Master of Professional Engineering

Program Overview

Specializations include Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Electronic, Environmental, Mechanical, Mining, and Software Engineering. Graduates will have outstanding technical skills and the ability to work creatively as part of a team across a diverse range of engineering specializations.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This course is a professionally accredited engineering degree for students who have completed undergraduate studies in engineering. You'll specialize in a program of engineering and undertake advanced engineering technical units, professional units, design and research projects, and undertake a 12-week professional practicum. Beyond practice as a professional engineer, you'll pursue further research studies in engineering, as well as seek employment in a wide range of related industries.

Outline:

• Conversion: Students who have not completed a major in Engineering Science major from this University, or equivalent as recognised by the School of Engineering, must complete conversion units up to the value of 48 points.
• Core: Take all units (24 points):
• GENG5010 Professional Engineering Portfolio (0)
• GENG5505 Project Management and Engineering Practice (6)
• GENG5507 Risk, Reliability and Safety (6)
• GENG5511 MPE Engineering Research Project Part 1 (6)
• GENG5512 MPE Engineering Research Project Part 2 (6)
• Specializations:
• Biomedical Engineering:
• Take all units (54 points):
• BMEG4001 Biomedical Instrumentation (6)
• BMEG4002 Biomaterials (6)
• BMEG4003 Biomechanics (6)
• BMEG5001 Advanced Topics in Biomedical Engineering (6)
• BMEG5551 Biomedical Engineering Design Project 1 (6)
• BMEG5552 Biomedical Engineering Design Project 2 (6)
• PHYS5401 Medical Imaging Physics (6)
• SSEH4633 Advanced Biomechanical Methods (6)
• Take unit(s) to a total value of 18 points, comprising either: 12 points from Group A and 6 points from Group B, or 12 points from Group C and 6 points from Group B, or 18 points from Group B:
• SCIE4001 Collecting, Analysing and Interpreting Big Data in Biology (6)
• SCIE4002 Bioinformatics and Data Analysis for Genomics (6)
• BUSN5100 Applied Professional Business Communications (6)
• CITS4402 Computer Vision (6)
• GENG4402 Control Engineering (6)
• GENG4405 Numerical Methods and Modelling (6)
• PUBH5769 Biostatistics II (6)
• SCIE5515 Global Challenges in Biomedical Science (6)
• SVLG5003 Wicked Problems (6)
• MKTG5503 Enterprise and Innovation (6)
• MKTG5604 Technology Commercialisation (6)
• Chemical Engineering:
• Take all units (48 points):
• CHPR4404 Advanced Thermodynamics and Mass Transfer Processes (6)
• CHPR4405 Particle Technology (6)
• CHPR4406 Reaction Engineering (6)
• CHPR4407 Transport Phenomena (6)
• CHPR5501 Advanced Reaction Engineering and Catalysts (6)
• CHPR5550 Chemical Engineering Design Project (12)
• GENG4402 Control Engineering (6)
• Take unit(s) to a total value of 24 points, comprising either: 12 points from Option A units and 12 points from Option B units; or 18 points from Option A units and points from Option B units.
• CHPR4408 Chemical and Thermal Renewable Energies (6)
• CHPR5520 Combustion Science and Technology (6)
• CHPR5521 Flow Assurance for Future Energy (6)
• CHPR5522 Gas Processing Technologies (6)
• ELEC5506 Process Instrumentation and Control (6)
• ENVE5502 Water and Wastewater Engineering (6)
• GENG5516 Energy Storage Systems (6)
• BUSN5100 Applied Professional Business Communications (6)
• CITS4009 Computational Data Analysis (6)
• ENVE4401 Contaminant Fate and Transport (6)
• GENG4403 Extractive Metallurgy (6)
• GENG4410 Fossil to Future – The Transition (6)
• GENG5503 Modern Control Systems (6)
• GENG5504 Petroleum Engineering (6)
• GENG5506 Renewable Energy (6)
• Civil Engineering:
• Take all units (48 points):
• CIVL4401 Applied Geomechanics (6)
• CIVL4402 Fluid Mechanics for Civil Engineers (6)
• CIVL4403 Structural Concrete (6)
• CIVL4404 Structural Steel (6)
• CIVL5551 Engineering Surveying and Design (6)
• CIVL5552 Civil Structural Design Project (6)
• GENG4405 Numerical Methods and Modelling (6)
• GENG5514 Finite Element Method (6)
• Take unit(s) to the value of 24 points:
• BUSN5100 Applied Professional Business Communications (6)
• CIVL4430 Transportation and Pavement Engineering (6)
• CIVL5501 Structural Dynamics (6)
• CIVL5503 Underground Construction (6)
• CIVL5504 Offshore Geomechanics (6)
• CIVL5505 Design of Offshore Energy Facilities (6)
• CIVL5550 Civil Infrastructure Design Project (6)
• ENVE4402 Engineering Hydrology (6)
• ENVE5502 Water and Wastewater Engineering (6)
• GENG5501 Coastal and Offshore Engineering (6)
• GENG5502 Environmental Geotechnics (6)
• SVLG5003 Wicked Problems (6)
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering:
• Take all units (48 points):
• ELEC4401 Circuits and Electronic Systems (6)
• ELEC4402 Communications Systems (6)
• ELEC4404 Signal Processing (6)
• ELEC4406 Digital System Design (6)
• ELEC4505 Power System Analysis (6)
• ELEC5551 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Design Project 1 (6)
• ELEC5552 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Design Project 2 (6)
• GENG4402 Control Engineering (6)
• Take units to a total value of 24 points from Group A or take units to a total value of 18 points from Group A and 6 points from Group B:
• AUTO4508 Mobile Robots (6)
• ELEC5501 Advanced Communications (6)
• ELEC5502 Analogue Electronics (6)
• ELEC5503 Digital Microelectronics System Design (6)
• ELEC5504 Power Electronics (6)
• ELEC5506 Process Instrumentation and Control (6)
• ELEC5508 Semiconductor Nanoelectronics (6)
• GENG5503 Modern Control Systems (6)
• GENG5506 Renewable Energy (6)
• Take units to a total value of 24 points from Group A or take units to a total value of 18 points from Group A and 6 points from Group B:
• BMEG4001 Biomedical Instrumentation (6)
• BUSN5100 Applied Professional Business Communications (6)
• CITS4402 Computer Vision (6)
• CITS4404 Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems (6)
• CITS4419 Mobile and Wireless Computing (6)
• ELEC5509 Grid Integration of Renewable Energy (6)
• ELEC5510 Design and Analysis of Smart Grids and Microgrids (6)
• GENG4405 Numerical Methods and Modelling (6)
• GENG5516 Energy Storage Systems (6)
• SVLG5003 Wicked Problems (6)
• Environmental Engineering:
• Take all units (54 points):
• ENVE4401 Contaminant Fate and Transport (6)
• ENVE4402 Engineering Hydrology (6)
• ENVE4403 Fluid Transport, Mixing and Dispersion (6)
• ENVE4405 Ecological Engineering and Nature-based Solutions (6)
• ENVE5551 Environmental Engineering Design Solutions Part 1 (6)
• ENVE5552 Environmental Engineering Design Solutions Part 2 (6)
• ENVT5566 Advanced Spatial and Environmental Modelling (6)
• GENG4405 Numerical Methods and Modelling (6)
• Take unit(s) to the value of 18 points:
• BUSN5100 Applied Professional Business Communications (6)
• ECON4410 Environmental and Resource Economics (6)
• ENVE5502 Water and Wastewater Engineering (6)
• GENG5501 Coastal and Offshore Engineering (6)
• GENG5502 Environmental Geotechnics (6)
• GENG5506 Renewable Energy (6)
• MINE4406 Geotechnology of Mine Waste (6)
• OCEN4002 Ocean Hazards (6)
• OCEN4007 Renewable Ocean Energy (6)
• SVLG5003 Wicked Problems (6)
• Mechanical Engineering:
• Take all units (60 points):
• GENG4402 Control Engineering (6)
• GENG4405 Numerical Methods and Modelling (6)
• GENG5514 Finite Element Method (6)
• MECH4424 Measurement and Noise (6)
• MECH4426 Dynamics, Vibration and Sound (6)
• MECH4428 Degradation of Materials (6)
• MECH4429 Applied Engineering Thermodynamics (6)
• MECH5502 Analysis and Design of Machine Components (6)
• MECH5551 Mechanical Engineering Design Project 1 (6)
• MECH5552 Mechanical Engineering Design Project 2 (6)
• Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
• AUTO4508 Mobile Robots (6)
• BMEG4002 Biomaterials (6)
• BMEG4003 Biomechanics (6)
• BUSN5100 Applied Professional Business Communications (6)
• CHPR4405 Particle Technology (6)
• CHPR4407 Transport Phenomena (6)
• CHPR5520 Combustion Science and Technology (6)
• CIVL5505 Design of Offshore Energy Facilities (6)
• ENVE4405 Ecological Engineering and Nature-based Solutions (6)
• ENVE5502 Water and Wastewater Engineering (6)
• GENG4403 Extractive Metallurgy (6)
• GENG4410 Fossil to Future – The Transition (6)
• GENG5501 Coastal and Offshore Engineering (6)
• GENG5503 Modern Control Systems (6)
• GENG5504 Petroleum Engineering (6)
• GENG5506 Renewable Energy (6)
• MECH5501 Applied Acoustics (6)
• MECH5504 Design and Failure Analysis of Materials (6)
• OCEN4007 Renewable Ocean Energy (6)
• OCEN5002 Ocean Engineering and Technology (6)
• SVLG5003 Wicked Problems (6)
• Mining Engineering:
• Take all units (48 points):
• MINE4401 Underground Mining 1 (6)
• MINE4404 Rock Mechanics (6)
• MINE4405 Mineral Resources (6)
• MINE4406 Geotechnology of Mine Waste (6)
• MINE4503 Surface Mining (6)
• MINE5501 Mining Management (6)
• MINE5502 Underground Mining 2 (6)
• MINE5552 Mining Engineering Design Project 2 (6)
• Take unit(s) to the value of 6 points:
• MINE5551 Mining Engineering Design Project 1 (6)
• SVLG5003 Wicked Problems (6)
• Take unit(s) to the value of 18 points:
• ACCT5432 Introductory Financial Accounting (6)
• BUSN5100 Applied Professional Business Communications (6)
• CITS4009 Computational Data Analysis (6)
• CIVL4401 Applied Geomechanics (6)
• ECON5541 Economics for Business: Applications and Policy (6)
• EMPL5412 Employment Relations (6)
• EMPL5450 Sustainability and Employment Relations (6)
• EMPL5511 Employment Relations in a Global Context (6)
• GENG4403 Extractive Metallurgy (6)
• GENG4405 Numerical Methods and Modelling (6)
• GENG5506 Renewable Energy (6)
• HRMT5504 Introduction to Human Resource Management (6)
• MGMT5507 Management and Organisations (6)
• MGMT5508 Organisational Behaviour and Leadership (6)
• Software Engineering:
• Take all units (36 points):
• CITS4401 Software Requirements and Design (6)
• CITS5501 Software Testing and Quality Assurance (6)
• CITS5503 Cloud Computing (6)
• CITS5507 High Performance Computing (6)
• CITS5551 Software Engineering Design Project 1 (6)
• CITS5552 Software Engineering Design Project 2 (6)
• Take unit(s) to the value of 36 points:
• AUTO4508 Mobile Robots (6)
• BUSN5100 Applied Professional Business Communications (6)
• CITS4009 Computational Data Analysis (6)
• CITS4012 Natural Language Processing (6)
• CITS4402 Computer Vision (6)
• CITS4403 Computational Modelling (6)
• CITS4404 Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems (6)
• CITS4419 Mobile and Wireless Computing (6)
• CITS5506 The Internet of Things (6)
• CITS5508 Machine Learning (6)
• ELEC4406 Digital System Design (6)
• GENG4402 Control Engineering (6)
• GENG4405 Numerical Methods and Modelling (6)
• SVLG5003 Wicked Problems (6)

Careers:

This course, designed in consultation with industry, equips graduates with both outstanding technical skills and the ability to work creatively as part of a team across a diverse range of engineering specialisations. The Master of Professional Engineering unlocks a wide range of career opportunities in engineering and non-engineering sectors in Australia and overseas. Your options for employment will be varied with work available in the energy and resources industry, pharmaceutical manufacturing, construction, power and water utilities, management and consultancy firms, and electronics, finance and telecommunications industries.

Other:

• The Engineering program at UWA has been developed in consultation with industry to equip students with the skills to succeed in their future careers.
• Our academics are leading experts in their field with strong industry connections ensuring you will be well equipped to meet industry demands.
• You'll undertake design and research project units and a 12-week professional practicum where you'll work closely with prospective employers to build connections, industry knowledge and the most up-to-date, relevant, and in-demand skillset.
• All specialisations including the Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Electronic, Environmental, Mechanical, Mining and Software specialisations are fully accredited by Engineers Australia.
• The Software specialisation has been provisionally accredited by the Australian Computer Society.
• The Chemical specialisation is fully accredited by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).