Course overview

Combining engineering techniques and maths to design and build electronic hardware is covered through core engineering subjects in the first year on which you can build your electronics knowledge. 

The Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice, usually taken in 2nd and 4th year, gives you two internship opportunities in industry. This gives you the practical, hands-on experience, as well as the business skills to kick-start your career.

Studio-based learning includes group and industry projects giving you the employable skills which cannot be learned from a book; problem-solving, project management, communication, creativity, interpersonal, presentation and leadership.

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Subjects

Check out the core subjects for this major, as well as the options available to you to personalise your degree.

Core engineering

• Maths Modelling
• Physical Modelling
• Design and Innovation Fundamentals
• Engineering Economics & Finance
• Engineering Project Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Engineering Communication

Core electronic engineering

• Introductory Digital Systems
• Sensing, Actuation & Control
• IoT Components and Technologies
• Electronic Engineering Analysis
• Electronic Engineering Design
• Fundamentals of C Programming
• Electronic Systems
• Electronics & Circuits
• Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Studios

Studios give you project opportunities to develop a range of professional skills. This includes using design processes to solve complex problems and to develop new product opportunities.

Sub-major

Choose IoT software or hardware as a sub-major of this degree and help advance the world we live in.

Electives

Choose subjects based on your career interests and the knowledge and skills that you wish to add to your degree. You can choose from other engineering disciplines, postgraduate engineering subjects, or take subjects from other UTS faculties. You could also use your electives to study at one of our overseas partner universities as part of UTS: Global Exchange or BUiLD .

Engineering practice

As part of the Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice you will work for an employer(s) of your choice for two periods of 6 months, generally in your second and fourth years. You graduate with practical, hands-on experience, giving you the competitive edge when you graduate.

Honours project

Students usually complete their Capstone Project in their final year. Is your chance to demonstrate your knowledge, skills and creative thinking, and can potentially lead into a research degree. Partner with your internship employer, or a UTS researcher to take a deep dive into a project of your choice.