Graduate Certificate
As the world's population grows and changes, we need engineering experts to design the cities, systems and infrastructure of the future.
Take the next step in your career with La Trobe's Graduate Certificate in Professional Engineering.
With our course's blend of on-campus and online delivery, you can keep building your career while you develop the skills to take it to the next level.
In just six months, you'll get insights into innovative product design and develop the practical engineering management skills that employers are looking for. You'll study key aspects of engineering projects, such as negotiation, consultation, quality system design and risk analysis.
You'll also prepare to meet the needs of more senior engineering roles as you build your understanding of the forces shaping the modern Australian engineering industry - including societal, legal and environmental considerations.
We design our courses to meet industry demand, so you'll graduate with the skills you need to make you more employable in Australia's engineering sector.
Or, if you want to keep building your skill set, you can use this course as a pathway into one of our specialised postgraduate degrees in engineering.
Whatever your goal, our Graduate Certificate in Professional Engineering will prepare you for success.
You'll learn:
The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 8 - Graduate Certificate.
Please note, the following course structure is indicative and subject to change depending on your course location, offer year or how you tailor your course with specialisations, majors, minors and electives. Structures for the following year are not normally finalised until October, so the sample provided is based on the most recently approved structure. For more information, please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.
To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate in Professional Engineering, students must complete a total of 60 credit points across 1 year.
Year 1 requires the completion of 60 credit points including:
Core subjects are required subjects in your course. You need to complete these subjects to attain your degree.
Subject name Subject code Year Credit points ACADEMIC INTEGRITY MODULE LTU0AIM 1 0 ADVANCED ENGINEERING INNOVATION EMS5AEI 1 15 APPLIED MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINEERS EMS5EMT 1 15 COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING EMS5CAE 1 15 RISK AND COST ENGINEERING EMS5RCE 1 15The Handbook contains detailed course information designed for enrolled students, including course structures, electives and options. The delivery of this course can vary between campuses.
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With our Graduate Certificate in Professional Engineering, you could go straight into the workforce - or you could pursue further study with one of our postgraduate degrees in engineering.
If you complete postgraduate studies in engineering, you could find work across a range of industries depending on your area of specialisation. Possible roles include: