Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering
Highlights
- Provides a premium pathway into QUT's Master of Professional Engineering.
- Suitable for international students who have not met the minimum English language requirements to enter the Master's degree.
- Advance your knowledge and skills in one of two engineering majors and develop your English language capability and academic literacy.
- Successful graduates will receive 1 semester of credit for prior learning (advanced standing) towards the Master of Professional Engineering degree.
Why choose this course?
The Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering will help you to meet the English language requirements of the Master of Professional Engineering (EN55) program. This program will help you to improve your English language capability and academic literacy skills while studying advanced Engineering topics. On completion of the Graduate Certificate in Communication with the required results, you are guaranteed a place in the second semester of QUT's Master of Professional Engineering program.
Real-world learning
The Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering incorporates real-world case analysis, inquiry-based learning experiences, as well as individual and group projects. You will also benefit from learning to give and receive feedback from your peers while developing your oral and written English language communication skills.
The Communication units work explicitly to provide you with the academic language, skills, and strategies that will support you through the study of your two chosen Engineering discipline units. The dimension of language developed through the Communication units will move you beyond vocabulary, syntax, and grammar, to cognitive, conceptual knowledge, and formal academic language.
Campus Information
Gardens Point
Gardens Point campus is located in Brisbane's city centre, beside the Brisbane River and adjacent to the City Botanic Gardens and Queensland Parliament House. At the centre of the campus is the Old Government House which was built in 1862 and re-opened in 2009.The faculties of Business, Law, and Science and Engineering are based at this campus.
Kelvin Grove
Kelvin Grove campus hosts the faculties of Creative Industries, Education, and Health as well as the QUT International College and the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation.
Intakes
- Feb
- July
Application Processing Time in Days: 40
Application Process
Minimum English Language Requirements
| English Level Description | IELTS (1.0 -9.0) | TOEFL IBT (0-120) | TOEFL CBT (0-300) | PTE (10-90) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expert | 9 | 120 | 297-300 | 86-90 | |
| Very Good | 8.5 | 115-119 | 280-293 | 83-86 | |
| Very Good | 8 | 110-114 | 270-280 | 79-83 | |
| Good | 7.5 | 102-109 | 253-267 | 73-79 | |
| Good | 7 | 94-101 | 240-253 | 65-73 | |
| Competent | 6.5 | 79-93 | 213-233 | 58-65 | |
| Competent | 6 | 60-78 | 170-210 | 50-58 | |
| Modest | 5.5 | 46-59 | 133-210 | 43-50 | |
| Modest | 5 | 35-45 | 107-133 | 36-43 | |
| Limited | 4 | 32-34 | 97-103 | 30-36 | |
| Extremely Limited | < 4 | < 31 | < 93 | < 30 |
Job Opportunity Potential
UniHub
UniHub is a free, online database for job listings, work experience opportunities, employers, and career workshops. CareerHub advertises jobs across a range of industries and is a great place to start your job search. Once you have a student username and password, you can access opportunities in our CareerHub.
PSW Opportunity
- Not Applicable
Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria
Academic entry requirements
A completed recognized bachelor degree (or higher award) with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4 (on QUT's 7 point scale) in any discipline.
India
Higher Education
- Bachelor or higher degree from a recognized Indian institution completed within five years of starting at QUT, and 65% in the High School English Core subject awarded by CISCE or CBSE.
We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.
English Test Overall Listening Reading Writing Speaking
PTE Academic/PTE Academic Online 58 50 50 50 50
Cambridge English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. 176 169 169 169 169
IELTS Academic / IELTS Online / IELTS One Skills Retake 6.5 6 6 6 6
TOEFL iBT / Home / Paper 79 16 16 21 18
- Course Code: 096755G
- Course Type: Full Time
- Course Level: Post Graduate Diploma or Certificate
- Duration: 06 Month
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Total Tuition Fee:
19700 AUD
Annual Cost of Living: 24505 AUD
Application Fee: 100 AUD