Develop the specialist knowledge and technical skills to meet the demands of the future and expand your career options.
The Master of Civil Engineering (Professional) provides you with options for in-depth study in the broad engineering fields of structural, water and environmental, geotechnical and transportation engineering.
You’ll advance your existing civil engineering knowledge and skills through practice-focused and advanced technical courses coupled with experiential learning experiences.
Your study experience will include the completion of a research project in your final year. This project is an opportunity for you to work directly and intensively with academic mentors.
Career possibilities
Postgraduate study can take you anywhere. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:
Civil engineer
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
24 February 2025, 28 July 2025
St Lucia Campus
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND,
Queensland,
4072, BRISBANE, Australia
To be eligible for entry, you'll need:
a 4-year bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline (see below), or
a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) which includes all of the relevant discipline content (see below), or
to have successfully completed 3 years of study towards an approved qualification at an overseas partner institution, with a formal pathway to the Master of Civil Engineering (Professional).
You must have a grade point average (GPA) of 5.0 on a 7-point scale in your previous qualification.
Relevant disciplines for previous qualifications
Relevant disciplines include civil engineering, structural engineering, or civil and structural engineering.
If your bachelor's degree was not awarded in these disciplines, you must have successfully completed all of the following discipline content in your tertiary studies:
advanced/higher/engineering mathematics
statistics
programming
engineering statics
structural mechanics/mechanics of materials
steel design or structural analysis
concrete design
fluid mechanics
hydrology and free surface flows
soil mechanics
geotechnical engineering
English language requirements
IELTS overall 6.5; reading 6; writing 6; speaking 6; listening 6. For other English Language Proficiency Tests and Scores approved for UQ
TOEFL IBT - Overall 87, listening 19, reading 19, writing 21 and speaking 19.
TOEFL PB - Overall 570, listening 54, reading 54, writing 59/5.
Pearsons - Overall Score of 64 and 60 in all sub bands.
BE - A minimum overall grade of 4 plus a minimum grade of C in all macro skills.
CES - Overall 176 and 169 in all sub bands.
OET is not accepted.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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