Engineering Management

Admissions requirements

Minimum entry requirements

• A four-year Australian Bachelors degree in electronics, telecommunications or computer engineering, or an Honours degree in science in an appropriate field, or approved international equivalent. A minimum background in digital logic, computer architecture, mathematics at second-year level and basic programming skills in C or C++.
• Prior learning developed through relevant work experience or professional accreditation, where it is deemed to be at least equivalent to that obtained through a Bachelor degree, may be considered. In making an offer to an applicant, the University will give consideration to a range of factors to determine whether an applicant has demonstrated the capacity to work at a Masters level, including academic record, English proficiency, and/or relevant employment experience of at least 5 years.

Minimum advanced standing requirements

• Applicants with demonstrated prior learning in the form of a four-year Australian Bachelors degree in an engineering related field, or an Honours degree in science in an appropriate field, or an approved equivalent qualification and have completed management studies at an appropriate level may be eligible to apply for advanced standing for the first semester of the course. A minimum background in digital logic, computer architecture, mathematics at second-year level and basic programming skills in C or C++ is also required. In such cases, those students granted advanced standing will complete 180 credit points in the MEM, with 60 credit points of advanced standing for the management subjects.
• Applicants without an undergraduate degree but with a demonstrated minimum of at least five years relevant and cognate business experience may be eligible to apply for advanced standing for the four subjects of the first semester of the course. In making an offer of advanced standing to an applicant, the University may give consideration to a range of factors including English proficiency, academic record and/or employment experience.

Degree requirements

• The degree requires the completion of 16 subjects totalling 240 credit points.
• The duration of the course is 1.5 years of full-time study for cognate students and 2 years for non-cognate students.
• The course can be commenced in semester 1, semester 2 or the summer semester.
• Subjects denoted with an * are foundation subjects. If a student wishes to commence the course in the Summer semester, they must complete the full two years of the course with no Advanced Standing (credit) for the four foundation subjects.