Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Laws

University of Wollongong - Wollongong

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Overview

Grow your legal and social knowledge of the engineering profession when you study engineering and law at UOW. You will uncover the interesting and complex relationship between building innovation and protecting it. You will develop a practical and contextual legal education that prepares you for traditional careers in the legal and engineering professions, as well as in the world of technology and entrepreneurism. You will become uniquely capable, practical-minded and adaptable as you uncover international possibilities.

Where does the law intersect with society and engineering? How do you protect your innovative solutions?

On completion, you will be able to answer these questions and more as you develop a thorough grounding in law and an understanding of engineering.

Design the career of your choice as you build highly competitive skills based on experiential learning. You will benefit from faculty who are some of the best in their fields, driving cutting-edge research and providing innovative solutions to global issues.

You will learn core fundamentals in your first years of both degrees before deciding which major discipline and electives to focus on later in your degree. Our engineering degree majors include Architectural, Biomedical, Civil, Computer and Autonomous Systems, Electrical and Electronics, Environmental, Materials, Mechanical, Mechatronic, Mining, or Telecommunications Engineering and Internet of Things. It also includes engineering honours-level content integrated throughout the course.

Throughout this double degree, you will gain hands-on experience, make meaningful professional connections and have the opportunity for international workplace-based projects, or more traditional research-based projects. You will also gain practical experience during a legal internship and engineering placement where you will gain highly valued industry experience.  

Majors

Areas of study

Bachelor of Laws: Business and financial law, commercial law, constitutional law, contracts, criminal law, environmental law, family law, human rights, intellectual property, international law, jurisprudence, legal ethics, legal skills, litigation and practice skills/internships, property law, taxation, torts. Bachelor of Engineering: First year: chemistry, communication, computing, engineering science, materials and fluids, mathematics, mechanics, physics, statistics. Major study area from second year: architectural, biomedical, civil, computer and autonomous systems, electrical and electronics, environmental, materials, mechanical, mechatronic, mining, telecommunications engineering and internet of things.

Potential Career Outcomes

Career opportunities

Bachelor of Laws: Solicitor, barrister, policy officer in government departments, in- house lawyer in private companies and community legal centres, accounting, banking and finance, business and management, education, government administration, media and communications. Bachelor of Engineering: Architectural engineering, computer architect, computer systems engineer, civil engineer, construction manager, electronics engineer, electrical engineer, environmental engineer, geotechnical engineer, materials engineer, mechanical engineer, metallurgist, network engineer, production engineer, security engineer, software engineer, structural engineer, systems analyst, telecommunications engineer, transport engineer, water quality manager.

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 2022.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer99.7599.95
Median rank to receive an offer91.896.05
Lowest rank to receive an offer83.186.6

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

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the University of Wollongong website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

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