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- Get a head start on advancing your career by combining valuable broad business skills with an engineering specialty.
- Complete 2 degrees in 5 years full-time.
- Choose from any engineering major - civil, computer and software systems, electrical, electrical and aerospace, mechatronics, mechanical, medical or chemical process engineering.
- QUT's engineering degree includes honours-level content integrated throughout the course.
- Study a business major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
Highlights
- Get a head start on advancing your career by combining valuable broad business skills with an engineering specialty.
- Complete 2 degrees in 5 years full-time.
- Choose from any engineering major - civil, computer and software systems, electrical, electrical and aerospace, mechatronics, mechanical, medical or chemical process engineering.
- QUT's engineering degree includes honours-level content integrated throughout the course.
- Study a business major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
Why choose this course?
The engineering component of the degree equips graduates with the ability to design and maintain cutting-edge products or infrastructure. You will be exposed to challenging, hands-on experience through laboratories and design projects, enabling you to make an immediate contribution to the industry.
Your additional business degree can help accelerate your career advancement. You will gain valuable skills in management, accounting, international business or marketing, depending on your choice of major, and gain a broad base of commercial knowledge.
Explore this course
Combine valuable broad business skills with specific engineering knowledge with the Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree. You will complete two degrees in five years full-time.
The majors available in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) include:
- civil
- computer and software systems
- electrical
- electrical and aerospace
- mechatronics
- mechanical
- medical
- chemical process.
The majors available in the Bachelor of Business include:
- accounting
- advertising
- finance
- financial planning
- economics
- human resource management
- international business
- management
- marketing
- public relations.
Our engineering courses, whether a single or double degree, now include honours-level content integrated throughout the course. A bachelor honours degree is a higher-level qualification than a bachelor degree, and along with the advanced knowledge and skills, it will benefit you in your professional career or future research and study. The duration of the degree remains unchanged: a single engineering honours degree is a four-year program, and a double degree is five years.
Your engineering degree features common units in the first year that combine broad foundation principles with a wide range of major choices, giving you flexibility and options before you choose your career specialisation.
Work integrated learning
Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is embedded in the curriculum and it is a core component for all engineering students. WIL allows you to graduate with a portfolio of professional skills that provides evidence of your professional competencies.
You are required to undertake 60 days (equivalent to 450 hours) of approved work experience in the engineering environment as part of your work integrated learning.
Careers and outcomes
This double degree offers you a wide range of career opportunities.
Graduates can work as professional engineers in a variety of discipline areas. Depending on your area of engineering specialisation, you could work with construction companies, environmental specialists, computer manufacturers, communications and digital signal processing products manufacturers, cable and network equipment manufacturers, defence agencies, electricity utilities, mining industry, telecommunications companies, automated systems and robotics, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, or power generation and supply industry.
Graduates of the Bachelor of Business are skilled in many aspects of business including accounting, advertising, banking and finance, economics, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing and public relations.
Professional recognition
All graduates are eligible for an Engineers Australia (EA) membership. EA is a signatory to the Washington Accord, which permits graduates to work in various countries across the world. This course is recognised internationally in the engineering profession, giving our graduates more career opportunities overseas.
In addition, the Computer Systems and Software Major in Bachelor of Engineering program is Australian Computer Society (ACS) accredited, giving graduates eligibility for ACS membership, recognition by ACS for certification and migration skills assessment, and international recognition by signatories of the Seoul Accord.
Possible careers
- Account executive
- Accountant
- Advertising and new media professional
- Aerospace avionics engineer
- Banking and finance professional
- Bioengineer
- Biomechanical engineer
- Biomedical engineer
- Civil engineer
- Commercial banking professional
- Copywriter
- Economist
- Electrical engineer
- Electrical and computer engineer
- Electronic commerce developer
- Engineer
- Engineering technologist
- Engineering manager
- Environmental engineer
- Investment analyst
- Investment banker
- Investment manager
- Market research manager
- Marketing officer/manager
- Mechanical engineer
- Media or communications adviser
- Medical engineer
- Public relations officer/consultant
- Public relations manager
- Publicist
- Software engineer
- Transport engineering specialist
To graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and a Bachelor of Business in IX59, students are required to complete 480 credit points (cp) of units as outlined below:
Engineering
- Eight (8) core engineering units (96cp) including five units in first year (60cp) + research methods and project (36cp)
- Sixteen (16) units in one discipline/major (192cps)
- Four (4) engineering aligned units (48cps), contributing to the achievement of the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer, which also contribute to the Business degree.1
Business
- Eight core business units (96cp) including four units (48cp) which also contribute to the Engineering degree.1, 2
- Eight major core units (96cp).
1 Four (4) units contribute to both the engineering degree (to align to Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency for Professional Engineer) and the business degree.
2 Accounting major students complete six business core units and 10 accounting major units to allow them to complete professional requirements.
To graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and a Bachelor of Business in IX59, students are required to complete 480 credit points (cp) of units as outlined below:
Engineering
- Eight (8) core engineering units (96cp) including five units in first year (60cp) + research methods and project (36cp)
- Sixteen (16) units in one discipline/major (192cps)
- Four (4) engineering aligned units (48cps), contributing to the achievement of the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer, which also contribute to the Business degree.1
Business
- Eight core business units (96cp) including four units (48cp) which also contribute to the Engineering degree.1, 2
- Eight major core units (96cp).
1 Four (4) units contribute to both the engineering degree (to align to Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency for Professional Engineer) and the business degree.
2 Accounting major students complete six business core units and 10 accounting major units to allow them to complete professional requirements.
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: CSP fees available from September
2025 fees
2025: Available from July
2024 fees
2024: CSP $12,100 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $38,100 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
Corporate Partners in Excellence (CPIE) Scholarship - commencing students
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- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
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- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
Laurie Cowled Indigenous Scholarship for Business Students
A scholarship for future and current Indigenous female students enrolled in undergraduate or postgraduate studies in business.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Indigenous Australian; Struggling financially; Women
QUT Real World International Scholarship
A scholarship to cover tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
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