Graduate Diploma of Engineering
7 CRICOS providers offer this course to international students in 5 Australian cities. Typical tuition for the whole course is AUD $20,000 - $32,400, and it usually takes about 1 year.
- Typical tuition, whole course
- AUD $20,000 - $32,400
- Course length
- 1 yr - 2 yrs
- Providers
- 7 providers
- Cities
- 5 cities
Some providers include a work placement
Typical = the middle 80% of CRICOS tuition fees across providers. Full range AUD $20,000 - $40,000. Fees change, so confirm with the provider.
MEM80125 · Mechanical Engineering
What it prepares you for
The Graduate Diploma of Engineering prepares you for work as a Principal Engineering Technical Officer.
You complete 10 units: 3 core and 7 electives chosen by the provider.
Some providers include a work placement.
From the national register
This qualification defines the skills and knowledge required to undertake high level supervisory technician and technical officer work across a range of discipline areas including mechanical, mechatronics, manufacturing, maintenance, and heating ventilation air-conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) in manufacturing and engineering. The qualification provides the opportunity to gain advanced theoretical knowledge and technical skills in either a specific discipline area or across a broad field of technical work and learning.
In some jurisdictions, units in this qualification may relate to licensing or regulatory requirements. Licensing and regulatory information is included in the relevant units of competency. Local regulations should be checked.
What you study
3 core units every student completes, plus 7 electives chosen by the provider. Unit names as listed in the official qualification.
- MEM234002Integrate engineering technologies
- MEM234035Maintain and apply technical and engineering skills
- MSMENV672Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainability
Where it can take you
Typical jobs for this qualification, as listed on training.gov.au.
Principal Engineering Technical Officer
Principal Engineering Technical Officers work in engineering leadership roles, project planning, product development, research and development, project management, operations management, engineering related design and other engineering related technical roles requiring the exercising of engineering related skills of a complex and sophisticated nature or skills in a particular field of technical work.
Registration and next steps
- No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Cities that offer it
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Levels in the same field
Many students start lower and move up: a Certificate IV or Diploma can lead into a Bachelor degree, often with credit for what you have already studied.
- 01Certificate IICertificate II in Engineering1 providerAUD $5,000
- 02Certificate IIICertificate III in Engineering - Technical3 providersAUD $7,700 - $7,875
- 03DiplomaDiploma of Engineering - Technical13 providersAUD $14,153 - $25,000
- 04Associate DegreeAssociate Degree in Mechanical Engineering1 providerAUD $41,520
- 05Bachelor DegreeBachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering)1 providerAUD $77,550
- 06Bachelor (Hons)Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) (Honours)5 providersAUD $134,000 - $166,800
- 07Grad. Diploma · This courseGraduate Diploma of Engineering7 providersAUD $20,000 - $32,400
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