Graduate degree pathway
How to become an engineer
What will I study?
1. Choose your undergraduate degree
At Melbourne you can focus on engineering from day one and complement your course with subjects from outside your discipline. First you will complete a three-year undergraduate degree with an engineering major through one of:
Engineering through the Bachelor of Biomedicine
This pathway into engineering is ideal if you’re looking to complement your technical skills with medical knowledge and take up a career in biomedical engineering.
To graduate as an engineer with professional accreditation, you must complete one of the following combinations:
Your undergraduate major (3 years) | Your graduate degree (2 years) | You will graduate as a: |
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Biomedical Engineering Systems major | Master of Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical engineer |
Industrial engineer |
Engineering through the Bachelor of Design
This will provide you with a unique skillset in engineering and design thinking. These skills are applicable to a wide range of contexts such as the creation and improvement to cities, buildings, transport, machinery, processes, infrastructure and the environment.
To graduate as an engineer with professional accreditation, you must complete one of the following combinations:
Your undergraduate major (3 years) | Your graduate degree (2 years) | You will graduate as a: |
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Civil Engineering Systems major | Master of Civil Engineering | Civil engineer, Environmental engineer, or Structural engineer |
Mechanical Engineering Systems major | Master of Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical engineer or Aerospace engineer |
Spatial Systems major | Master of Spatial Engineering | Spatial engineer |
Civil Engineering Systems, Mechanical Engineering Systems or Spatial Systems major | Master of Industrial Engineering | Industrial Engineer |
Engineering through Science
This pathway offers the full range of engineering systems majors leading to the Master of Engineering. It is ideal if you want flexibility and the opportunity to study engineering in a wider scientific context.
To graduate as an engineer with professional accreditation, you must complete one of the following combinations:
Engineering through the Bachelor of Commerce
This pathway into engineering is best suited if you want to combine business skills like management, finance or accounting with technical knowledge in engineering to lead into an engineering management or consultancy career.
Find out how to study engineering through the Bachelor of Commerce pathway.
In addition, the Bachelor of Commerce / Master of Engineering Graduate Degree Package provides entry into one of our 3-year Master of Engineering courses.
2. Enter a Master of Engineering course
Next, you will choose one of the Master of Engineering courses to qualify as a professionally accredited engineer.
You can complete a Master of Engineering course in two years if you have studied the matching engineering systems major in your undergraduate degree.
If you want to change your specialisation, or you have a non‐engineering major, you can still do a 2.5–3-year Master of Engineering.
Some of the Master of Engineering courses offer specialisations. Once you’ve started studying, you can choose a specialisation or continue without specialising.
Course | Specialisations |
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Master of Biomedical Engineering | Business |
Master of Chemical Engineering |
Business Materials and Minerals Sustainability and Environment |
Master of Civil Engineering |
Business Energy Structural |
Master of Electrical Engineering |
Autonomous Systems Business Communications and Networks Electronics and Photonics Low-Carbon Power Systems |
Master of Environmental Engineering |
Earth Observation Energy Systems Water Systems |
Master of Mechanical Engineering |
Aerospace Business Manufacturing Materials |
Master of Mechatronics Engineering | Manufacturing |
Master of Software Engineering |
Artificial intelligence Business Cyber Security Distributed Computing Human Computer Interaction |
Master of Spatial Engineering |
Business Computational Systems Environmental Systems Land Systems |