Undergraduate · Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
About this program
UQ Engineering carries real weight in mining, minerals processing, and chemical engineering specifically. The Sustainable Minerals Institute is a globally recognised research centre, and it's not unusual for chemical and mining engineering students to end up working on SMI-affiliated research projects for their thesis, something a lot of comparable engineering schools around the country can't offer at the same depth given Queensland's genuine resources industry base.
The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) is a four-year, Engineers Australia accredited degree covering the standard range of majors (civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical, mining, software, and others), with all students completing a common first year before choosing a major, giving some flexibility to switch specialisations early without losing time. A mandatory professional practice component (minimum weeks of industry experience) is built into the degree, and UQ's engineering placement office benefits from strong ties to Queensland's resources and infrastructure sectors as well as multinational engineering firms with Brisbane offices.
Final-year thesis projects are individually supervised and, for students in minerals, energy, or water-related majors, frequently connect to one of UQ's larger applied research centres rather than being a purely academic exercise, which gives some graduates a direct route into industry-sponsored postgraduate research if they want it.
Cost & duration
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Course structure
4 terms of coursework
- Year 1 (common to all majors): Engineering Mathematics, Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Modelling and Problem Solving, Chemistry and Materials for Engineers
- Year 2: Major-specific core units begin (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Mining, Software, or other majors), Engineering Design, Thermodynamics/Fluid Mechanics (major-dependent)
- Year 3: Advanced major units, Professional Practice (industry placement component), Engineering Management, Sustainability in Engineering
- Year 4 (Honours): Advanced design units, Engineering Thesis (individual research project, often SMI-affiliated for minerals/resources-related majors), technical electives
Admissions
Completion of Year 12 with ATAR of approximately 85+, prerequisite Mathematical Methods and Chemistry or Physics
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