Engineering at Melbourne

Melbourne Engineering, established in 1861, is acknowledged internationally as a leader in teaching and research. The Faculty attracts talented students and staff of outstanding ability from around the world. We offer a range of exciting courses that give you skills in project management, design, problem solving and industry-based work experience that employers value highly.

Faculty at a glance

• 4400 students (including 1500 international students from more than 50 countries)

• 400 faculty staff with more than 50 teaching and research laboratories

• Ranked 16th (Technology) in the UK Times Higher Education Supplement 2006

• High number of female students with programs built to support and encourage more females to choose engineering

• Exchange opportunities with top universities including Imperial College, University College London, University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon and the National University of Singapore

• Student support services include orientation, course advice, mentoring, transition programs and career development

Programs

The Faculty offers a wide range of courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels (including Masters and PhD) in the following engineering areas:

Engineering and the Melbourne Model

Melbourne Engineering is part of the evolutionary Melbourne Model of education. Starting in 2008, there are two ways that you can graduate with an accredited engineering degree from the University of Melbourne:

1. You can do a five-year engineering program consisting of a three-year undergraduate degree with an engineering major followed by a two-year Master of Engineering. It provides a broad-based engineering education and gives you more industry-relevant engineering skills.

2. You can still do a four-year Bachelor of Engineering course. This course has been restructured and updated to include the latest cutting-edge advances.

Research excellence

Melbourne Engineering has two Laureate Professors, four Federation Fellows and two Australian Prime Minister’s Prize winners. There are more than 300 PhD students and over 250 academic staff supporting the research programs and many staff are leaders in their fields. Our students are taught by the people who really are working on changing the way we live.

To build on these strengths, Melbourne Engineering is concentrating its research efforts along four main research themes:

1. Information and Communication Systems
2. Structured Matter
3. Sustainable Systems
4. Biomedical Engineering

These themes were chosen because they present significant research challenges and address engineering problems fundamental to the way modern society operates. The themes are also designed to enable strong cross-faculty collaborations.

Leading research staff

Professor David Solomon is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). Professor Solomon continues to be recognised for his work on the plastic banknote and contributions to polymer chemistry.

Laureate Professor Rod Tucker is an international leader in photonics and telecommunications research and is one of the 250 most cited researchers in engineering in the past 20 years.

Professor David Boger was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2007. He is widely recognised for his discovery of a class of elastic fluids now know as ‘Boger Fluids’.

Professor Frank Caruso is an international expert in nanostructures. He has been awarded two Federation Fellowships, designed for top researchers to focus on their groundbreaking work.