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Master of Professional Engineering
Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
About this program
Curtin's Master of Professional Engineering is aimed squarely at Engineers Australia Stage 1 competency accreditation: students graduate meeting the academic benchmark for professional engineer status, with a formal logbook requirement tracking at least 12 weeks of professional practice exposure alongside the coursework, which is a heavier practical documentation burden than a typical taught masters carries.
Major choice spans Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Electronic, Mechanical, Mining, Petroleum, and Software Engineering. The Mining and Petroleum options in particular reflect Curtin's position as the go-to engineering school for Western Australia's resources sector, with a research and industry-partnership base (WA School of Mines heritage feeds into some of this) that eastern-states universities generally can't match for those two majors specifically.
The final-year major research or design project is meant to genuinely integrate everything from the coursework rather than function as an add-on. Students draw on both the technical major content and a research methodology grounding, working alongside academic researchers rather than purely on an industry-sponsored brief, though industry-linked projects are common given Curtin's mining and energy sector ties.
Fees & duration
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Course structure
Study plan in 3 parts
- Year 1: Engineering Mathematics and Modelling
- major-specific core units (Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Electronic, Mechanical, Mining, Petroleum, or Software)
- Research Methods
- professional practice logbook commencement
- Year 2: Advanced major units
- engineering management or industry-context unit
- Major Research or Design Project (capstone)
- completion of 12 weeks professional practice exposure
- meets Engineers Australia Stage 1 competency requirements
- subject to accreditation
Career & PR pathway
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Admissions
Bachelor's degree in a related engineering discipline
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