Diploma in Global Humanitarian Engineering

Diploma

This diploma will allow you to apply your knowledge in engineering humanitarian service, broaden your skills, and widen your perceptions of engineering.

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Key details

Degree Type

Diploma

Duration

1 year full-time

Intake Months

Feb, Jul

Domestic Fees

$4,279 per year

International Fees

$22,875 per year

About this course

This diploma will allow you to apply your knowledge in engineering humanitarian service, broaden your skills, and widen your perceptions of engineering.The Diploma in Global Humanitarian Engineering can only be completed in parallel with a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours degree, in any engineering discipline. The programme combines courses in the humanities and social sciences with service-based experiential learning. Students will work on community-identified engineering issues and projects.This additional qualification is ideal for those engineering students interested in: helping to solve global issues such as food and water shortages, power supply, climate change, and ageing populations adding a humanitarian focus to your degree having the opportunity to work in a disadvantaged or developing community as part of your degree.

Study locations

Main Campus

Career pathways

Graduates of the Diploma in Global Humanitarian Engineering will be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills in a range of areas additional to their specialist engineering disciplines, and will have shown a capacity for taking on additional work and an interest in applying their skills and knowledge to humanitarian service.

They will be able to work in a diverse range of engineering companies, both nationally and internationally, and will be recognised by prospective employers as having social and communication skills that are over and above those of other engineering graduates.

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