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Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechatronics)

Australia

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What will I learn?

Highlights

  • Develop in-demand skills in high-tech fields like automated systems and artificial intelligence at Australia's top research institution in robotics engineering.
  • Combine mechanical and electrical engineering with computing to design smarter systems and machines that improve everyday life.
  • Get hands-on experience using the latest robotics technologies with Australia's leading robotics researchers, including Professor Michael Milford and Distinguished Professor Peter Corke.
  • Benefit from QUT's close links with local and international industry and get involved in exciting projects such as QUT Motorsport and the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Outback Challenge.
  • Choose a second major or a double degree and expand your employment opportunities.

Mechatronics engineering is the design and maintenance of machinery with electronic and computer control systems, such as aircraft and power generators, to work in the high-tech fields of automated systems and robotics. Engineers who can manage the disciplines of mechanical, electrical and computer engineering simultaneously are becoming essential across all industrial sectors: manufacturing and process industries, primary production and mining, and the service and health industries. If you are interested in technical and engineering work, mechanical equipment such as robotics, physics and mathematics, a career in mechatronics could be for you.

Explore your options

Your engineering degree features common units in the first year that combine broad foundation principles with a wide range of major choices, giving you flexibility and options before you choose your career specialisation.

Why choose this course?

Develop the smart systems and machines of our future with a mechatronics engineering degree from QUT.

We're Australia's top research institution in robotics, and the number one choice for people who want to design the technologies of our future.

As a hybrid discipline combining mechanical and electrical engineering with computing, this major will give you a diverse skill set that will see you play a vital role across a range of industries.

Through our strong industry connections, you'll have exclusive access to work with some of Queensland's biggest companies, and get involved in exciting projects led by Australia's leading robotics researchers.

You can also get involved in the many student clubs and societies on offer, including QUT Motorsport - our student-run motorsport team that designs, builds and markets a single seat electric race car for the Formula SAE-A competition - and the aerospace avionics Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Outback Challenge.

You'll graduate with a highly regarded Honours qualification that will see you work as an in-demand engineer across a range of industries both in Australia and overseas.

Choose a second major or a double degree and pursue your interests while maximising your career opportunities.

Careers and outcomes

Engineers with expertise across mechanical, electrical and computer engineering are in-demand across all industries - from mining and manufacturing, to the service and health industries.

With a Mechatronics Engineering degree from QUT, you can work as a consultant, project manager, designer, or instrumentation or maintenance engineer across diverse industries, including for car and aerospace manufacturers, food processing companies, or in communication and software development.

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Engineering

CRICOS

084921G

Study options

Full Time (4 years)

Tuition fees
A$42,400.00 (US$ 27,632) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

22 July 2024

Venue

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Gardens Point Campus & Kelvin Grove campus,

BRISBANE CITY,

Queensland,

4000, BRISBANE, Australia

Entry requirements

For international students

Students must have a pass in Australian Year 12 or equivalent. Pre-requisites: Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C)

Entry requirements may vary from country to country.

IELTS Academic score of 6.5 with Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking score of 6; TOEFL iBT score of 79 with Listening, reading score of 16, Writing score of 21 and Speaking score of 18; Pearson PTE (Academic) score of 58 with Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking score of 50; Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) score of 176 with Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking score of 169.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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