Master of Professional Engineering (Power Engineering)
If you want to become a Professional Power Engineer, and have an Australian 3 year engineering degree (or recognised equivalent international degree) but no work experience, the Master of Professional Engineering (Power Engineering) will provide a pathway.
About the Course
If you want to become a Professional Power Engineer, and have an Australian 3 year engineering degree (or recognised equivalent international degree) but no work experience, the Master of Professional Engineering (Power Engineering) will provide a pathway. Develop your knowledge of the principles and application of power electronics, real-time systems, electricity supplies and metering, and asset management. Throughout the degree there is an emphasis on practical experience with hands-on laboratory sessions and 60 days industry experience, preparing you thoroughly for the engineering profession.
Course Entry Requirements
- Completion of an Australian university 3 or 4-year bachelor degree in engineering in the relevant specialisation, or equivalent; or Completion of an Australian university 4-year bachelor degree in engineering in a non-related specialisation, or equivalent.
- To be eligible for advanced standing entry - Completion of an Australian university 4-year embedded honours degree in engineering in the same or closely related cognate specialisation (major).
- There are inherent requirements that must be met in order to successfully complete this degree. Inherent requirements are fundamental skills, capabilities and knowledge that students must be able to demonstrate in order to achieve the essential learning outcomes of the degree, while maintaining the academic integrity of the degree. Please read and understand the inherent requirements specific to the Master of Professional Engineering before applying.
- Proof of meeting the English Language Proficiency requirements is also required.
Course Structure
Recommended study pattern
Year 1
- ENG5001 Professional Skills in Engineering
- ELE4804 Power Systems Protection
- ELE4807 Power Systems Analysis
- ELE4307 Real Time Systems
- ELE4708 Electricity Supply Systems and Operation
- ELE4805 Power Electronics Principles and Applications
- EBE5003 Research Training
- ENG5105 Advanced Numerical Modelling
Year 2
- ENG6104 Asset Management in an Engineering Environment or ENG6207 Innovation Management and New Product Development
- ELE5001 Industrial Communications Protocol or STA6200 Statistics for Quantitative Researchers
- EBE6411 Masters Research Project Part 1
- ENG6205 Project Management Practice
- GIS2407 Web Based Geographic Information Systems or MEC4104 Renewable Energy Technology
- ELE6804 Advances in Power Engineering
- EBE6412 Masters Research Project Part 2
- EBE6002 Advanced System Design and Innovation
Award requirements
Completion of 16 units as outlined in the Recommended Study Pattern section.
Exit points
Graduate Certificate of Professional Engineering (after successful completion of 4 approved courses). Graduate Diploma of Professional Engineering (after successful completion of 8 approved courses).
On completion of this program, graduates should be able to:
- Apply specialized and advanced theoretical knowledge that underpins the relevant engineering discipline to enable critical reflection on professional practice.
- Synthesize the social purposes of engineering and evaluate the performance and sustainability of engineered products and systems, including the costs and benefits to the community.
- Apply cognitive, technical, and creative skills to generate and evaluate concepts and complex ideas across a range of engineering problems reflecting issues of sustainable practice in diverse social, environmental, and technical contexts.
- Critically examine and autonomously evaluate evidence when justifying actions for technical, economic, environmental, ethical, and cross-cultural issues, including those relevant to indigenous peoples.
- Apply project management skills and competencies in team leadership, communication, and technical research to enable the delivery of engineering projects within given project constraints.
- Communicate effectively in English, using a range of high-level oral, written, and technology-based approaches, to justify theoretical propositions, methodologies, conclusions, and professional decisions to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Engage in further learning through research, scholarship, and critical reflection, including defense of professional and ethical decision-making, and apply a high level of personal autonomy and accountability to manage engagement with professional practice that is integrated and captured in their postgraduate program ePortfolio.
