Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering)

UNSW Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering) is a two-year full-time postgraduate degree that’s professionally accredited by Engineers Australia. This degree includes an integrated industrial training component and courses to develop your technical knowledge and skills in engineering management, analysis and design to ensure you graduate career-ready and accredited

You’ll undertake an extensive research project in a specific area of interest to you. Through this project you’ll learn valuable skills in project planning and management and the critical analysis, interpretation and communication of results. The structure of this degree also provides the opportunity for students to specialise in an area of interest while gaining a depth of knowledge across a broad range of topics, including:

  • Project and construction management
  • Transport engineering
  • Structural engineering
  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Water resources and wastewater treatment

The Master of Engineering includes an integrated 60 days industrial training component and courses to develop your technical knowledge and skills in engineering management, analysis and design to ensure you graduate career-ready and accredited.

Why study this degree at UNSW?

This degree is taught at UNSW Engineering through the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, internationally ranked number one in Australia. The school is consistently among the world’s top twenty schools, as ranked by both the QS World University and AWRU Rankings in 2023. You’ll study at Australia’s leading faculty for engineering and learn from the best minds in the field of civil engineering. With such a formidable reputation it’s no wonder our graduates are so sought after when they enter the field.

Benefits of studying with us include:

  • More postgraduate engineering specialisations and opportunities than any other Australian university. Allowing you to develop career paths in multiple industries
  • Courses and teaching informed by internationally leading research centres in Infrastructure Engineering and Safety, Integrated Transport Innovation and Surveying and Geospatial Engineering
  • Close links to industry with the school engaged with over 100 industry and government organisations every year