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QUT alumnus, Daniel Timms, nominated for 2023 Australian of the Year Awards, is the founder of BiVACOR and creator of a mechanical artificial heart that has the potential to alleviate the shortage of donor heart transplants to treat heart failure patients.
'QUT’s medical engineering degree is heavily based on mechanical engineering principles. The focus on integrating engineering principles with human physiology to design systems has direct ties to my current project.'
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Medical)
Engineers Australia award winner
‘It was an absolute honour to receive Engineers Australia’s QLD Emerging Professional Engineer of the Year award. I’m excited to utilise this achievement to put a spotlight on the incredible innovation and progress being made in the biomedical engineering field, and to continue to advocate for diversity and careers in STEM, especially in rural areas.’
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Medical)
Engineer medical solutions
‘During my studies, I have been interning with QUT's Biomechanics and Spine Research group which has been an exciting way to upskill in modelling techniques and understand the research that goes into engineering solutions for adolescents with spinal deformities and scoliosis. Every assessment piece, lab, and workshop in my engineering degree integrates real-world issues and scenarios seamlessly into the curriculum so we learn to become professional engineers.’
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Medical) (Mechanical)
Bionic innovation
Medical engineering student Amelia Browne received a Highly Commended Innovation prize in the Students Bionic Innovation Challenge 2022. Amelia's team designed a wearable, cheap and lightweight bionic innovation that can sense what is touched and send a signal to the brain.
‘It was a unique experience that I can continue to build on, and possibly take into my honours year. I’m excited for this next year and competing again!’
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Medical)
Medical technology for remote communities
‘During my final year at QUT, I took part in a project to provide medical equipment to remote rural communities in Papua New Guinea. This experience was life-changing and put me on a career path working with remote and rural communities. I’ve recently led a pilot project in rural Tanzania managing the installation of oxygen facilities in 12 health clinics. Newborn babies are alive today because of those systems.’
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Medical)
Real-world learning
‘QUT provided real-world examples of medical devices, regulatory submissions, and international standards in our assessments and coursework from the get-go. Within my first week on the job, I was utilising this knowledge to develop a hazard analysis and design failure modes for an orthopaedic screw range.’
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Medical)
World’s first artificial heart
QUT alumnus, Daniel Timms, nominated for 2023 Australian of the Year Awards, is the founder of BiVACOR and creator of a mechanical artificial heart that has the potential to alleviate the shortage of donor heart transplants to treat heart failure patients.
'QUT’s medical engineering degree is heavily based on mechanical engineering principles. The focus on integrating engineering principles with human physiology to design systems has direct ties to my current project.'
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Medical)
Engineers Australia award winner
‘It was an absolute honour to receive Engineers Australia’s QLD Emerging Professional Engineer of the Year award. I’m excited to utilise this achievement to put a spotlight on the incredible innovation and progress being made in the biomedical engineering field, and to continue to advocate for diversity and careers in STEM, especially in rural areas.’
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Medical)
Engineer medical solutions
‘During my studies, I have been interning with QUT's Biomechanics and Spine Research group which has been an exciting way to upskill in modelling techniques and understand the research that goes into engineering solutions for adolescents with spinal deformities and scoliosis. Every assessment piece, lab, and workshop in my engineering degree integrates real-world issues and scenarios seamlessly into the curriculum so we learn to become professional engineers.’
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Medical) (Mechanical)
Bionic innovation
Medical engineering student Amelia Browne received a Highly Commended Innovation prize in the Students Bionic Innovation Challenge 2022. Amelia's team designed a wearable, cheap and lightweight bionic innovation that can sense what is touched and send a signal to the brain.
‘It was a unique experience that I can continue to build on, and possibly take into my honours year. I’m excited for this next year and competing again!’
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Medical)
Medical technology for remote communities
‘During my final year at QUT, I took part in a project to provide medical equipment to remote rural communities in Papua New Guinea. This experience was life-changing and put me on a career path working with remote and rural communities. I’ve recently led a pilot project in rural Tanzania managing the installation of oxygen facilities in 12 health clinics. Newborn babies are alive today because of those systems.’
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Medical)
Real-world learning
‘QUT provided real-world examples of medical devices, regulatory submissions, and international standards in our assessments and coursework from the get-go. Within my first week on the job, I was utilising this knowledge to develop a hazard analysis and design failure modes for an orthopaedic screw range.’
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Medical)
Highlights
- We're number 1 in Australia and number 16 in the world for biomedical engineering (2024 ShanghaiRanking).
- Integrate engineering principles with human physiology to design systems and equipment that improve health outcomes.
- Develop your skills in our advanced engineering labs, guided by Australia’s leading biomedical engineers.
- Benefit from our strong links with hospitals and industry partners to access exclusive work placements and research opportunities.
- Take advantage of Brisbane’s vibrant and growing health and medical tech industry, or explore opportunities in diverse roles overseas.
- Choose a second major or a double degree and expand your employment opportunities.
- Graduate eligible for Engineers Australia (EA) membership and with a highly regarded and internationally-recognised qualification.
Highlights
- We're number 1 in Australia and number 16 in the world for biomedical engineering (2024 ShanghaiRanking).
- Integrate engineering principles with human physiology to design systems and equipment that improve health outcomes.
- Develop your skills in our advanced engineering labs, guided by Australia’s leading biomedical engineers.
- Benefit from our strong links with hospitals and industry partners to access exclusive work placements and research opportunities.
- Take advantage of Brisbane’s vibrant and growing health and medical tech industry, or explore opportunities in diverse roles overseas.
- Choose a second major or a double degree and expand your employment opportunities.
- Graduate eligible for Engineers Australia (EA) membership and with a highly regarded and internationally-recognised qualification.
Why choose this course?
With a medical engineering degree from QUT, you’ll join a dynamic and growing industry that’s changing the future of healthcare.
From ensuring the safe operation of medical equipment, to designing and developing innovative medical devices, you’ll apply your engineering expertise to improve global health outcomes.
QUT staff, students and alumni are leaders in the dynamic field of medical engineering. Some of our graduates who have gone on to achieve amazing things include Daniel Timms, founder of the world’s first artificial heart, and Chris Jeffries, founder and CEO of medical device company Field Orthopaedics.
You’ll develop your skills in our dedicated Biomedical Engineering Lab, where you’ll be taught by Australia’s leading biomedical engineers who’ll share their latest research and innovations as they’re being developed.
You’ll then apply what you learn through exclusive work placements and exciting research projects with our clinical and industry partners, including Brisbane’s biggest hospitals and medical device start-ups. This includes taking a real-life problem and working with your peers over a semester to develop a solution.
With sought-after skills and experience, you can choose to work in Brisbane’s vibrant and growing health and medical tech industry, or explore opportunities in diverse roles overseas.
You can also choose a second major or a double degree and pursue your interests while maximising your career opportunities.
Explore this course
Medical engineers work with doctors and medical scientists to design, manufacture and maintain medical equipment to improve health care and medical services. The discipline applies engineering and scientific methods to find solutions to problems in medicine and the life sciences.
Medical engineering integrates engineering principles with human physiology to design, manufacture, install, monitor and maintain medical and surgical equipment. Medical engineers are responsible for the safe and effective operation of equipment such as monitoring, diagnostic and therapeutic medical equipment ranging from CT scanners to kidney dialysis machines.
Explore your options
Your engineering degree features common units in the first year that combine broad foundation principles with a wide range of major choices, giving you flexibility and options before you choose your career specialisation.
Work Integrated Learning
Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is embedded in the curriculum and it is a core component for all engineering students. WIL allows you to graduate with a portfolio of professional skills that provides evidence of your professional competencies.
You are required to complete 60 days (equivalent to 450 hours) of approved work experience in the engineering environment as part of your work integrated learning.
Careers and outcomes
Medical engineers design, manufacture and maintain medical equipment that empowers doctors and medical scientists to improve health outcomes and save lives.
As a medical engineer, you may design innovative medical devices such as artificial limbs and bionic implants, or develop improved monitoring and diagnostic equipment that will help diagnose illnesses faster.
Professional recognition
All graduates are eligible for an Engineers Australia (EA) membership. EA is a signatory to the Washington Accord, which permits graduates to work in various countries across the world. This course is recognised internationally in the engineering profession, giving QUT graduates more career opportunities overseas.
Possible careers
- Biomechanical engineer
- Biomedical engineer
- Medical engineer
- Medical equipment sales
Engineering (Honours)
Your QUT Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree consists of 32 units (384 credit points) arranged as follows:
(a) Core units (96 credit points) consisting of:
60 credit points of First Year units:
- Three core engineering units (36 credit points)
- An introductory unit in engineering mathematics (12 credit points), chosen from a list of two units depending on the student's mathematical preparedness
- Engineering Mathematics and Statistics (12 credit points)
And 36 credit points of Honours units:
- Research Methods (12 credit points)
- Project (24 credit points)
(b) A Major (216 credit points) consisting of:
- Eleven bachelor-level major units in the major (132 credit points)
- Five advanced Honours-level units in the major (60 credit points)
- Two Discipline Extension Units (24 credit points)
(c) Complementary Studies (48 credit points) consisting of:
- An Engineering Minor (a 4-unit sets of 48 credit points) from the options for your chosen Major
(d) Four QUT You units (24 credit points) of your choice.
Engineering (Honours)
Your QUT Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree consists of 32 units (384 credit points) arranged as follows:
(a) Core units (96 credit points) consisting of:
60 credit points of First Year units:
- Three core engineering units (36 credit points)
- An introductory unit in engineering mathematics (12 credit points), chosen from a list of two units depending on the student's mathematical preparedness
- Engineering Mathematics and Statistics (12 credit points)
And 36 credit points of Honours units:
- Research Methods (12 credit points)
- Project (24 credit points)
(b) A Major (216 credit points) consisting of:
- Eleven bachelor-level major units in the major (132 credit points)
- Five advanced Honours-level units in the major (60 credit points)
- Two Discipline Extension Units (24 credit points)
(c) Complementary Studies (48 credit points) consisting of:
- An Engineering Minor (a 4-unit sets of 48 credit points) from the options for your chosen Major
(d) Four QUT You units (24 credit points) of your choice.
- ATAR/selection rank threshold
- 80.00
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
- EN01
- QTAC code
- 412502
- CRICOS code
- 084921G
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- Gardens Point
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- Gardens Point
- 4 years full-time
- 8 years part-time
- 4 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)
Year 12 early offer scheme
If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student, you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12, before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.
Find out more about the QUT Year 12 Early Offer Scheme
Helping you to get into your course
If you dont think your ATAR or selection rank is high enough to get into this course, you can guarantee your entry with guaranteed advanced standing by upgrading through one the following programs which you can select as one of your QTAC preferences:
QUT College Diploma in Engineering
QUT College Diploma in Engineering graduates will automatically receive an offer to start the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) within three weeks after completion of the diploma. You will also automatically receive 1 year (96 credit points) credit transfer and be able to complete the degree in 3 years as a full-time student.
Find out more about the QUT College Diploma in Engineering
Dual TAFE-Qld Brisbane/QUT award
If you enrol in a QTAC offer in the following dual TAFE-Qld Brisbane/QUT award you will automatically receive a QUT conditional offer in June (semester 1 QTAC offer) or October (semester 2 QTAC offer) after your enrolment at TAFE-Qld Brisbane is confirmed.
Upon completion of the TAFE-Qld courses you will be able to enrol at QUT. You will also automatically receive 1 year (96 credit points) credit transfer and be able to complete the degree in 3 years as a full-time student if you complete the advanced diploma
More details will be provided in your QUT conditional offer letter.
Offer guarantee
If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 82.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
VET guarantee
If you have completed an AQF diploma or higher, 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
99.55
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Selection rank
99.95
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| Median ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
83.65
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Selection rank
88.00
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| Lowest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
71.50
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Selection rank
80.00
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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
- 80.00
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 82.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
VET guarantee
If you have completed an AQF diploma or higher, 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 | 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 $8,200 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2025 fees
2025: $45,500 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: CSP $8,100 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $42,400 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.
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding academic achievement.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
Women in Engineering Scholarship
A scholarship for future female undergraduate students who want to study engineering.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Women
QUT Elite Sport Scholarship
QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding sporting achievement.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Sporting excellence
QUT Budding Entrepreneur Scholarship
A scholarship for innovative individuals who are engaged in their passion for entrepreneurial action.
- Scholarship eligibility
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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