Queensland University of Technology

Master of Professional Engineering (Mechanical with Management)

  • Delivery: Face to Face
  • Study Level: Postgraduate
  • Duration: 24 months
  • Course Type: Master's

Explore complex industry problems, boost your post-professional knowledge and future-proof your engineering career.

Course overview

The Master of Professional Engineering (Mechanical with Management) course enhances the knowledge, practice and professional employability skills of engineers in specific discipline areas at an advanced level. Explore an integrated mix of specialist discipline complexity and evidence-based practice with future-focused professional skills development in a connected learning environment.

The mechanical with management major offers an engineering management qualification to practising engineers, specialising in mechanical engineering. It combines a formal qualification in management with advanced mechanical engineering skills and knowledge.

This course is suitable for practising engineers who want to change engineering disciplines and attain postgraduate qualifications.

Key facts

Delivery
Face to Face
Course Type
Master's
Duration
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Can be studied part time
24 months (Full time)
Price Per Unit
From $4,600
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Prices are calculated based on a per year full-time study load of 96 credit points.
Campus
Gardens Point
Intake
February, 2026
July, 2026
Units
16
Fees
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FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.
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What you will study

To graduate with a Master of Professional Engineering (Mechanical with Management), you are required to complete 192 credit points (16 units). Each unit is valued at 12 credit points.

Core Units
  • Design of Machine Elements
  • Sustainable Practice in Engineering
  • Project Management Principles
  • Research Methods for Engineers
  • Enterprise Resource Planning
  • Project 1
  • Project 2

AND

Select nine (9) units from the Discipline Option Units.

Discipline Option Units

Entry Requirements

1.5-year program

You must have a completed four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor's degree in the mechanical engineering discipline with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale).

Two-year program

You must have completed one of the following:

  • Three-year full-time (or equivalent) engineering or engineering technology in a mechanical engineering discipline with a minimum of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale).
  • Four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor's degree in the mechanical engineering discipline with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale).

Recognition of Prior Learning

You may be able to have your past studies or work experience count as credit towards your QUT course. QUT call this 'advanced standing'. That means you might not have to complete all the units in your course structure. You may be able to graduate sooner. Exemptions are assessed individually – talk to QUT's Course Consultant for more information.

Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

You will graduate with advanced, cutting-edge knowledge and skills in a chosen engineering field or engineering management role. You will:

  • Be able to lead and contribute to complex projects and respond rapidly and effectively to current and emerging local and global challenges.
  • Have research capacity for evidence-based practice to imagine and realise change using management strategies, advanced design, collaborative decision-making and innovation in ethical and sustainable ways as appropriate to your role.
  • Be strategic in the use of digital technologies.
  • Be an effective collaborator and communicator in disciplinary and interdisciplinary contexts with knowledge of and respect for diverse cultural perspectives.
  • Be able to apply integrated computer-based approaches to monitor and manage internal and external resources in an organisation and implement a range of strategies and practices to support organisational objectives such as competitive advantages, innovation, sharing lessons learned, integration and continuous improvement.
  • Be able to become a specialist engineering manager within your chosen professional field, in particular, a leader and manager of engineering processes.
  • Be capable of undertaking management-level roles in operations management, quality control management, logistics, enterprise resource planning, supply chain management and other specialised engineering fields.

Career Outcomes

Possible careers:

  • Engineer
  • Engineering Technologist
  • Engineering Manager
  • Mechanical Engineer

Fees and FEE-HELP

Indicative 2026 fee: $36,800 per year full-time for 96 credit points (domestic full-fee paying place)

Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. QUT reviews fees annually. They may be subject to increases.

You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.

FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students.