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You are currently viewing the 2023 Handbook. For study in 2024, please refer to the .

Please be advised that this program will be transitioning from Semester to Trimester study periods in 2024. Trimester 1 starts on 22 January 2024. Read more in our new academic calendar FAQs.

Notes

In 2023 the program follows the Semester calendar. The Academic Calendar and Important Dates webpage will allow you to view and download a copy of the important dates for the Semester calendar.

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Professional accreditation

The Graduate Diploma of Professional Engineering is not accredited by any professional bodies other than the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app of Southern Queensland.

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Program objectives

On completion of this program graduates should be able to:

• demonstrate and interpret an integrated understanding of a complex body of knowledge in one or more disciplines or areas of practice: and

• apply specialised cognitive and technical skills in an advanced body of knowledge or practice in one or more disciplines or areas of practice; and

• critically analyse and reflect upon sources of information to interpret and transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Program Rules

Students are required to:

• Satisfactorily complete 8 credit points as listed in the standard progression to graduate from the program.

• Satisfactorily complete all courses within 4 years.

• Maintain satisfactory academic achievement throughout the duration of the program, consistent with the UniSQ .

• Meet all mandatory course requirements including attendance of mandatory residential school requirements where this is present in courses.

• Mandatory compliance to program needs for the graduate engineering ePortfolio associated with the program.

• Immunisations and vaccinations according to national standards requirements for on-campus mode studies.

• Meet the Inherent Requirements for the Graduate Diploma of Professional Engineering.

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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 or four-year Bachelor degree in the area of engineering in the relevant cognate specialisation (major), or equivalent.

  Or

  Completion of an appropriate four-year embedded honours Bachelor degree in the area of engineering in a non-cognate specialisation (major field), or equivalent.

• English Language Proficiency requirements for Category 3.

The standing of degrees awarded by an overseas institution will be determined by reference to the Sydney Accord, of which Engineers Australia (EA) is a signatory, and the federal government agency, International Education group, an agency of the Department of Education and Training.

All students are required to satisfy the applicable .

If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a ¾«¶«´«Ã½app-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, external or online. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .

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Program structure

The Graduate Diploma of Professional Engineering comprises eight single unit academic courses as follows:

Schedule A: Four Core courses (four units)

Schedule B: Four Specialisation courses (four units)

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Required time limits

Students have a maximum of 4 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 Diploma of Professional Engineering are:

• Aerospace Engineering

• Agricultural Engineering

• Civil Engineering

• Electrical and Electronic Engineering

• Engineering Management and Enterprise

• Environmental Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• Power Engineering

• Structural Engineering

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IT requirements

For information technology requirements, please refer to the .

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Articulation

The Graduate Certificate of Professional Engineering, the Graduate Diploma of Professional Engineering, and the Master of Professional Engineering are a nested suite of programs. Students who have completed the Graduate Diploma of Professional Engineering from prior engineering degree awards are able to apply to articulate with 6-8 credits (depends on selectives taken) to the Master of Professional Engineering.

Students who have completed the Graduate Diploma of Professional Engineering from prior science degree awards are able to apply to articulate with partial credit to the Master of Professional Engineering. Credit / Exemptions applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Applicants with similar discipline specialisations from science degrees to those offered can use this program to complete necessary requisite engineering knowledge to then articulate into the Master of Professional Engineering. This transitional studies are for scientist graduates either working in engineering field already or planning a career extension into an engineering field of practice. For further information on this program option, please contact the School of Engineering Post-graduate Program Director via usq.support@usq.edu.au, and provide with the contact the science degree testamur and academic transcript.

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Exit points

Students who have completed four courses in the program may satisfy the requirements for the Graduate Certificate of Professional Engineering and therefore may apply to exit the program with a Graduate Certificate of Professional Engineering.

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Credit

Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the .

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Enrolment

Students should note that some of the courses specify enrolment requirements (prerequisites). Students should therefore refer to the section to determine the enrolment requirements for the courses they intend enrolling in. Students should avoid enrolling in courses for which they do not have sufficient pre-requisite knowledge. 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. Students should contact the School of Engineering Program Director (Post-Graduate) via usq.support@usq.edu.au if they encounter problems while enrolling in courses with requisites.

Recommended enrolment patterns

In this section:

• Aerospace Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern
• Agricultural Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern
• Civil Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern
• Engineering Management and Enterprise specialisation recommended enrolment pattern
• Environmental Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern
• Mechanical Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern
• Power Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern
• Structural Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

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Aerospace Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

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Agricultural Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

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Civil Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

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Engineering Management and Enterprise specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

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Environmental Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

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Mechanical Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

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Power Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern

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Structural Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern