Postgraduate Certificate in Engineering

Expand your employability in a diverse range of sectors by giving your undergraduate degree an additional boost. The PGCertEng supplements your current skills with the management foundations and industrial perspectives for an engineering career. With flexible learning options, you can tailor your programme to suit your diverse engineering interests, and opt to study full-time or part-time. If you're intending to pursue further study, the PGCertEng also serves as a recommended pathway to our masters programmes.

The Postgraduate Certificate in Engineering caters to professionals who are seeking to advance their knowledge. This is a flexible programme so you can structure your learning around your interests; either by selecting courses within the general areas of engineering or refining your study to a specific field of expertise. The certificate can be awarded unendorsed, or endorsed in one of the specialisations listed further below.

Engineering General (unendorsed)

Of the 60 points required for the PGCertEng a student must pass four courses (60 points) selected from courses in one or more of the schedules for the Master of Civil Engineering, Master of Engineering Studies or Master of Professional Engineering, excluding dissertation, research portfolio and research project courses.

Specialisations (endorsed)

Of the 60 points required for the PGCertEng a student must pass a minimum of three courses (45 points) from one of the specialisations listed below and one course (15 points) from other relevant courses; selected from the schedules for the Master of Civil Engineering, Master of Engineering Studies or Master of Professional Engineering, excluding dissertation, research portfolio and research project courses.

• Chemical and Materials Engineering
• Construction Management Engineering
• Computer Systems Engineering
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Food Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Sustainable Resource Recovery
  
  Subject to meeting degree requirements, graduates can also transfer to an Engineering masters programme.