Graduate Diploma of Professional Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)

The University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ)

Overview

• UniSQ’s Graduate Diploma of Professional Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) is ideal if you have a three-year engineering degree and you want to extend your knowledge and practical experience in mechanical engineering.
• This eight-unit degree combines advanced study and practice of mechanical engineering, empowering you to design, inspect, manage and test technologies, systems and procedures.
• Examine fluid dynamics and combustion, along with the basic laws of motion and the concepts of force, energy, momentum, impulse and vibration which is fundamental to the study of mechanics and the solution of many engineering problems.

Further study

When you complete your Graduate Diploma of Professional Engineering you could take the credit from your studies and go on to complete the Master of Professional Engineering where you will have the opportunity to do a research project and dissertation to apply your formal knowledge to a real world issue.

Professional accreditation

The Graduate Diploma of Professional Engineering is not accredited by any professional bodies other than the University of Southern Queensland. It does however provide a pathway to the Master of Professional Engineering which is provisionally accredited with Engineers Australia for membership as a graduate Professional Engineer.

Career outcomes

As a mechanical engineering graduate, you could work in manufacturing, refineries, mining, transportation, computing, energy, and education industries. Your experience could see you solving practical engineering problems and improving efficiency.