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: |
|---|---|---|
| Bioengineering Systems major | Master of Engineering (Biomedical) or Master of Engineering (Biomedical with Business) | Biomedical engineer |
Bioengineering Systems major | 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: |
|---|---|---|
| Civil Systems major | Master of Engineering (Civil) or Master of Engineering (Civil with Business) | Civil engineer |
| Civil Systems major | Master of Engineering (Structural) | Structural engineer |
| Mechanical Systems major | Master of Engineering (Mechanical), Master of Engineering (Mechanical with Aerospace) or Master of Engineering (Mechanical with Business) | Mechanical engineer or Aerospace Engineer |
| Spatial Systems major | Master of Engineering (Spatial) | Spatial engineer |
| Civil systems, Mechanical 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 a 3-year Master of Engineering.
2. Enter the Master of Engineering
Next, you will choose one of the Master of Engineering streams to qualify as a professionally accredited engineer.
You can complete the Master of Engineering 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 specialisations offer a ‘with business’ stream so you can combine technical engineering subjects with business skills to understand the commercial aspects to an engineering operation.
Your graduate degree
Master of Engineering streams available: