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Postgraduate

Graduate Certificate of Professional Engineering (Agricultural Engineering)

Graduate Certificate of Professional Engineering (Agricultural Engineering) (GCNS)

Entry requirements
Study mode
  • On-campus
  • External
Campus
  • Toowoomba
Duration
  • 0.5 year(s) (or part-time equivalent)
Start
  • Feb, May, Sep

Overview

  • ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø is the only provider of agricultural engineering degrees in Australia and New Zealand, and we have links to world class research with the Centre for Agricultural Engineering.
  • Study advanced level agricultural engineering and gain the tools to address problems relating to sustainable agricultural production, precision agriculture and the post-harvest handling of agricultural and other primary products.
  • An ideal option if you have a 3-year engineering degree and want to extend your knowledge in agricultural engineering. No work experience is required to commence your postgraduate studies in this degree.
  • If you studied your undergraduate degree in a different area of engineering, this degree will allow you to change your career path and specialise in agricultural engineering.

Further study

When you complete your Graduate Certificate of Professional Engineering you could take the credit from your studies and go on to complete the Graduate Diploma of Professional Engineering. You could even go on to complete the Master of Professional Engineering where you will have the opportunity to do a research project and dissertation to apply your formal knowledge to a real world issue.

Professional accreditation

Graduate Certificate of Professional Engineering is not accredited by any professional bodies other than the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø. It does however provide a pathway to the Master of Professional Engineering which is provisionally accredited with for membership as a graduate Professional Engineer.

Career outcomes

  • As an agricultural engineering graduate, you will have the expertise required to work in the areas of agriculture, irrigation, intensive livestock, processing, transport, forestry, water supply, soil conservation, environmental protection and water conservation both in Australia and overseas.

Entry requirements

  • Australian university three or four-year Bachelor degree in engineering in the relevant specialisation, or equivalent.
    or
  • Australian university four-year Bachelor degree in engineering in a non-related specialisation, or equivalent.

English language requirements

You are required to meet the applicable English language requirements and this degree requires a minimum of IELTS 6.5 with a minimum 6.0 in each subscore. ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø also accepts other English language proficiency tests.

If you don't meet the English language requirements, you can apply to study with our English language partner, the .