Master of Professional Practice (Engineering)

2023 Deakin University Handbook

Course sub-headings

• Course overview
• Indicative student workload
• Professional recognition
• Career opportunities
• Participation requirements
• Mandatory student checks
• Pathways
• Alternative exits
• Fees and charges
• Course Learning Outcomes
• Course rules
• Course structure
• Work experience

Course overview

This innovative program awards a masters qualification largely based on recognition of professional practice and is designed for experienced engineering professionals seeking career advancement. Completion of this degree recognises the discipline-based knowledge and skills developed by professionals in the workplace, offering employers and professionals an alternative to a traditional masters degree.

Progress your career with the first Australian degree allowing engineers to obtain Chartered status and a masters degree at the same time.

Graduates of the Master of Professional Practice (Engineering) automatically attain Chartered membership status with Engineers Australia and are also eligible for registration on the National Engineering Register (NER). Becoming Chartered requires you to become a member of Engineers Australia.

Upon completion of this program, you will have demonstrated advanced skills and complex knowledge in your engineering area of practice.

Indicative student workload

Successful students typically spend about 150 hours in learning and assessment for each one credit point unit. The time required to prepare evidence for credential assessment varies based on the student’s existing documentation.

Professional recognition

Graduates of the Master of Professional Practice (Engineering) will automatically be given professional registration (National Engineers Register), and attain Engineers Australia Chartered membership status (at their membership level), providing them a clear path to Chartered and independent practice as an engineering professional.

Career opportunities

The Master of Professional Practice (Engineering) is designed for experienced engineering professionals seeking to progress their career through a professionally recognised postgraduate qualification.

Graduates of the Master of Professional Practice (Engineering) will automatically attain Chartered* membership status with Engineers Australia and will also be eligible for registration on the National Engineer Register*. Upon completion of this program, graduates will have demonstrated advanced skills and complex knowledge in their engineering area of practice.

*Both Chartered and NER credentials will be applied in the appropriate Engineers Australia occupational category Professional Engineer or Engineering Technologist based on the candidate’s undergraduate qualification. 

Participation requirements

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.

Pathways

There are currently no pathway or credit arrangements.

Alternative exits

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on your course, the type of fee place you hold, your commencement year, the units you choose and 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.

Use the Fee estimator to see course and unit fees applicable to your course and type of place. Further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods is available on our Current students fees website.

Course Learning Outcomes

Approved by Faculty Board 27 June 2019

Course rules

To qualify for the Master of Professional Practice (Engineering), students must successfully complete 3 core units (totalling 4 credit points) of formal study and 10 Professional Practice credentials.  Each Professional Practice credential will assess the performance at a masters (advanced) level in one of the Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes contextualised to Engineering. 

The course comprises the following:

• Three (3) core units (4 credit points)
• Ten (10) Professional Practice Credentials (Advanced Level)
• Completion of STP050 Academic Integrity (0-credit point compulsory unit)
• Completion of STP710 Career Tools for Employability (0-credit point compulsory unit) as a corequisite for SEP701 Introduction to Engineering Professional Practice

Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.

Course structure

Core

SEB725 Engineering Entrepreneurship [No longer available for enrolment]^

^SEB725 will be replaced by MIS701 Business Requirements Analysis from 2022

Credentials

Plus 10 Professional Practice Credentials (completed at the advanced level) as follows. Students are able to commence their credentials at anytime, utilising Deakin’s Start Anytime calendar. Learn more about the details of each credential (PDF, 3.2MB)   

Work experience

SEP702 Mastery of Engineering* is designed for students to undertake a workplace research project with a view to theorise their own engineering knowledge, skills, and professional practice.

*No longer available for enrolment

Course duration - additional information

Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.

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