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Master of Civil Engineering (Professional)

Australia

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What will I learn?

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

CRICOS

108880K

Study options

Full Time (2 years)

Tuition fees
A$53,760.00 (US$ 35,477) per year

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

Start date

24 February 2025, 28 July 2025

Venue

St Lucia Campus

THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND,

Queensland,

4072, BRISBANE, Australia

Entry requirements

For international students

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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