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‘I believe this vertical degree will distinguish me as an engineer, empowering me to develop innovative products both independently and collaboratively. It will also allow me to acquire new skills and enhance my competitiveness in the workplace. The integration of courses from the Master of Robotics and AI program into the third and fourth years of my bachelor's degree will provide me with valuable exposure to robotics skills and knowledge as I progress in my studies.’
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Master of Robotics and AI
Put yourself ahead of the game
‘A vertical double degree in robotics and AI gives you a unique set of qualifications that will distinguish you from other graduates. This degree opens up new career pathways in the exciting and emerging field of robotic and autonomous systems technology.’
Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Engineering
Learn from Australia’s top robotics experts
QUT is the home of Queensland’s leading researcher in robotics, Professor Michael Milford. We are proud to be Australia's number one robotics research institution for the sixth consecutive year (Australian Research Magazine, 2025).
Advance your knowledge
'Knowledge in robotics and AI is invaluable for future engineers due to their wide-reaching impact. The interconnected units at QUT enhance learning across courses and the prospect of acquiring both basic and advanced knowledge in designing robots and AI is very exciting to me.'
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Master of Robotics and AI (Mechatronics)
Space tech expertise
Associate Professor Thierry Peynot is a chief investigator at the QUT Centre for Robotics, and leads the QUT Space Precinct development, which homes Australia’s largest covered facility for testing field robotics and equipment in realistic Moon conditions. Peynot’s research expertise focuses on mobile robotics and autonomous systems in challenging environments, and include multimodal sensing, robotic vision, sensor data fusion, mapping and localisation.
Learn from Australia’s top robotics experts
QUT is the home of Queensland’s leading researcher in robotics, Professor Michael Milford. We are proud to be Australia's number one robotics research institution for the sixth consecutive year (Australian Research Magazine, 2025).
A competitive edge
‘I believe this vertical degree will distinguish me as an engineer, empowering me to develop innovative products both independently and collaboratively. It will also allow me to acquire new skills and enhance my competitiveness in the workplace. The integration of courses from the Master of Robotics and AI program into the third and fourth years of my bachelor's degree will provide me with valuable exposure to robotics skills and knowledge as I progress in my studies.’
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Master of Robotics and AI
Program your future
'In my robotics engineering internship, I worked in the emerging technology team at a consulting firm in Bangalore, India. I was given the opportunity to program a drone tour guide that could show visitors and clients around the company’s large campus. It was valuable to work under the guidance of smart engineers and execute a real project from scratch.'
Advance your knowledge
'Knowledge in robotics and AI is invaluable for future engineers due to their wide-reaching impact. The interconnected units at QUT enhance learning across courses and the prospect of acquiring both basic and advanced knowledge in designing robots and AI is very exciting to me.'
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Master of Robotics and AI (Mechatronics)
Highlights
- Graduate with a bachelor degree and master degree within five years, fast-tracking your ability to lead and contribute to complex robotics and AI projects.
- If you're a domestic student entering the bachelor degree component of the vertical double in 2024 and 2025, you will receive a Commonwealth Support Place (CSP) for the master component.
- Learn from academics who are leaders in their fields, including Professor Michael Milford, Australia's top robotics researcher (Australian Research Magazine, 2024).
- Make yourself more employable with skills that are in high demand from some of the world’s biggest engineering and technology corporations.
- QUT is the only university that offers this master's option in Australia.
Highlights
- Graduate with a bachelor degree and master degree within five years, fast-tracking your ability to lead and contribute to complex robotics and AI projects.
- Make yourself more employable with skills that are in high demand from some of the world’s biggest engineering and technology corporations.
- As Australia's top-ranked research institution in robotics for the sixth consecutive year, QUT is the best place to study and develop your career in robotics and artificial intelligence (The Australian Research Magazine, 2025).
- QUT is the only university that offers this master degree option in Australia.
- The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) is accredited by Engineers Australia.
Why choose this course?
Make yourself more employable and ready to launch into an exciting career with our Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Master of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence vertical double degree.
Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are transforming our world. These two technologies will have a significant influence in your future engineering career. AI is already making transformative impacts across medical technology, self-driving vehicles, cybersecurity, manufacturing systems and so much more.
This accelerated course will provide you with the ability to lead and contribute to complex robotics and AI projects. You’ll graduate with advanced cutting-edge knowledge and skills in automation, as well as the ability to create new technology and respond rapidly and effectively to new local and global challenges.
QUT is the best place to develop your career in robotics and Artificial Intelligence as we are the top research institution in the innovative field of robotics.
Explore this course
A vertical double degree means you will graduate with a bachelor degree and master degree within five years, fast-tracking your ability to lead and contribute to complex robotics and AI projects, create new technology and respond rapidly to new local and global challenges.
All domestic students who enter the bachelor degree component of the vertical double in 2024 and 2025 will receive a Commonwealth Support Place (CSP) for the master degree component.
Your degree begins with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) at QUT. You will choose from four majors:
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Computer and Software Systems)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechatronics)
In your fifth year, you will complete the Master of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, allowing you to graduate with two degrees in five years.
During this course you are required to complete 60 days (equivalent to 450 hours) of approved work experience for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) component.
Careers and outcomes
This vertical double degree can set you up for a wide range of careers in leading and implementing AI technology across medical technology, self-driving vehicles, cybersecurity, manufacturing systems and so much more. The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) is accredited by Engineers Australia.
Possible careers
- Electrical engineer
- Machine learning engineer
- Mechatronics engineer
- Robotics engineer
- Software engineer
- ATAR/selection rank threshold
- 90.00
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2024.
Don't have a ATAR/selection rank?
- Course code
- EV02
- QTAC code
- 412912
- CRICOS code
- 111160E
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- Gardens Point
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- Gardens Point
- 5 years full-time
- 5 years full-time
- February and July
- February and July
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course, we assume you have sound knowledge of the subject/s listed below. If you don't have the subject knowledge, you can still apply for the course but we strongly encourage you to undertake bridging studies to gain the knowledge:
- English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)
- Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C)
Offer guarantee
If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 90.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Advanced standing
If you have prior studies or work experience, you may be eligible for advanced standing (credit). You can apply for advanced standing once you've been accepted to QUT. If you're in your first semester of study, you must apply for advanced standing within 10 days of receiving your offer.
Deferment
You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year.
More about deferring your offer
Adjustments to your ATAR/selection rank
Any adjustments you receive to your ATAR or selection rank will be applied to this course.
Find out if you’re eligible for an adjustment to your ATAR or selection rank
Offers we made to school leavers in Semester 1, 2024
The figures listed in the tables below reflect the offers that were made to recent ATAR students. The entry thresholds box at the top of this page shows the lowest adjusted ATAR/selection rank required to receive an offer for all applicants for the most recent January QTAC offer round.
| Excluding adjustments | Including adjustments | |
|---|---|---|
| Highest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
99.75
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Selection rank
99.95
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| Median ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
94.20
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Selection rank
98.70
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| Lowest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
82.15
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Selection rank
90.10
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You can find out more about your fellow students’ backgrounds with this course’s student profile.
Other admission options
If you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you may be eligible for admission through our Centralised Assessment Selection Process (CASP).
I completed my studies outside of Australia
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide to the grades you need to apply for this course.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
Assumed knowledge
- Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C)
You must have achieved this study at a level comparable to Australian Year 12 or in recognised post-secondary studies.
I completed secondary school in Australia
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course we assume you have sound knowledge in these areas:
- Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C)
- ATAR/selection rank
- 90.00
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 90.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Minimum English language requirements
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide on meeting QUT’s English language requirements.
Your scores and prior qualifications in English-speaking countries are considered. Approved English-speaking countries are Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, United States of America and Wales.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests undertaken in a secure test centre. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.
| English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IELTS Academic / One Skill Retake | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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Cambridge English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. |
176 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 |
| PTE Academic | 58 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| TOEFL iBT | 79 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 18 |
Don't have the English language score you need? We can help!
We offer English language programs to improve your English and help you gain entry to this course.
When you apply for this course, we will recommend which English course you should enrol in.
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2025 fees
2025: CSP $9,000 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2025 fees
2025: $45,900 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
International Merit Scholarship
A high achievement scholarship for future international undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
QUT Real World International Scholarship
A scholarship to cover tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
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