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Develop your expertise in Curtin's purpose-built engineering facilities, so that you have the skills to work as a professional engineer as soon as you graduate.
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Learn about the transition from high school to university, so you can help your child every step of the way.
Curtin's Bachelor of Engineering offers you an industry-connected university experience in which you will learn how to create solutions to societal challenges, to improve the quality of life for communities around the world.
Your studies will begin with the Engineering Foundation Year (EFY). Designed in extensive consultation with industry, the EFY will teach you the fundamental concepts and skills required by all areas of engineering. Importantly, the EFY allows you to explore Curtin's range of engineering majors before choosing your preferred major.
Our engineering majors are:
Engineering Foundation Year
The EFY will give you a comprehensive grounding in theory, and you’ll gain strong practical skills in our dedicated first-year engineering studio.
You’ll also develop professional career skills such as cultural awareness and an understanding of major societal challenges (climate change and energy transition, for example) that engineers have an increasing role in addressing.
In addition, you’ll learn about emerging themes such as data analytics, 3D printing, machine learning, automation and other areas relevant to the future of your field.
Overall, the EFY and its support services will help you progress smoothly into your chosen discipline and graduate as an industry-ready engineer. It includes:
First-year studio
The first-year studio and project rooms reflect the modern working environment, so that you become familiar with the layout of a professional industry setting. The studio is also a hub to develop social and academic networks. It comprises:
Years 2–4
In the second, third and fourth years of your course, you’ll study units relevant to your chosen major. You may also choose to undertake research or specialisations beyond your major, giving you the flexibility to broaden or deepen your expertise.
In your fourth year, you’ll complete an honours-level research project. This experience will not only give you an in-depth understanding of your minor thesis or project topic, but it will also demonstrate to employers your ability to plan and complete a complex body of work within deadlines.
Professional practice
To graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), you must complete 480 hours of engagement with professional engineering practice. This can comprise a combination of real-world experiences – such as paid and voluntary work placements, working on university-based industry projects, attending extra-curricular technical lectures and workshops, and industry site visits in Australia or overseas.
Curtin's Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) is accredited by Engineers Australia (EA) and recognised internationally.
Our award-winning Engineering Foundation Year lets you experience a range of engineering fields, to ensure you choose the right career for you.
Experience our purpose-designed Engineering Pavilion, studio and project rooms.
Curtin's Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) is accredited in Australia by Engineers Australia (EA) and recognised internationally.
Note: Curtin proactively seeks course accreditation by EA, to ensure that our graduates have professional recognition in Australia and by international signatories to the Washington Accord.As EA accreditation is outcomes-based, when a course is new or recently established (and therefore yet to produce the threshold number of graduates), it may be granted provisional accreditation. Provisional accreditation indicates that the course meets the accreditation criteria to the extent possible at the time of evaluation and is likely to be granted full accreditation in the future. Our Energy Engineering and Software Systems Engineering majors are recently established courses that are currently seeking provisional accreditation.
What you need in order to get into this course. There are different pathway options depending on your level of work and education experience.
This course has a minimum ATAR of 80
Mathematics Methods ATAR and at least one of the following: Physics ATAR, Chemistry ATAR, Engineering Studies ATAR, or equivalent.
Mathematics Specialist ATAR, or equivalent.
Please see our correlation comparability for previous TEE subjects, WACE courses and WACE ATAR courses.
Successful StepUp Entry and StepUp Equity Adjustment Admission Pathway (StepUp Bonus) applicants will be eligible to be considered for admission into this course.
If you’re an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicant who hasn’t met Curtin’s minimum admissions criteria, the Centre for Aboriginal Studies offers bridging courses that are tailored to help you gain entry into this course.
STAT is not accepted as an entry pathway, but May be used to demonstrate English
Curtin requires all applicants to demonstrate proficiency in English. Specific English requirements for this course are outlined in the IELTS table below.
You may demonstrate English proficiency using the following tests and qualifications.
Writing
6
Speaking
6
Reading
6
Listening
6
Overall band score
6
Think you don’t have the marks or qualifications to study at Curtin? We have several pathways to help you meet admission. Use our pathway finder to find your best way to studying with us.
Pathway finder toolView the ATAR breakdown to see the low, median and high ATAR scores of students who started studying this course recently.
To see the other pathways students have taken, see the pathway breakdown.
To graduate from this course you must have completed 480 hours of exposure to professional engineering practice.
Professional practice can comprise a combination of real-world experiences. Examples include paid and voluntary work placements, university-based experience in industrial projects, attending extra-curricular technical lectures and workshops, and industry site visits in Australia and/or overseas.
In addition to the course-specific admission criteria listed above, please read our general admission criteria. Our general admission criteria apply to all courses at Curtin University.
You have left secondary education more than two years ago (i.e. who are not classified as recent secondary education applicants) and have not undertaken vocational education training (VET) or higher education study since then.
How we define ‘experience’
‘Experience’ includes a combination of factors sufficient to demonstrate readiness for higher education such as mature-age entry, professional experience whether completion of the Special Tertiary Admission Test (STAT) is required or not, community involvement or work experience. Applicants may have undertaken non-formal programs that have helped prepare them for tertiary education or are relevant to the proposed higher education field of study.
This course has a minimum ATAR of 80
Mathematics Methods ATAR and at least one of the following: Physics ATAR, Chemistry ATAR, Engineering Studies ATAR, or equivalent.
Mathematics Specialist ATAR, or equivalent.
Please see our correlation comparability for previous TEE subjects, WACE courses and WACE ATAR courses.
Curtin requires all applicants to demonstrate proficiency in English. Specific English requirements for this course are outlined in the IELTS table below.
You may demonstrate English proficiency using the following tests and qualifications.
Writing
6
Speaking
6
Reading
6
Listening
6
Overall band score
6
Think you don’t have the marks or qualifications to study at Curtin? We have several pathways to help you meet admission. Use our pathway finder to find your best way to studying with us.
Pathway finder toolTo graduate from this course you must have completed 480 hours of exposure to professional engineering practice.
Professional practice can comprise a combination of real-world experiences. Examples include paid and voluntary work placements, university-based experience in industrial projects, attending extra-curricular technical lectures and workshops, and industry site visits in Australia and/or overseas.
In addition to the course-specific admission criteria listed above, please read our general admission criteria. Our general admission criteria apply to all courses at Curtin University.
Applicants with vocational education and training (VET) study are those whose highest level of study since leaving secondary education is a VET course. This includes study at a public TAFE or other VET provider, whether a qualification was completed or not. Applicants with VET study may have other qualifications such as a Year 10 or Year 12 secondary school certificate.
TAFE Advanced Diploma of Engineering (2 years); or Curtin College Diploma of Engineering. AND satisfied the prerequisites: Maths Methods, and Physics/Chemistry. The Maths Methods prerequisite can be met with: Maths Methods ATAR; or MATH1013 Introductory Mathematics or MATH1005 Pre-Calculus, and MATH1014 Foundations of Calculus. The Physics prerequisite can be met with: Physics ATAR; or PHYS1006 Foundations of Physics. The Chemistry prerequisite can be met with: Chemistry ATAR; or CHEM1003 Introduction to Chemistry.
This course has a minimum ATAR of 80
Mathematics Methods ATAR and at least one of the following: Physics ATAR, Chemistry ATAR, Engineering Studies ATAR, or equivalent.
Mathematics Specialist ATAR, or equivalent.
Please see our correlation comparability for previous TEE subjects, WACE courses and WACE ATAR courses.
Curtin requires all applicants to demonstrate proficiency in English. Specific English requirements for this course are outlined in the IELTS table below.
You may demonstrate English proficiency using the following tests and qualifications.
Writing
6
Speaking
6
Reading
6
Listening
6
Overall band score
6
Think you don’t have the marks or qualifications to study at Curtin? We have several pathways to help you meet admission. Use our pathway finder to find your best way to studying with us.
Pathway finder toolTo graduate from this course you must have completed 480 hours of exposure to professional engineering practice.
Professional practice can comprise a combination of real-world experiences. Examples include paid and voluntary work placements, university-based experience in industrial projects, attending extra-curricular technical lectures and workshops, and industry site visits in Australia and/or overseas.
In addition to the course-specific admission criteria listed above, please read our general admission criteria. Our general admission criteria apply to all courses at Curtin University.
Applicants with higher education are those whose highest level of study since leaving secondary education is a higher education course, such as a university degree. This may include applicants who are currently studying a higher education course at another education provider and want to transfer to Curtin University, or applicants who are currently studying at Curtin but want to switch to a different course. It may also include applicants who have completed past study with university and non-university higher education providers.
To switch into this course, you need to have:
• Attained an ATAR of 80 and completed the prerequisites or units noted as meeting the subject pre-requisites
OR
• Completed 200 credit points in the Indigenous Pre-Science and Engineering Enabling Course
OR
• Completed 100 credit points AND at least 75 credit points in the semester prior to course switching in the Bachelor of Science (Multidisciplinary Science) or Bachelor of IT
• Completed units noted as meeting the subject pre-requisites
The Maths Methods pre-requisite can be met with:
Maths Methods ATAR; or MATH1014 Foundations of Calculus or higher unit.
The Physics ATAR pre-requisite can be met with:
Physics ATAR; or PHYS1006
The Chemistry ATAR pre-requisite can be met with:
Chemistry ATAR
Note - CHEM1003 does not meet Chemistry ATAR prerequisite; but is required in BEng(Hons) for students without Chemistry ATAR background
An academic status of Good Standing will be expected for approval of admission through course switching.
To switch into this course from another higher education course, you need to have met course entry requirements for this course or by completing an equivalent study of these from another institution.
This course has a minimum ATAR of 80
Mathematics Methods ATAR and at least one of the following: Physics ATAR, Chemistry ATAR, Engineering Studies ATAR, or equivalent.
Mathematics Specialist ATAR, or equivalent.
Please see our correlation comparability for previous TEE subjects, WACE courses and WACE ATAR courses.
Curtin requires all applicants to demonstrate proficiency in English. Specific English requirements for this course are outlined in the IELTS table below.
You may demonstrate English proficiency using the following tests and qualifications.
Writing
6
Speaking
6
Reading
6
Listening
6
Overall band score
6
Think you don’t have the marks or qualifications to study at Curtin? We have several pathways to help you meet admission. Use our pathway finder to find your best way to studying with us.
Pathway finder toolTo graduate from this course you must have completed 480 hours of exposure to professional engineering practice.
Professional practice can comprise a combination of real-world experiences. Examples include paid and voluntary work placements, university-based experience in industrial projects, attending extra-curricular technical lectures and workshops, and industry site visits in Australia and/or overseas.
In addition to the course-specific admission criteria listed above, please read our general admission criteria. Our general admission criteria apply to all courses at Curtin University.
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