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Graduate Diploma in Engineering
Testamur Title of Degree: | Graduate Diploma in Engineering |
Abbreviation: | GDipEng |
UOW Course Code: | 649 |
CRICOS Code: | 009237F |
Study Area / Disciplines / My University Key Words: | Engineering,Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, Mining Engineering |
Total Credit Points: | 48 |
Duration: | 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
Home Faculty: | Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences |
Intake Session(s): | Autumn/Spring |
Delivery Campus: | Wollongong |
Additional Information: | Course Finder |
Course Description
The Graduate Diploma in Engineering is intended to provide specialised studies in Engineering if studying a different discipline for the first time. This course will allow a basic working knowledge of either, Civil, Mining, Environmental, Mechanical, Mechatronic or Materials Engineering.
Entry Requirements
Academic requirements, English requirements and credit transfer information are available from the Course Finder.
Course structure
Students complete 48 credit points of subjects in their chosen discipline area:
Subjects | Credit Points | |
Civil Engineering | ||
Core Subjects | ||
Structural Design 1 | 6 | |
Structural Design 2 | 6 | |
Structures 1 | 6 | |
Geomechanics | 6 | |
Structures 2 | 6 | |
Advanced Foundation Engineering | 6 | |
Engineering Hydrology | 6 | |
Plus one subject from electives below | ||
Construction Materials | 6 | |
Surveying | 6 | |
Construction | 6 | |
Civil Engineering Design | 6 | |
Highway Materials | 6 | |
CIVL995 * | Construction Management | 6 |
Environmental Engineering | ||
Industrial Waste Engineering and Cleaner Production | 6 | |
Water Quality Engineering and Management | 6 | |
Air and Noise Pollution Management | 6 | |
Environmental Engineering Processes Design | 6 | |
Design of Urban Water Systems | 6 | |
Site Contamination and Remediation Technologies | 6 | |
Membrane Processes and Applications | 6 | |
Sustainable Energy Technologies | 6 | |
Mining Engineering | ||
Mine Planning and Development | 6 | |
Computer Applications in Mining Engineering | 6 | |
Studies in Surface Mining | 6 | |
Environmental Control in Mines | 6 | |
Mineral Valuation and Risk Analysis | 6 | |
Studies in Underground Mining | 6 | |
Rock Mechanics | 6 | |
Advanced Mineral Resource Estimation Methods | 6 | |
Simulation of Mining Operations and Problems | 6 | |
Advanced Mine Safety | 6 | |
Mechanical Engineering | ||
Sustainable Energy Technologies | 6 | |
Finite Element Techniques in Mechanical Engineering | 6 | |
Advanced Manufacturing Processes | 6 | |
Sustainable Transport and Engine Technology | 6 | |
Dynamics of Engineering Systems | 6 | |
Mechanical Engineering Design | 6 | |
Control of Machines and Processes | 6 | |
MECH431 or | Computational Fluid Dynamics Thermodynamics of Engineering Systems | 6 6 |
Materials Engineering | ||
Core Subjects | ||
The Science of Materials | 6 | |
Metallic Materials | 6 | |
Ceramic Materials | 6 | |
Polymeric Materials | 6 | |
Corrosion, Wear and Fatigue | 6 | |
Selection and Design of Materials | 6 | |
Plus two subjects from electives below | ||
Recent Developments in Materials | 6 | |
Surface Engineering of Materials | 6 | |
Process Metallurgy | 6 | |
Mechatronic Engineering | ||
For students with Mechanical Engineering background | ||
Engineering Programming 1 | 6 | |
Digital Hardware | 6 | |
Digital Signal Processing | 6 | |
Circuits and Systems | 6 | |
Signals and Systems | 6 | |
Power Engineering 2 | 6 | |
Advanced Robotics | 6 | |
Electronics | 6 | |
For students with Electrical Engineering background | ||
Mechanics of Solids | 6 | |
Manufacturing Engineering Principles | 6 | |
Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer for Mechatronics | 6 | |
Dynamics of Engineering Systems | 6 | |
Engineering Mechanics | 6 | |
Fundamentals of Machine Component Design | 6 | |
Machine Dynamics | 6 | |
Mechanical Engineering Design | 6 | |
For students with other Engineering background | ||
Core Subjects | ||
Engineering Programming 1 | 6 | |
Digital Hardware | 6 | |
Dynamics of Engineering Systems | 6 | |
MECH382 or | Manufacturing Engineering Principles | 6 |
Plus two MECH and two ECTE subjects from electives below | ||
Fundamentals of Machine Component Design | 6 | |
Machine Dynamics | 6 | |
Control of Machines and Processes | 6 | |
Advanced Robotics | 6 | |
Signals and Systems | 6 | |
Electronics | 6 | |
Power Engineering 2 | 6 | |
Circuits and Systems | 6 |
Note: This subject has a quota and is only available to students completing a civil, mining or environmental engineering major.
Other Information
Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Email: eis@uow.edu.au