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- Provides a premium pathway into several of QUT's postgraduate engineering courses.
- Suitable for international students who have not met the minimum English language requirements to enter the postgraduate 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 several QUT postgraduate engineering courses. 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 for Engineering with the required results, those continuing onto QUT's Master of Professional Engineering program are guaranteed a place in the second semester.
Explore this course
This course is intended primarily as a pathway for international students who want to study one of the following postgraduate engineering courses, but have not met the English language requirements for direct entry:
- EN54 Master of Advanced Manufacturing
- EN55 Master of Professional Engineering
- EN53 Master of Renewable Energy
- EN52 Master of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
- EN51 Master of Sustainable Infrastructure
Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering is is designed to help students acquire postgraduate level knowledge and skill in a specialist engineering discipline, while developing competency in English language and academic literacy.
You will be studying two communication units at the QUT College to enhance your academic English language skills, and two engineering units at the faculty. On completion with the required results, those continuing into the Master of Professional Engineering will receive one semester of advanced standing.
As a Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering student, you will study on campus as a QUT student with access to all services and facilities across the university. You will develop academic English language skills and progress without the need to take another IELTS test (or equivalent).
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.
This course is primarily face-to-face learning, which is supported by online learning resources.
This course also provides you with opportunities to understand your own cultural identity and develop knowledge, skills and attitudes that foster understanding of other cultures.
Support services
In addition to the substantial support that will be offered to you by the QUT College, Faculty of Engineering also offers you specific programs of support. These include one-to-one support and online resources for technical and additional language support.
Course articulation
Progression to your related Master degree
To progress into the following QUT master courses you will need to successfully complete your Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 on a 7-point scale:
- Master of Advanced Manufacturing (EN54)
- Master of Engineering Management (BN87)
- Master of Professional Engineering (EN55)
- Master of Project Management (PM20)
- Master of Renewable Energy (EN53)
- Master of Sustainable Infrastructure (EN51)
Advanced Standing
After successful completion of this Graduate Certificate, you are eligible for 48 credit points (one semester) of advanced standing towards the following courses only:
- Master of Professional Engineering (EN55): Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering majors
No advanced standing will be granted for the other master courses.
Refer to the 'Requirements' tab for more information.
The Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering is designed around set of core and discipline units to provide engineering graduates with technical, theoretical and language skills for further learning.
To graduate with a EN60 Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering you are required to complete 48 credit points of course units consisting of:
- 24 credit points of core communication units
- 12 credit points of core engineering units
- 12 credit points of engineering discipline units for advanced specialised knowledge and technical skills.
Your engineering discipline unit is selected from either the mechanical or electrical unit options, depending on your engineering specialisation.
No credit for prior learning will be available for units in this course. Discipline units provide added depth and breadth in your chosen area of specialisation in an English speaking context.
- Course code
- EN60
- CRICOS code
- 096755G
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- Gardens Point
- Kelvin Grove
- 6 months full-time
- February and July
Minimum academic requirements
Entry requirements
Requirements for this pathway course are dependent your selected Master course and where applicable major.
Master of Advanced Manufacturing
You must have a recognised completed four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor degree of engineering in chemical and sustainable process, mechanical, or medical and equivalents with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7 point scale).
Pathway duration
- EN60 Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering (1 semester)
- EN54 Master of Advanced Manufacturing (3 semesters)
Master of Engineering Management
You must have a completed recognised four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor degree in a relevant engineering discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4.00 on QUT's 7-point scale.
Pathway duration
- EN60 Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering (1 semester)
- BN87 Master of Engineering Management (2 semesters)
Master of Professional Engineering
You must have a completed recognised four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor degree in the civil engineering discipline with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale).
Electrical
A completed recognised four year full time Bachelor degree in an Electrical engineering discipline with a grade point average of 4.00 or higher (on QUT’s 7 point scale).
Mechanical
You must have a completed recognised four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor degree in the mechanical engineering discipline with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7-point scale).
Pathway duration
- EN60 Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering (1 semester)
- EN55 Master of Professional Engineering (3 semesters)
Master of Project Management
A completed recognised four year full time (or equivalent) engineering bachelor degree with a grade point average of 4.00 or higher (on QUT’s 7 point scale).
Pathway duration
- EN60 Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering (1 semester)
- PM20 Master of Project Management (2 or 3 semesters)
Master of Renewable Energy
You must have a recognised four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor degree of engineering in electrical and renewable power or electrical (or equivalent) with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7 point scale).
Pathway duration
- EN60 Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering (1 semester)
- EN53 Master of Renewable Energy (3 semesters)
Master of Sustainable Infrastructure
A recognised completed four-year full-time (or equivalent) bachelor degree of engineering in civil engineering (or equivalent) and equivalents with a minimum GPA of 4.00 (on QUT’s 7 point scale).
Pathway duration
- EN60 Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering (1 semester)
- EN51 Master of Sustainable Infrastructure (3 semesters)
Minimum English language requirements
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide on meeting QUT’s English language requirements.
Your scores and prior qualifications in English-speaking countries are considered. Approved English-speaking countries are Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, United States of America and Wales.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOEFL iBT / Home / Paper | 71 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 14 |
| IELTS Academic / IELTS Online / IELTS One Skills Retake | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 |
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Cambridge English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. |
169 | 154 | 162 | 162 | 154 |
| PTE Academic/PTE Academic Online | 50 | 38 | 46 | 46 | 38 |
Don't have the English language score you need? We can help!
We offer English language programs to improve your English and help you gain entry to this course.
When you apply for this course, we will recommend which English course you should enrol in.
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2025 fees
2025: Available from July
2025 fees
2025: Available from July
2024 fees
2024 fees
2024: $19,700 per course (48 credit points)
FEE-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
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