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Graduate Certificate of Engineering Technology (GCEN) - GradCertEngTech

CRICOS code (International applicants): 030323K

This program is only offered to continuing students. No new admissions will be accepted. Students who are interested in this study area should consider the Graduate Certificate of Engineering Practice which will be offered from Semester 2, 2020.

 On-campusExternal
Start:No new admissionsNo new admissions
Campus:Toowoomba -
Fees:Commonwealth supported place
Domestic full fee paying place
International full fee paying place
Commonwealth supported place
Domestic full fee paying place
International full fee paying place
Standard duration:1 semester full-time or 2 semesters part-time 

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Contact us

Future Australian and New Zealand students  Future International students  Current students 

Freecall (within Australia): 1800 269 500
Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 5315
Email: study@usq.edu.au  

Phone: +61 7 4631 5543
Email: international@usq.edu.au 

Freecall (within Australia): 1800 007 252
Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 2285
Email usq.support@usq.edu.au 

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Professional accreditation

The Graduate Certificate of Engineering Technology is not accredited by any professional bodies, but is accredited by the 精东传媒app of Southern Queensland.

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Program aims

To enable students to complete a postgraduate program that will lead to an advanced level of knowledge in a specialised area of engineering.

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Program objectives

Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate of Engineering Technology should be able to apply a body of knowledge of a specialised area of engineering at an advanced level.

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Australian Qualifications Framework

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is a single national, comprehensive system of qualifications offered by higher education institutions (including universities), vocational education and training institutions and secondary schools. Each AQF qualification has a set of descriptors which define the type and complexity of knowledge, skills and application of knowledge and skills that a graduate who has been awarded that qualification has attained, and the typical volume of learning associated with that qualification type.

This program is at AQF Qualification Level 08. Graduates at this level will have advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and/or further learning.

The full set of levels criteria and qualification type descriptors can be found by visiting .

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Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

  • Completion of an Australian university three year Bachelor degree in engineering, science or technology or equivalent.

  • English Language Proficiency requirements for Category 3.


All students are required to satisfy the applicable .

If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a 精东传媒app-approved . On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.

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Program fees

Commonwealth supported place

A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of a students' higher education and students pay a , which varies depending on the courses undertaken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .

Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called .

Domestic full fee paying place

Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the

Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called provided they meet the residency and citizenship requirements.

Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for .

International full fee paying place

International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .

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Program structure

The Graduate Certificate of Engineering Technology comprises four single unit academic courses as follows:

Schedule A: Two courses (two units) to be selected from the following list:


Schedule B: A two course specialisation (two units) to be selected from the recommended enrolment pattern.

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Required time limits

Students have a maximum of 2 years to complete this program.

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Specialisation

The specialisation study provides students with knowledge and skills in a specific discipline. The specialisation study areas in the Graduate Certificate of Engineering Technology are:

  • Agricultural Engineering

  • Civil Engineering

  • Computer Systems Engineering

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  • Environmental Engineering

  • Management in Engineering

  • Mechanical Engineering

  • Power Systems Engineering

  • Structural Engineering

  • Transdisciplinary Engineering


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IT requirements

Access to an up-to-date computer is necessary. On-campus students can access appropriately equipped laboratories, but should consider acquisition of their own computer. Students should be able to access a computer with the following . All students should have access to email and the Internet via a computer running the latest versions of Internet web browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. The 精东传媒app has a wireless network for on-campus students' computers. In order to take advantage of this facility and further enhance their on-campus learning environment, students should consider purchasing a notebook/laptop computer with wireless connectivity. Specialist software is required for some courses.

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Credit

Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the .

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Enrolment

Candidates for admission to this program should note that some of the courses specify enrolment requirements. This may mean that successful applicants will be enrolling in courses for which they do not have sufficient pre-requisite knowledge. Applicants should refer to the to determine the enrolment requirements for the courses they intend enrolling in. Graduate students will be expected to rectify any deficiencies in their pre-requisite knowledge by private study, guided if necessary by the examiners of the relevant courses. Alternatively, they should enrol in the pre-requisite course(s). These courses will not contribute to the requirements for program completion.

Recommended enrolment patterns

In this section:

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Agricultural Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


Specialisation: Agricultural Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 12600)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11
     22
     22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11
     11Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS
     22
     22
     22Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN or GEPR

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Civil Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


Specialisation: Civil Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 15394)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11
     22
     22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11Pre-requisite: MAT1500 or ENG1500 or or or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCST or GDST or GCEN
     11Pre-requisite: or or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN
     22
     *22Pre-requisite: or ENV1101
     2

Footnotes
*Only available in on-campus mode at Toowoomba in 2020.

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Computer Systems Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


Specialisation: Computer Systems Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 17242)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11
     22
     22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11
     11Pre-requisite: ( and ) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC
     22
     22Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GCNS or METC or MENS or MEPR
     22Pre-requisite: ( and ) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or MENS or GCNS or GDNS

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


Specialisation: Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 17241)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11
     22
     22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11Pre-requisite: ( and ) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC
     11Pre-requisite: (ENG1500 or MAT1500 or or ) and or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN
     11Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS
     22,3Pre-requisite: ENG1500 or MAT1500 or or or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN or GEPR
     22Pre-requisite: ENG1500 or MAT1500 or or or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN or GEPR
     22Pre-requisite: ( and ) or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN
     22Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN or GEPR

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Environmental Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


Specialisation: Environmental Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 12601)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11
     22
     22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     1
     11Pre-requisite: or or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN
     11
     11
     11Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: PDEV or GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS
     22Pre-requisite: and or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS or GEPR
     22
     22Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GCSC or GDSI or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS or MSCN.

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Management in Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


Specialisation: Management in Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 17243)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11
     22
     22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     1,21,2
     11
     *2,32,3
     2

Footnotes
*The semester 3 offering of this course is offered in even numbered years only.

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Mechanical Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


Specialisation: Mechanical Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 15395)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11
     22
     22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN
     11Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN
     22,3Pre-requisite: ENG1500 or MAT1500 or or ( and ) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN or GEPR
     22Pre-requisite: or or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BENH or BEBC or BEHS or GCEN or MENS or GEPR
     22Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN or GEPR
     22
     11Pre-requisite: ((MAT1502 or or ) and ) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GCNS or METC or MEPR or MENS

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Power Systems Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


Specialisation: Power Systems Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 15638)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11
     22
     22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     1Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS
     11
     22Pre-requisite: ENG1500 or MAT1500 or or or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN or GEPR
     22Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GDNS or MENS or GCNS or GCEN or GEPR
     22
     22Pre-requisite: ( and ( or ) and ( or )) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or MENS

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Structural Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


Specialisation: Structural Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 13421)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11
     22
     22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11Pre-requisite: and (MAT1502 or or ) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS
     11Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS
     22Pre-requisite: or or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MENS or GCEN or GEPR
     22
     22Pre-requisite: ( and ) or ( and for students enrolled in one of the following: BETC Infrastructure Management major or BENS Infrastructure Management Engineering major) or Students must be enrolled in: GCEN or GEPR

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Transdisciplinary Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.


Specialisation: Transdisciplinary Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 15640)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     11
     11
     22
     22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     Approved Courses+1,21,2
     Approved Courses+1,21,2

Footnotes
+Approved Courses will normally be Engineering, Science or Technology courses not lower than Level 2. Consult the Program Coordinator via usq.support@usq.edu.au to seek approval.