Master of Engineering Practice (Electrical & Electronic Engineering)

• If you have:
  
  • successfully graduated with an Australian 3-year undergraduate engineering program degree in electrical engineering,
  • successfully graduated with an equivalent recognised international degree to an Australian Bachelor of Technology (Electrical or Power Engineering) or Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Electrical Engineering),
  • 5 or more years of appropriate relevant industry Australian experience from graduation to this cognate or related cognate majors,
  • Attained Engineers Australia TMIEAust Stage 1 Technologist accreditation:

  Then UniSQ's Master of Engineering Practice (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) will give you the necessary qualification to be eligible for Professional Engineer registration (MIEAust) with Engineers Australia.

  
  
• This program allows you to use the knowledge and skills you have already gained in the workplace to complete your first-year core units. Through self-assessment and workplace portfolios you will demonstrate how you may already meet Engineers Australia's competencies and identify the technical courses you will need to complete in order to graduate.
• Available to study through distance education, the Master of Engineering Practice enables you to travel or work while studying and allows you to adapt your study to your life.
• You will build upon your prior knowledge in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with advanced studies in areas including: engineering design, systems analysis and integration for application within a multi-disciplinary engineering industry environments.
• Your capstone Master's degree industry project is an opportunity to demonstrate advanced electrical and electronic engineering enterprise based innovation in your workplace or industry, and provides opportunity to fast-track career promotion on graduation.

Graduates from the Master of Engineering Practice are eligible to be considered for higher research degrees such as the Master of Research or PhD studies.

The Master of Engineering Practice (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) has been accorded full accreditation at the level of Professional Engineer by Engineers Australia.

As a graduate of the Master of Engineering Practice program, you will be eligible to apply for Professional Engineer (MIEAust) membership with Engineers Australia. On attaining MIEAust, if you MEPR workplace portfolio indicates your work experience in your field may benchmark to equivalent to Stage 1 Experienced Professional Engineer, you will be able to accelerate your application for Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) Stage 2 Experience Professional Engineer.

You will also have the opportunity to work overseas, with your accreditation recognised in the countries that are signatories to the Washington Accord.

• With your graduate expertise, you'll be able to secure a career as a Professional Electrical or Electronics Engineer, making a difference in the world of medical technology, communications, transportation systems, mining resource extraction, power generation and distribution, renewable energy systems, electric vehicle or even spacecraft and satellites.
• With your applied experience, you have the opportunity to work with some of Australia's biggest companies or venture overseas to work for a global engineering corporation.

To complete this degree students must complete 12 units. Most courses (similar to 'subjects') are valued at 1 unit.

Refer to the UniSQ Handbook for courses to be studied and recommended enrolment patterns.

This degree has a mandatory attendance requirement for some of the residential and practical school courses.

If you are enrolled in the External study mode in this degree it is mandatory you attend on-campus for several residential schools, where you will attend face-to-face practicals and tutorials, use the facilities and meet staff and other students.

Residential schools are one week long intensive sessions held periodically across a program of study, and provided free to students to complete the practical requirements of their program.

• Civil Engineering
• Environmental & Sustainable Resources Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronic & Robotic Engineering
• Power Engineering
• Public Works & Infrastructure
• Structural Engineering

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