Master of Professional Engineering (Electrical with Management)

Name: Master of Professional Engineering (Electrical with Management)
Author: Queensland University of Technology

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‘QUT offers great teaching and connection to industry. I believe that theoretical knowledge as well as practical competence will be vital for any future employment. My advice to prospective students in Australia or overseas would be to just do it - your time at QUT will be amazing and you will leave with the skills and confidence to succeed.’

Kinnari Shetty

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Highlights

Ideal for practising engineers who want advanced, cutting-edge knowledge and skills in a chosen engineering field or want to move into an engineering management role.
Lead and contribute to complex projects.
Respond rapidly and effectively to current and emerging local and global challenges.
Use evidence-based practice to imagine and realise change using management strategies, advanced design, collaborative decision-making and innovation.
This course is accredited with Engineers Australia.

Highlights

Ideal for practising engineers who want advanced, cutting-edge knowledge and skills in a chosen engineering field or want to move into an engineering management role.
Lead and contribute to complex projects.
Respond rapidly and effectively to current and emerging local and global challenges.
Use evidence-based practice to imagine and realise change using management strategies, advanced design, collaborative decision-making and innovation.
This course is accredited with Engineers Australia.

Why choose this course?

This course enhances the knowledge, practice and professional employability skills of engineers in specific discipline areas at an advanced level. Explore an integrated mix of specialist discipline complexity and evidence-based practice with future-focused professional skills development in a connected learning environment.

The electrical with management major offers an engineering management qualification to practising engineers, specialising in electrical engineering. It combines a formal qualification in management with advanced electrical engineering skills and knowledge.

This course is suitable for practising engineers who want to change engineering disciplines and attain postgraduate qualifications.

Why choose this course?

Enhance your professional engineering knowledge, practice and professional employability skills at an advanced level. Explore an integrated mix of complex topics tailored to your specialist discipline and develop future-focused professional skills in a connected learning environment.

This course is suitable for practising engineers who want to change engineering disciplines and attain postgraduate qualifications.

Real-world learning

Through your studies, you will learn how to:

apply advanced and specialist knowledge, concepts and practices in engineering design, analysis management and sustainability
critically analyse and evaluate complex engineering problems to achieve, research informed solutions
apply systematic approaches to plan, design, execute and manage an engineering project
communicate complex information effectively and succinctly, presenting high level reports, arguments and justifications in oral, written and visual forms to professional and non-specialist audiences
organise and manage time, tasks and projects independently, and collaboratively demonstrating the values and principles that shape engineering decision making and professional accountability.

You will be engaged with the demands, complexities, tools and contemporary practices of authentic engineering environments. You will develop and shape contemporary authentic professional skills for immediate application in workplace contexts.

You will undertake your studies through a range of learning practices, including industry-led case studies, project-based learning. Your capstone learning experience is a workplace-based or authentic two-semester project staged via a series of developmental assessments. This is supported through preparation for a simulated international engineering conference (peer-reviewed poster presentation and paper).

Real-world learning

Through your studies, you will learn how to:

apply advanced and specialist knowledge, concepts and practices in engineering design, analysis management and sustainability
critically analyse and evaluate complex engineering problems to achieve, research informed solutions
apply systematic approaches to plan, design, execute and manage an engineering project
communicate complex information effectively and succinctly, presenting high level reports, arguments and justifications in oral, written and visual forms to professional and non-specialist audiences
organise and manage time, tasks and projects independently, and collaboratively demonstrating the values and principles that shape engineering decision making and professional accountability.

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What to expect

Master skills in selected engineering disciplines and the interaction of those disciplines with this two-year course for professional engineers. Enhance your skills in dealing with more complex engineering problems and interactions between engineering technical domains and the broader context in which they exist.

Gain the post-professional knowledge and skills to equip you with the abilities to become a leader in your chosen engineering field. The program offers both theoretical understanding and practical applications of advanced professional engineering practices, with a focus on sustainable, ethical and managerial abilities.

This course is provisionally accredited with Engineers Australia. Professional accreditation allows graduates to work as a professional engineer in countries that are signatories of the Washington Accord.

Work Integrated Learning

During this course you are required to complete 60 days (equivalent to 450 hours) of approved work experience.

Careers and outcomes

You will graduate with advanced, cutting-edge knowledge and skills in a chosen engineering field or engineering management role. You will:

be able to lead and contribute to complex projects and respond rapidly and effectively to current and emerging local and global challenges
have research capacity for evidence-based practice, to imagine and realise change using management strategies, advanced design, collaborative decision-making and innovation in ethical and sustainable ways as appropriate to your role
be strategic in the use of digital technologies
be an effective collaborator and communicator in disciplinary and interdisciplinary contexts with knowledge of and respect for diverse cultural perspectives.
be able to apply integrated computer-based approaches to monitor and manage internal and external resources in an organisation and implement a range of strategies and practices to support organisational objectives such as competitive advantages, innovation, sharing lessons learned, integration and continuous improvement
be able to become a specialist engineering manager within your chosen professional field, in particular, a leader and manager of engineering processes
be capable of undertaking management level roles in operations management, quality control management, logistics, enterprise resource planning, supply chain management and other specialised engineering fields.

Professional recognition

This course has provisional accreditation with Engineers Australia. Accredited courses are recognised internationally in the engineering profession, giving QUT graduates more career opportunities overseas.

Possible careers

Electrical engineer
Engineer
Engineering manager
Engineering technologist

Details and units

Requirements

Course code: EN55

CRICOS code: 096754G

Delivery

Gardens Point

Delivery

Gardens Point

Duration: 1.5 - 2 years full-time; 3 - 4 years part-time

Duration: 1.5 - 2 years full-time

Entry: February and July

Entry: February and July

Entry requirements

1.5-year program

You must have a completed four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor degree in the electrical engineering discipline with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale).

2-year program

You must have a completed:

three-year full-time (or equivalent) engineering or engineering technology in an electrical engineering discipline with a minimum 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale); or
four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor degree in the electrical engineering discipline with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale).

Minimum academic requirements

Entry requirements

1.5-year program

You must have a completed recognised four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor degree in an electrical engineering discipline with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale).

2-year program

You must have a completed recognised:

three-year full-time (or equivalent) engineering or engineering technology in an electrical engineering discipline with a minimum 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale); or
four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor degree in an electrical engineering discipline with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale).

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
IELTS Academic / One Skill Retake
Overall	6.5
Listening	6
Reading	6
Writing	6
Speaking	6
Cambridge English Score You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website.
Overall	176
Listening	169
Reading	169
Writing	169
Speaking	169
PTE Academic
Overall	58
Listening	50
Reading	50
Writing	50
Speaking	50
TOEFL iBT
Overall	79
Listening	16
Reading	16
Writing	21
Speaking	18

English Test	Overall	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
IELTS Academic / One Skill Retake	6.5	6	6	6	6
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.

Advanced standing

1.5 year entry

If you have completed four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor degree in the electrical engineering discipline with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale) you will be granted 48 credit points (1 semester) of general advanced standing upon offer.

No further advanced standing will be granted for degree or honours degree studies.

Other advanced standing

Besides the above, advanced standing will be only be considered for relevant:

postgraduate (graduate certificate, graduate diploma, masters and doctorate) studies; and/or
work experience gained after completion of your engineering degree (or higher) qualification.

Advanced standing

1.5 year entry

No further advanced standing will be granted for degree or honours degree studies.

Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering

If you succesfully complete Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering (EN60) with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale) you will receive 24cps of advanced standing.

Other advanced standing

Besides the above, advanced standing will be only be considered for relevant:

postgraduate (graduate certificate, graduate diploma, masters and doctorate) studies; and/or
work experience gained after completion of your engineering degree (or higher) qualification.

Fees

Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.

2026 fees

2026: Fee available from July

2026 fees

2026: Fee available from July

2025 fees

2025: $34,000 per year full-time (96 credit points)

2025 fees

2025: $45,300 per year full-time (96 credit points)

Student services and amenities fees

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