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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

  • 17% international / 83% domestic

Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

  • Bachelor (Honours)

Combine business and engineering for careers in planning, designing, constructing or managing engineering projects, or in management, finance or consulting.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor (Honours)
Duration
5 years full-time, 9 years part-time
Course Code
419532, 084925D
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
ATAR
79

About this course

Highlights
  • Get a head start on advancing your career by combining valuable broad business skills with an engineering specialty.
  • Complete 2 degrees in 5 years full-time.
  • Choose from any engineering major - civil, computer and software systems, electrical, electrical and aerospace, mechatronics, mechanical, medical or chemical process engineering.
  • QUT's engineering degree includes honours-level content integrated throughout the course.
  • Study a business major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
Highlights
  • Get a head start on advancing your career by combining valuable broad business skills with an engineering specialty.
  • Complete 2 degrees in 5 years full-time.
  • Choose from any engineering major - civil, computer and software systems, electrical, electrical and aerospace, mechatronics, mechanical, medical or chemical process engineering.
  • QUT's engineering degree includes honours-level content integrated throughout the course.
  • Study a business major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.

Entry requirements

Year 12 early offer scheme

If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12 before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.

Find out more about the QUT Year 12 Early Offer Scheme

Study locations

Gardens Point

What you will learn

Combine valuable broad business skills with specific engineering knowledge with the Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree. You will complete two degrees in five years full-time.

The majors available in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) include:

  • civil
  • computer and software systems
  • electrical
  • electrical and aerospace
  • mechatronics
  • mechanical
  • medical
  • chemical process.

The majors available in the Bachelor of Business include:

  • accounting
  • advertising
  • finance
  • financial planning
  • economics
  • human resource management
  • international business
  • management
  • marketing
  • public relations.

Our engineering courses whether a single or double degree now include honours-level content integrated throughout the course. A bachelor honours degree is a higher-level qualification than a bachelor degree and along with the advanced knowledge and skills it will benefit you in your professional career or future research and study. The duration of the degree remains unchanged: a single engineering honours degree is a four-year program and a double degree is five years.

Your engineering degree features common units in the first year that combine broad foundation principles with a wide range of major choices giving you flexibility and options before you choose your career specialisation.

Work integrated learning

Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is embedded in the curriculum and it is a core component for all engineering students. WIL allows you to graduate with a portfolio of professional skills that provides evidence of your professional competencies.

You are required to undertake 60 days of approved work experience in the engineering environment as part of your work integrated learning.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

This double degree offers you a wide range of career opportunities.

Graduates can work as professional engineers in a variety of discipline areas. Depending on your area of engineering specialisation you could work with construction companies environmental specialists computer manufacturers communications and digital signal processing products manufacturers cable and network equipment manufacturers defence agencies electricity utilities mining industry telecommunications companies automated systems and robotics Civil Aviation Safety Authority or power generation and supply industry.

Graduates of the Bachelor of Business are skilled in many aspects of business including accounting advertising banking and finance economics financial planning human resource management international business management marketing and public relations.

Professional recognition

All graduates are eligible for an Engineers Australia (EA) membership. EA is a signatory to the Washington Accord which permits graduates to work in various countries across the world. This course is recognised internationally in the engineering profession giving our graduates more career opportunities overseas.

In addition the Computer Systems and Software Major in Bachelor of Engineering program is Australian Computer Society (ACS) accredited giving graduates eligibility for ACS membership recognition by ACS for certification and migration skills assessment and international recognition by signatories of the Seoul Accord.

Possible careers
  • Account executive
  • Accountant
  • Advertising and new media professional
  • Aerospace avionics engineer
  • Banking and finance professional
  • Bioengineer
  • Biomechanical engineer
  • Biomedical engineer
  • Civil engineer
  • Commercial banking professional
  • Copywriter
  • Economist
  • Electrical engineer
  • Electrical and computer engineer
  • Electronic commerce developer
  • Engineer
  • Engineering technologist
  • Engineering manager
  • Environmental engineer
  • Investment analyst
  • Investment banker
  • Investment manager
  • Market research manager
  • Marketing officer/manager
  • Mechanical engineer
  • Media or communications adviser
  • Medical engineer
  • Public relations officer/consultant
  • Public relations manager
  • Publicist
  • Software engineer
  • Transport engineering specialist

Course structure

To graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in IX59 students are required to complete 288 credit points of course units as outlined below:

  • First year: Four (4) core units 48cp + two (2) discipline foundation units 24cp + two (2) option units 24cp (96 credit points)
  • Major: One (1) block of eight (8) major units 96cp plus eight (8) honours-level units 96cp (192 credit points)

Honours units to consist of:

  • Research methods 12cp
  • Project 24cp
  • 5 x advanced major units 60cp

To complete the Bachelor of Business students will complete 192 credit points of course units as outlined below:

  • eight Business School core units (96 credit points) *
  • eight major core units (96 credit points)

*Accounting major students complete six business core units and 10 accounting major units to allow them to complete professional requirements.

To graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in IX59 students are required to complete 288 credit points of course units as outlined below:

  • First year: Four (4) core units 48cp + two (2) discipline foundation units 24cp + two (2) option units 24cp (96 credit points)
  • Major: One (1) block of eight (8) major units 96cp plus eight (8) honours-level units 96cp (192 credit points)

Honours units to consist of:

  • Research methods 12cp
  • Project 24cp
  • 5 x advanced major units 60cp

To complete the Bachelor of Business students will complete 192 credit points of course units as outlined below:

  • eight Business School core units (96 credit points) *
  • eight major core units (96 credit points)

*Accounting major students complete six business core units and 10 accounting major units to allow them to complete professional requirements.