Highlights

Highlights

  • 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 one semester of credit towards the Master of Professional Engineering.

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.

What to expect

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:

The Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering helps you build the English and academic skills you need while you begin developing postgraduate engineering knowledge.

You will be studying two communication units at QUT College to develop 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.

By studying the Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering, you will study on campus as a QUT student with access to all services and facilities across the university. You will also develop the academic English language skills to progress without the need to take another IELTS test (or equivalent).

Real-world learning

You will experience a range of learning approaches while you study, including:

  • Units which focus on developing your English language proficiency and academic literacy
  • Giving and receiving feedback to your peers to help develop your English communication skills
  • Peer-to-peer and team-based learning, including workshops
  • Demonstration-style lectures where you solve problems with guidance
  • Practical engineering-based activities that help you prepare for your master degree
  • Authentic assessment activities including case studies, projects, and problem-solving tasks that relate directly to real-world IT research and practice.

Support services

In addition to the substantial support that will be offered to you by QUT College, the 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.

Careers and outcomes

Course articulation

Progression to your related Master degree

February or July start

To progress into the following QUT master courses you will need to successfully complete your Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering:

Feburary start only

To progress into the following QUT master courses you will need to successfully complete your Graduate Certificate in Communication for Engineering:

Advanced Standing

After successful completion of this Graduate Certificate, you are eligible for at least 48 credit points (one semester) of advanced standing towards the following courses only:

No advanced standing will be granted for the other master courses.

Refer to the 'Requirements' tab for more information.

Fees

Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.

2027 fees

2027 fees

2027: Fee available from July

2026 fees

2026 fees

2026: $22,800 per course (48 credit points)

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