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MJRH-EENGR

Energy Engineering

Undergraduate major

Gain a groundbreaking degree designed for the next generation of engineers required for the world’s energy transition and rapidly changing energy industries.

Course outline
  • Qualification
    Energy Engineering Major (BEng Hons)
  • Credit

    Credit

    500
Course outline

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Course outline

Overview

Overview

This course is designed to meet the demand for roles in energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies, fossil-fuel reduction, hydrogen systems, geo-energy options and environmental compliance.

The course is the first of its kind to offer the breadth and depth of knowledge needed to conceive, design, build and operate engineering processes relevant to a clean energy future.

Following your Engineering Foundation Year, you’ll choose four specialisation units to complete, in an area such as power systems engineering, low-carbon transition, subsurface energy engineering and energy conversion technologies.

In your final year, you’ll undertake an industry-guided capstone design project, integrating your knowledge to solve an industry problem in an energy engineering context. Ethical and sustainable decision-making and collaborative problem-solving will be key aspects of the project.

Emphasising environmental and social responsibility – and aligning with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and Australia’s net-zero carbon emissions target – this course also highlights sustainability principles and Indigenous perspectives in addressing global energy engineering challenges.

How this course will make you industry ready

The course responds to the growing need for expertise in energy transition and has been designed with extensive input from industry. As part of the course, you’ll complete an industry-guided capstone experience.

What jobs can the Energy Engineering course lead to?

Careers

  • Energy (systems) engineer
  • Energy transition consultant
  • Subsurface energy engineer
  • Energy researcher
  • Energy conversion consultant

 Industries

  • Energy and renewable energy
  • Mining
  • Hydrogen production
  • Electricity networks and supply
  • Government (local, state and national)

What you'll learn

  • Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of fundamental science, mathematics, data analytics, information science, and computing underpinning the broad field of engineering, GC1
  • Solve complex energy engineering problems of industrial and societal significance through the application of discipline-specific and integrated bodies of knowledge, design and sustainability principles, GC1
  • Make decisions related to the design and implementation of solutions to engineering problems in a safe, ethical, and climate-responsible manner adhering to legal and professional standards and through respectful partnerships with local First Peoples and other diverse cultures as globally responsible citizens, GC4, GC5
  • Apply systems thinking for innovative solutions to global energy engineering challenges, discern knowledge and undertake applied research in a discipline of energy engineering, GC2
  • Select and use current and emerging technologies to develop and communicate effective and innovative engineering solutions to complex problems, GC3
  • Demonstrate lifelong learning habits, teamwork and leadership abilities, project management skills, and the ability to identify opportunities for career-wide professional growth, necessary for advancing a career in engineering and beyond, GC6

Why study Energy Engineering at Curtin?

Environmentally responsible

Curtin University is committed to social good, sustainability and positive global impact.

Industry-focused

This course has been designed with extensive input from industry and responds to the growing need for expertise in energy transition.

Globally relevant

This course has been developed to align with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and Australia’s net-zero carbon emissions target.

Professional recognition and accreditation

Curtin's Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) is accredited in Australia by Engineers Australia (EA) and recognised internationally. Curtin proactively seeks course accreditation by EA, to ensure that our graduates have professional recognition in Australia and by international signatories to the Washington Accord. As EA accreditation is outcomes-based, when a course is new or recently established (and therefore yet to produce the threshold number of graduates), it may be granted provisional accreditation. Provisional accreditation indicates that the course meets the accreditation criteria to the extent possible at the time of evaluation and is likely to be granted full accreditation in the future.

Our Energy Engineering major is a recently established course that is currently seeking provisional accreditation.

Credit for recognised learning (CRL)

Use your experience to get credit towards your degree

Finish your course sooner with credit for your previous study or work experience.

Fees and scholarships

Please view the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree for indicative fees.

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How to apply

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  • Curtin course code: MJRH-EENGR
  • Last updated on: 12 December 2024

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