Program Overview

Graduate Diploma in Mining

Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Mining is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the mining industry, including mining engineering methods, mineral exploration, mine planning, design, engineering, optimisation, and management of mining operations.

Admission Criteria

Applicants for a Graduate Diploma are required to meet University academic and English language entry standards. A Bachelor Degree or Graduate Certificate is generally required. Any specific course entry and completion requirements must also be met.

English Requirements

Curtin requires all applicants to demonstrate proficiency in English. Specific English requirements for this course are outlined in the IELTS table below.

• Writing: 6
• Speaking: 6
• Reading: 6
• Listening: 6
• Overall band score: 6

Fees and Scholarships

Domestic Fee Paying Postgraduate

• 2025 Fee year: $33,166*

*Based on a first-year full-time study load of 200 credits. The total cost will depend on your course options (i.e., units selected and time taken to complete).

Location

• Curtin Kalgoorlie

How to Apply

Please review information on how to apply for the campus of your choice.

• Curtin Kalgoorlie

Course Structure

The course consists of 200 credits of core units, encompassing the key aspects of mining engineering skills and knowledge, across the breadth of the industry.

Career Opportunities

Graduates may be employed as underground and/or open pit mining engineers or quarry managers, or hold other senior management positions once the necessary experience is gained.

What You'll Learn

• Apply scientific, engineering, and technological principles to mine development projects
• Think critically and creatively to generate innovative solutions and apply logical and rational processes to analyse mine feasibility studies
• Evaluate, synthesise, and contextualise information relevant to the discipline of mining engineering and communicate to stakeholders, using written or oral presentations and applying information obtained from mining software tools used to conduct mine feasibility studies
• Proactively demonstrate responsibility and self-learning skills by applying critical reflection of mining in the global environment and applying best practice standards in mining methods and technologies
• Demonstrate respect for cultural diversity in professional life
• Work in accordance with professional standards and demonstrate responsibility towards the broader community, work in teams

Duration

• 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time study
• The course can be studied externally
• Candidates who have completed a mining-related undergraduate degree or who have minerals industry experience may be considered for mid-year entry

Credit

• A full-time study load usually consists of 200 credits (approximately eight units) per year, with 100 credits (approximately four units) in each semester

CRICOS

• The Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) Code indicates a registered program offered to international students studying in Australia on student visas
• J

Deadlines for Applying Direct to Curtin

• Semester 2, 2025: Applications now open! (Application close: 9 July 2025)
• Semester 1, 2026: Applications now open! (Application close: 3 February 2026)
• Semester 2, 2026: 6 April 2026 (Application close: 2 July 2026)