南十字星大学

This degree will prepare you to solve the biggest challenges facing civil, mechanical and coastal systems engineering.

The Bachelor of Engineering Systems (Honours) is designed to meet the requirements for accreditation at the level of Professional Engineer by Engineers Australia. Foundational core units build knowledge of the basic sciences, and the processes and philosophy that underpin the engineering profession.

You’ll then choose a specialization to build discipline knowledge and technical skills in your chosen area with a strong emphasis on project-based learning.

The final year of the course contains a mixture of advanced core units and advanced discipline-specific units that are designed to build skills in independent investigation, critical thinking, creative problem solving, and ethical and professional behavior. A 60-day professional placement ensures you are ready to hit the ground running as a graduate.

The course is structured around 16 key competencies identified by Engineers Australia as being essential to the graduating engineer. These competencies are broadly grouped into: knowledge and skills, application, personal and professional skills.

Students in the Bachelor of Engineering Systems (Honours) will choose from one of the following specializations:

Civil Engineering

Students develop skills and knowledge across the breadth of disciplines encompassed by civil engineering, including construction, project management, hydraulic engineering, water and wastewater engineering, geotechnical engineering, traffic and transport engineering, and environmental engineering.

Mechanical Engineering

Students develop skills and knowledge in three main areas that cover all aspects of mechanical engineering, which are design and production systems, thermo-fluid mechanics and energy systems, and mechatronics and control systems.

Coastal Systems Engineering

Students develop skills and knowledge in core areas that include coastal engineering and management, floodplain engineering and management, project management, hydraulic engineering, water and wastewater engineering, engineering geochemistry and hydrology.

Career opportunities

Graduates will have opportunities to work as professional engineers in the broad engineering disciplines of civil engineering, mechanical engineering or coastal systems engineering as follows:

Graduates from the Civil Engineering specialization will be able to work in a range of settings, including traffic and transport, humanitarian organizations, engineering design, government authorities, water supply and management agencies, construction companies, natural resource management organizations, consulting engineering companies, mining companies, irrigation authorities, research organizations and in tertiary education.

Graduates from the Mechanical Engineering specialization have broad employment prospects in local and global markets, including both regional and metropolitan locations. They can work in diverse industries including heavy machinery, power generation, mining, manufacturing, production planning, automotive, aerospace, and medical, environment, building industries and consumer product design and tertiary education.

Graduates from the Coastal Systems Engineering specialization will be able to work in water resource and/or environmental engineering roles in a range of settings involving systems and infrastructure in the coastal zone, including municipal and government authorities, water supply and management agencies, construction companies, natural resource management organizations, consulting engineering companies, airport authorities, mining companies, irrigation authorities, research organizations, and education organizations.