Develop your knowledge and focus your practical skills on a specific research area in engineering with the Master of Engineering (by Research).

As part of this course you'll increase your knowledge and practical skills with a research project in a specific area of engineering.

Our College of Engineering and Science has high-tech engineering labs and a very strong research community.

In the latest Excellence in Research for Australia results we were rated:

• 'well above world standard' in electrical and electronic engineering
• 'above world standard' in engineering overall.

VU’s engineering research areas include:

• advanced food systems (including biotechnology, chemical, analytical and polymer science)
• applied ecology
• alternative energy
• engineered packaging and distribution (including thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, vibrations and dynamics, chemical, analytical and polymer science)
• structural mechanics and materials (including sustainable buildings)
• smart energy
• telecommunications, electronics, photonics and sensors
• water resources.

You’ll graduate with well-developed skills for creating innovative engineering solutions. You may progress to higher-level (doctoral) study.

Prepare for a career researching and developing engineering solutions.

You may find a role in government or the private sector in one of the following, depending on your specialisation:

• power generation, transmission, distribution, management and control
• managing, designing and developing telecommunication network systems
• microelectronic and electronic design
• water-related government organisations and private firms.

The Master of Engineering (by Research) will prepare you for one of these roles:

• engineer
• research assistant
• research technician.

Average salaries

• Electrical engineers, A$100,200
• Electronics engineers, A$116,400
• Civil engineers, A$87,000