Associate Degree in Engineering Technology

RMIT University - City

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Overview

In this course, you'll choose subjects relevant to your engineering major and undertake a real-world project to design, develop, and present a product.

All students study common first year subjects. After first year you then choose from one of six majors in the second year. Available majors are:
  • Civil
  • Mechanical
  • Computer and Networking
  • Aerospace
  • Electrical and Electronics 
  • Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics
You will gain theoretical knowledge and practical skills to design, install, maintain, analyse and improve a range of devices, systems and infrastructures.

This course has a very strong Industry Advisory Committee (IAC), which links the course to industry developments. The IAC is composed of staff from local engineering organisations and provides regular feedback on the course and the changing needs of industry.

You can also choose to continue on to one of several Bachelor degrees in Engineering available at RMIT.

Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in English other than EAL or at least 25 in English as an Additional Language (EAL); Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in any Mathematics.

Non-Year 12 prerequisites

Demonstrated proficiency equivalent to stated Year 12 prerequisites.

Majors

Advanced manufacturing, Aerospace, Aircraft systems, Civil engineering, Communication systems, Computer application, Computer-aided design (CAD), Electrical engineering, Electronics, Engineering (materials), Engineering (structural analysis and design), Industrial studies, Mechanical engineering, Mechanics (solids), Mechanics (thermo-fluids), Microprocessor control systems, Network security, Process control, Telecommunications (systems and network).

Potential Career Outcomes

The type of careers this qualification leads to may include aerospace design engineer paraprofessional, aircraft maintenance engineer paraprofessional, automation specialist, , electronic design, service engineering, microprocessor programming, network design or network support, networking, internet working, IP telephony, product design and process and production planner.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer90.2598.00
Median rank to receive an offer59.6568.30
Lowest rank to receive an offer33.5040.85

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the RMIT University website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

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University

RMIT University

Campus

City

Course Type

Associate Degree

Study Area

Engineering

Indicative ATAR

33.50

Delivery Mode

On-campus

Duration

Full-time: 2 years

Course Link

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State
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Type
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Courses
196
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