Want to develop advanced engineering skills and progress your career?
As an engineer with professional practice skills, you will develop the capacity to operate in dynamic and diverse environments. You will also develop the ability to deal with a variety of organisational, technical and behavioural situations, and manage rapid changes in technology, markets, regulations and socioeconomic factors. This unique set of skills will set you apart from your peers.
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 Future Economy Precinct (GFEP). This is 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.
Advance your career with invaluable professional experience opportunities while you study. Deakin 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.
With a huge demand for engineering graduates globally, you will be positioned for an exciting career ahead. Skilled engineers are needed across all sectors, with employers seeking graduates who are fully equipped with advanced engineering, project management and interpersonal skills, and are capable of starting work immediately.
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
With an international skills shortage in the engineering industry, and roles expected to rise significantly in the next five years, Deakin graduates are in demand both in Australia and further abroad.
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. Stand out to employers with the practical skills, professional experience and specialist knowledge to meet this demand.
Participation requirements
Study in Trimester 3 is compulsory, please refer to the Handbook for unit offering patterns. Students commencing their in Trimester 3 will be required to complete units in Trimester 3.
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.
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) | |
| Graduate Diploma of Engineering (S652) |
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Apply knowledge of engineering principles and techniques, and use research, project design and management skills and approaches to systematically investigate, interpret, analyse and generate solutions for complex problems and issues. 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. Manage engineering solutions, projects and programs, and ensure reliable functioning of all materials, components, sub-systems and technologies as well as all interactions between the technical system and the context within which it functions to form a complete, sustainable and self-consistent system that optimises social, environmental and economic outcomes over its full lifetime. Advocate engineering ideas and make engineering decisions from conception through to implementation by properly evaluating and integrating technical and non-technical considerations as desirable outcomes of engineering projects and practice. |
| 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. Use reasoning skills to critically and fairly analyse the viewpoints of stakeholders and specialists, and consult in a professional manner when presenting an engineering viewpoint, arguments, justifications or solutions to engage technical and non-technical audience in discussions, debate and negotiations. |
| 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. Demonstrate the ability to independently and systematically locate and share information, standards and regulations that pertain to the specialist engineering discipline. |
| 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 | Use research-based knowledge and research methods to identify, reveal and define complex engineering problems which involve uncertainty, ambiguity, imprecise information, conflicting technical or nontechnical factors and safety and other contextual risks associated with engineering application within an engineering discipline. 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 | Regularly undertake self-review and take notice of feedback to reflect on achievements, plan professional development needs, learn from the knowledge and standards of a professional and intellectual community and contribute to its maintenance and advancement. 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. Apply people and personal skills to resolve any teamwork issues, provide constructive feedback that recognises the value of alternative and diverse viewpoints, and contribute to team cohesiveness, bringing to the fore and discussing shared individual and collective knowledge and creative capacity to develop optimal solutions to complex engineering problems. |
| Global citizenship | Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the global, cultural and social diversity and complex needs of communities and cultures through the assessment of qualitative and quantitative interactions between engineering practices, the environment and the community, the implications of the law, relevant codes, regulations and standards. Actively seek traditional, current and new information to assess trends and emerging practice from local, national and global sources and appraise the diversity, equity and ethical implications for professional practice. |
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
- STP710 Career Tools for Employability (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
- SEE700 Safety Induction Program (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
- 8 credit points of core units
- 4 credit point specialisation
- 4 credit points which may comprise of:
- a second specialisation (4 credit points)
- 4 credit points of course electives units.
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.
first engineering specialisation (4-credit points):
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical and Renewable Energy Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering Design
- Mechatronics and Control Engineering
second 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) |
| STP710 | Career Tools for Employability (0 credit points) |
| SEE700 | Safety Induction Program (0 credit points) |
| SEM721 | Engineering Design |
| SEN700 | Research Methodology |
| SEN710 | Engineering Project Initiation ~ |
| SET721 | Engineering Sustainability * |
| SEN720 | Project Implementation and Evaluation (2 credit points) ~ |
| SEN723 | Managing Engineering Projects |
plus
| SEL703 | Professional Practice |
| SEP701 | Continuing Professional Development |
plus
A four (4) credit point specialisation.
plus
A second four (4) credit point specialisation OR
four course group elective units at level 7 (totalling four credit points) selected from the list below.
*Compulsory trimester 3 study
~It is recommended students undertake SEN710 and SEN720 in consecutive trimesters
Electives
Course grouped elective units:
ADH702 Humanitarian - Development Nexus [No longer available for enrolment]
| MIS701 | Digital Business Analysis |
| MIS712 | Managing Digital Transformation |
| MIS770 | Foundation Skills in Data Analysis |
| MIS771 | Descriptive Analytics and Visualisation |
| MIS772 | Predictive Analytics |
| MIS775 | Decision Modelling for Business Analytics |
| MIS779 | Decision Analytics in Practice |
| MIS781 | Business Intelligence and Database |
| MIS782 | Value of Information |
| MIS784 | Marketing Analytics |
| MAA702 | Financial Interpretation |
| MPE781 | Economics for Managers |
| MPM703 | Business Strategy and Analysis |
| MPM722 | Human Resource Management |
| MMM710 | Emerging Issues in International Operations |
| MWL705 | Business for Social Impact |
| SEE719 | Microgrid Design and Management |
| SEN729 | Railway Infrastructure Design and Management |
| SIT718 | Real World Analytics |
| SIT719 | Analytics for Security and Privacy |
| SIT720 | Machine Learning |
| SIT742 | Modern Data Science |
| SIT763 | Cyber Security Management |
| SLE720 | Risk Assessment and Control |
| SLE725 | Environmental Management Systems |
| SLE740 | Climate Change, Adaptation and Mitigation |
| SLE741 | Regional Development Economics for Sustainability |
| SLE742 | Systems Thinking for Sustainability and Resilience |
| SLE743 | Spatial Analysis and Geographic Information Systems |
| SLE756 | Sustainability in the Anthropocene |
| SLE757 | Environmental Science and Global Change |
| SRQ762 | Cost Planning |
| SRQ774 | Construction Measurement and Estimating |
| SRQ780 | Strategic Construction Procurement |
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.
Mechanical Engineering Design
Campuses
Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Unit set code
SP-S000049
Overview
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 leverages 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.
Units
| SEJ751 | Materials Performance and Durability |
| SEM711 | Product Development Technologies |
| SEM712 | Advanced Finite Element Analysis |
| SEM722 | Advanced Manufacturing Technology |
Mechatronics and Control Engineering
Campuses
Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Unit set code
SP-S000051
Overview
Mechatronics engineers design high-tech engineering industrial autonomous systems. They develop control mechanisms and systems for the autonomous process, perform data collection and analysis to improve the quality of the end product and the efficiency of the manufacturing process, and implement electronic control systems for industrial applications. This specialisation will allow students to develop the contemporary knowledge and skills to be able to contribute to the workforce as professional mechatronics engineers.
Units
| SEE701 | Advanced Control Systems Engineering |
| SEE710 | Instrumentation and Process Control |
| SEE711 | IoT Systems Engineering |
| SEE712 | Embedded Systems |
Electrical and Renewable Energy Engineering
Campuses
Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Unit set code
SP-S000076
Overview
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.
Units
| SEE705 | Energy Efficiency, Management and Market Analysis |
| SEE716 | Electrical Systems Protection |
| SEE717 | Smart Grid Systems |
| SEE718 | Renewable Energy Systems |
Civil Engineering
Campuses
Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Unit set code
SP-S000086
Overview
Civil engineers solve 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.
Units
| SEN725 | Urban Stormwater Asset Design |
| SEN727 | Applied Rock Engineering |
| SEN728 | Transportation Infrastructure Systems |
| SEN769 | Advanced Structural Design |
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.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.