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Postgraduate international course

Master of Professional Engineering (Electrical)

Year 2025 This PDF contains information about the course structure. For more information about the course
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QUT code EN55

CRICOS 096754G
Code Title
Duration 1.5 - 2 years full time
Course structure
To graduate with a Master of Professional Entrepreneurship
Total credit 192 Engineering you must complete 192 credit Discipline Option Unit
points points of course units consisting of: Discipline Option Unit
● 84 credit points of core units,
International 2025: $45,300 per year Discipline Option Unit
fee (indicative, full-time (96 credit including: advanced research skills
subject to points) and research-based project unitstwo EGB340 has been discontinued from 2024
annual review) professional practice unitsan and replaced by EGH419.
Course contact Freecall: advanced discipline unitan Year 1, Semester 2
07 3138 8339 engineering design unit
(within Australia) ● 108 credit points of discipline units Sustainable Practice in
Phone:
ENN544
from your specialisation, to be Engineering
+61 7 3138 8339
(outside Australia) selected from a list of options. PMN610 Project Management Principles
Mon - Fri, 8am - 4pm
Option units provide added depth and OR Discipline Option Unit
Start months July, February breadth in your chosen discipline area. You Discipline Option Unit
should select different unit if you have Discipline Option Unit
completed a similar or equivalent unit in Year 2, Semester 1
your previous studies.
Research Methods for
ENN541
You are also required to undertake 60 days Engineers
of approved work experience in the PMN610 Project Management Principles
engineering environment as part of your OR Discipline Option Unit (select only in
Work Integrated Learning. PMN610 is completed)
ENN592
Structures -1
Project 1
● Electrical Major - February entry (2
year) Discipline Option Unit
● Electrical Major - July entry (2 year) Year 2, Semester 2
● Electrical Major - February entry (1.5
ENN543 Data Analytics and Optimisation
year)
● Electrical Major - July entry (1.5 year) ENN592
Project 2
-2
Electrical Major - February entry Discipline Option Unit
(2 year) Discipline Option Unit
Semesters Select 108CP (9 units) from across the
● Year 1, Semester 1 range of specialist areas:
● Year 1, Semester 2
● Year 2, Semester 1 The units are grouped in areas to assist
● Year 2, Semester 2 you in focusing your studies. You can
● Select 108CP (9 units) from across choose units from across the areas.
the range of specialist areas: POWER units:
Code Title EGH441 Power System Modelling
Year 1, Semester 1 EGH448 Power Electronics
Power Systems Management
EGH419 Advanced Design and EGH454
with Renewable & Storage

Accurate as at 21 November 2024. For the latest information see:

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Code Title Code Title
Resources The units are grouped in areas to assist you in focusing your
EGH440 has been discontinued and replaced with EGH454 studies. You can choose units from across the areas.
NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS units: POWER units:
EGH443 Advanced Telecommunications and RF EGH441 Power System Modelling
EGH444 Digital Signals and Image Processing EGH448 Power Electronics
ENN523 Advanced Network Engineering Power Systems Management with Renewable &
EGH454
Storage Resources
ENN524 Mobile Network Engineering
EGH440 has been discontinued and replaced with EGH454
CONTROL SYSTEMS units:
NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS units:
EGH445 Modern Control
EGH443 Advanced Telecommunications and RF
EGH446 Autonomous Systems
EGH444 Digital Signals and Image Processing
EGH450 Advanced Unmanned Aircraft Systems
ENN523 Advanced Network Engineering
ELECTRONICS units:
ENN524 Mobile Network Engineering
CAB420 Machine Learning
CONTROL SYSTEMS units:
EGB439 Advanced Robotics
EGH445 Modern Control
EGH449 Advanced Electronics
EGH446 Autonomous Systems
EGH456 Embedded Systems
EGH450 Advanced Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Electrical Major - July entry (2 year) ELECTRONICS units:
Semesters CAB420 Machine Learning
● Year 1, Semester 2 EGB439 Advanced Robotics
● Year 2, Semester 1 EGH449 Advanced Electronics
● Year 2, Semester 2
● Year 3, Semester 1 EGH456 Embedded Systems
● Select 108CP (9 units) from across the range of specialist
areas: Electrical Major - February entry (1.5 year)
Code Title Semesters
● Year 1, Semester 1
Year 1, Semester 2 ● Year 1, Semester 2
PMN610 Project Management Principles ● Year 2, Semester 1
OR Discipline Option Unit
● Select 60CP (5 units) from across the range of specialist
areas:
Discipline Option Unit
Discipline Option Unit Code Title
Discipline Option Unit Year 1, Semester 1
Year 2, Semester 1 EGH419 Advanced Design and Entrepreneurship
EGH419 Advanced Design and Entrepreneurship PMN610 Project Management Principles
ENN541 Research Methods for Engineers OR Discipline Option Unit
Discipline Option Unit Discipline Option Unit
EGB340 has been discontinued from 2024 and replaced with Discipline Option Unit
EGH419. EGB340 has been discontinued from 2024 and replaced with
Discipline Option Unit EGH419.
Year 2, Semester 2 Year 1, Semester 2
ENN543 Data Analytics and Optimisation ENN541 Research Methods for Engineers
ENN544 Sustainable Practice in Engineering ENN543 Data Analytics and Optimisation
ENN592-1 Project 1 ENN544 Sustainable Practice in Engineering
Discipline Option Unit ENN592-1 Project 1
Year 3, Semester 1 Year 2, Semester 1
ENN592-2 Project 2 ENN592-2 Project 2
PMN610 Project Management Principles PMN610 Project Management Principles
OR Discipline Option Unit OR Discipline Option Unit
Discipline Option Unit Discipline Option Unit
Discipline Option Unit Discipline Option Unit
Select 108CP (9 units) from across the range of specialist Select 60CP (5 units) from across the range of specialist areas:
areas: The units are grouped in areas to assist you in focusing your
studies. You can choose units from across the areas.
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Code Title Code Title
POWER units: EGH441 Power System Modelling
EGH441 Power System Modelling EGH448 Power Electronics
EGH448 Power Electronics Power Systems Management with Renewable &
EGH454
Power Systems Management with Renewable & Storage Resources
EGH454
Storage Resources EGH440 has been discontinued and replaced with EGH454
EGH440 has been discontinued and replaced with EGH454 NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS units:
NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS units: EGH443 Advanced Telecommunications and RF
EGH443 Advanced Telecommunications and RF EGH444 Digital Signals and Image Processing
EGH444 Digital Signals and Image Processing ENN523 Advanced Network Engineering
ENN523 Advanced Network Engineering ENN524 Mobile Network Engineering
ENN524 Mobile Network Engineering CONTROL SYSTEMS units:
CONTROL SYSTEMS units: EGH445 Modern Control
EGH445 Modern Control EGH446 Autonomous Systems
EGH446 Autonomous Systems EGH450 Advanced Unmanned Aircraft Systems
EGH450 Advanced Unmanned Aircraft Systems ELECTRONICS units:
ELECTRONICS units: CAB420 Machine Learning
CAB420 Machine Learning EGB439 Advanced Robotics
EGB439 Advanced Robotics EGH449 Advanced Electronics
EGH449 Advanced Electronics EGH456 Embedded Systems
EGH456 Embedded Systems
Unit Synopses
Electrical Major - July entry (1.5 year) CAB420 Machine Learning
Semesters (CAB201 or CAB202 or ITD121 or IFN501
● Year 1, Semester 2 or IFN556 or (Admission to EN50 or EN55
● Year 2, Semester 1 or EN52 or EN56 or EN62 or EN72)) or
● Year 2, Semester 2 Pre-requisites
(192cps in SV03 or IV04 or MV05 or EV08)
● Select 60CP (5 units) from across the range of specialist or (Admission to IV53 or IV54 or IV55 or
areas: IV56 or IV58).
Code Title Credit Points 12
Year 1, Semester 2
Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act
ENN544 Sustainable Practice in Engineering
without being explicitly programmed. This unit provides you with
Discipline Option Unit a broad introduction to machine learning and its statistical
Discipline Option Unit foundations. Topics include: definition of machine learning tasks;
Discipline Option Unit classification principles and methods; dimensionality
reduction/subspace methods; graphical models; and deep
Year 2, Semester 1
learning. Application examples are taken from areas such as
EGH419 Advanced Design and Entrepreneurship computer vision, finance, market prediction and information
ENN541 Research Methods for Engineers retrieval.
ENN592-1 Project 1
View unit details online (current students only)
PMN610 Project Management Principles View unit timetable
OR Discipline Option Unit
EGB340 has been discontinued from 2024 and replaced with EGB439 Advanced Robotics
EGH419. EGB339 Or Admission to (EN50 or EN55 or
Pre-requisites
Year 2, Semester 2 EN60)
ENN543 Data Analytics and Optimisation Credit Points 12
ENN592-2 Project 2
In this unit, you will develop your skills in the theory and practice
PMN610 Project Management Principles of mobile robotics. The theory part includes advanced topics on
OR Discipline Option Unit motion models, motion control, motion planning,localisation, and
Discipline Option Unit simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM). Practice
requires the translation of theory to working software which is
Select 60CP (5 units) from across the range of specialist areas:
evaluated using online tools. This unit builds on skills developed
The units are grouped in areas to assist you in focusing your in EGB339.
studies. You can choose units from across the areas.
POWER units: View unit details online (current students only)
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EGH419 Advanced Design and Entrepreneurship View unit details online (current students only)
Pre-requisites EGB320 or EGB240 or Admission to EN55 View unit timetable
Credit Points 12
EGH444 Digital Signals and Image Processing
(EGB342 or ENB342 or ENB346) or
This unit introduces you to advanced design practice and Pre-requisites
Admission to (EN50, EN55 or EN60)
fundamental entrepreneurial concepts. The unit combines skills
in electrical engineering with entrepreneurship. You will work in a Equivalents ENB448
team and apply your new knowledge in entrepreneurship to Credit Points 12
devise an idea for an artefact that solves a customer’s problem
or satisfies a demand in the market. You will learn how to think This unit covers fundamentals of digital signal and image
about a business case for your idea, identify potential customers processing, including image representation andacquisition,
and analyse the market situation. In your team, you will apply filtering (in both spatial and frequency domains), image
advanced design methods to evaluate your product or service enhancement. It will also introduce you to moreadvanced
idea based on its technology feasibility, desirability, and concept such as feature extraction, segmentation, compression
commercial viability. You will heavily draw on the project and machine learning applied to computervision. You will learn
management and team skills learned in the previous project how those techniques work and how and when to apply them.
unitsEGB240 or EGB220 and EGB320. You will practice these conceptsindividually and in collaboration
with peers. You will draw on the fundamentals of signals seen in
View unit details online (current students only) EGB342.
View unit timetable
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EGH441 Power System Modelling View unit timetable
EGB341 or Admission to (EN50 or EN55 or
Pre-requisites
EN60 or EN53 or EN73 or EN76) EGH445 Modern Control
Credit Points 12 (EGB345 or ENB301 or ENB348) or
Pre-requisites
Admission to (EN50, EN55 or EN60)
The power grid consists of various components such as Equivalents ENB458, ENB347
generators, transmission lines, transformers and loads. In this Credit Points 12
unit, you will learn the technical aspects of power system
modelling, which will help you to understand the operations and In this unit you will learn fundamental concepts and methods
planning of the modern electricity grid. You will use several used for modelling, analysis and control design of complex
mathematical techniques to design and analyse power systems engineering systems. The unit introduces a general class of
and learn professional industry practices such as load flow, fault models for complex systems known as state-space descriptions.
calculations, protection, and stability. This unit will help you to This class of models allows the development of control
further develop your professional skills in communication and techniques and designs that shape and modify the behaviour of
engineering teamwork. many real-world systems. You will create digital control systems,
thereby developing skills in the practical application of control
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designs into real systems. To be successful, you will draw on
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knowledge acquired in EGB345 and its prerequisites.
EGH443 Advanced Telecommunications and RF View unit details online (current students only)
EGB342 or Admission to (EN50, EN55 or View unit timetable
Pre-requisites
EN60)
Equivalents ENB446 EGH446 Autonomous Systems
Credit Points 12 EGB345 and (EGB340 or EGB349 or
Pre-requisites CAB301 or CAB302 or EGB320) or
With the increasing importance of telecommunications systems Admission to (EN50, EN55 or EN60)
and services in people's lives, a unit covering the fundamentals Credit Points 12
and applications of advanced communication systems is
indispensable in the Electrical Engineering Curriculum. Automation engineers play a key role in building practical control
Therefore, this unit provides an understanding of the evolution of systems and designing navigation approaches for autonomous
mobile communications systems from 1st generation to 5th vehicles. This advanced unit will present the principles of
generation, efficient cellular planning, wireless channel operation of modern sensors necessary for robust navigation.
characteristics and modelling, antenna measurements, antenna This unit provides the required knowledge to develop state of the
arrays and beamforming, transmitter and receiver diversity, art navigation approaches in complex environments. Navigation
multi-carrier systems, error control coding and decoding, and is a fundamental building block for all aspects of autonomous
optical fibre communications. Emphasis is placed on systems. You will draw upon previous studies in mathematics
fundamental principles of advanced communication methods so and control systems, knowledge that underpins navigation
that on graduation, you will be able to interpret existing and systems.
emerging communication technologies. This is an advanced unit
and therefore prior knowledge of basic signal analysis View unit details online (current students only)
(EGB242), and telecommunications and RF (EGB342) is View unit timetable
required.
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EGH448 Power Electronics EGH454 Power Systems Management with

EGB348 or Admission to (EN50, or EN55 or Renewable & Storage Resources
Pre-requisites
EN60 or EN53 or EN73 or EN76) Pre-requisites EGB341 Or Admission to (EN50 or EN55)
Equivalents ENB455 Anti-requisites ENB454
Credit Points 12 Credit Points 12

This is a higher level unit that aims to introduce the principles of In this unit you will be introduced to the application of
operation of basic power electronic circuits and systems used in conventional sources as well as renewable and storage
industrial applications. This unit enables the learner to resources, their operational benefits and difficulties. This unit will
understand, interpret and compare the characteristics of power provide a degree of structure to the decision processes and
devices such as power diodes, thyristors, BJT, MOSFET, IGBT introduce tools and techniques used during the process. These
etc,; analyse common types of diode and thyristor converters, techniques and tools cover the areas of risk analysis, reliability,
inverters, and DC-DC converters; use simulation tools to model economic based panning and power quality extending into the
and analyse simple power electronic circuits; operational areas of utilization of equipment. The outcome is to
perform experiments on power electronic hardware circuits; achieve a balance between capital investment, reliability and the
obtain measurements. Power processing can be considered as operational aspects of the network. This unit will draw on
one of the major applications of electronics in industry concepts learned in EGB341 and advance thestudents
applications. A broad understanding of industrial electronic understanding of power system operation and planning.
circuits and systems will provide the foundation not only to
designadvanced power processing circuits for complex systems View unit details online (current students only)
but also to operate and maintain them properly. Such knowledge View unit timetable
is essential for a graduate electrical engineer who intends to
work in industry. EGH456 Embedded Systems
CAB403 or Admission to (EN50, EN55 or
View unit details online (current students only) Pre-requisites
EN60)
View unit timetable
Equivalents ENB350
EGH449 Advanced Electronics Credit Points 12
((EGB348 or ENB240) and CAB202) or
Pre-requisites This advanced unit gives you practical experience with advanced
Admission to (EN50, EN55 or EN60)
Credit Points 12 software development for embedded systems. It leads on from
fundamental computer architecture and C programming covered
in first and second-year units. It covers programming
This Advanced Electrical Option builds on the electronic and
microcontrollers with C, microcontroller architecture, serial
computing building blocks and concepts covered in Electronics
communication, concurrent software and real-time kernels for
(EGB348) and Microprocessors and Digital Systems (CAB202).
embedded systems. It involves practical laboratory exercises
This unit explores the extension and application of general
and a group project implementation of a device driver and user
electronic circuits to specific topic areas where special
interface for a real-time embedded system. Embedded Systems
consideration and approaches are required. These topic areas
builds on the knowledge and skill you acquired in systems
include precision electronics, low noise electronics, the interface
programming.
of analogue and digital electronics, digital systems, and Field
Programmable Gate Arrays. The advanced unit EGH448 Power View unit details online (current students only)
Electronics is complementary to this unit's content. View unit timetable
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ENN523 Advanced Network Engineering
IFN658 or (IFN507 or IFQ507) or Admission
Pre-requisites
to EN50 or EN55
EGH450 Advanced Unmanned Aircraft Systems
EGB346 or Admission to (EN50, or EN55 or Anti-requisites INB352, INN352
Pre-requisites EN60). EGH450 may be enrolled in the Credit Points 12
same semester as EGB346.
Credit Points 12 This is an advanced-level networks unit highlighting the systems
approach and top-down method for service-oriented planning
This unit further develops your knowledge, skills and application and design of large-scale computer networks. It introduces the
of aerospace concepts, building on aircraft systems and flight theory and methodology to assemble various network
and Unmanned Aircraft systems (UAS) and Systems technologies in a cohesive fashion for network planning and
Engineering. The unit focuses on experimental design, design to address the connectivity, scalability, reliability, security,
integration and test of a UAS. You will also gain skills in setting quality-of-service, cloud data centres, and other recent
design specifications and carrying out detailed design analysis to developments of networks. Computer networks have become an
design, build and flight test a UAS. integrated part of the fundamental infrastructure in modern
industries and societies. Building new networks or upgrading
View unit details online (current students only) existing networks requires a deep understanding of the concepts
View unit timetable and principles of advanced network engineering and particularly
network architecture. This advanced network engineering unit
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helps develop such a deep understanding. The knowledge and ENN544 Sustainable Practice in Engineering
skills developed from this unit are relevant to networks and Admission to (EN55 or EN51 or EN53 or
cybersecurity, and other related majors. Pre-requisites
EV53 or EN71 or EN75 or EN73 or EN76)
View unit details online (current students only) Equivalents BEN710
View unit timetable Credit Points 12

ENN524 Mobile Network Engineering Sustainable development has become a global agenda that
Pre-requisites IFN658 or Admission to EN50 or EN55 impacts on our work and everyday life. Sustainability principles
Anti-requisites INN353 and practices are rapidly becoming embedded in all phases of
engineering projects from planning, design, construction and
Credit Points 12
maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, through to mining
and manufacturing, energy and water utilities. Engineers need to
Wireless communications, mobile networks and Internet of ensure that their decision making is guided by the fundamental
Things have been widely deployed and integrated into various principles of sustainable development.The unit will introduce you
mobile platforms for value-added services. This unit highlights to principles, challenges and skills for dealing with a diversity of
the recent advances in wireless local area and wireless wide trans-disciplinary issues in engineering sustainable
area networks, vehicular networks and Internet of Things with development. By introducing critical sustainability theory and
focus on basic principles, selected standards and protocols. The challenging best practices, this unit will prepare you for the
unit also provides an overview for mobile satellite systems and impending changes that are necessary in all built environment
navigation satellite systems and applications and engineering disciplines.
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ENN541 Research Methods for Engineers ENN592 Project 1

Anti-requisites IFN600, INN700, INN701 Enrolment in EN55MJR-ELECTRI or
Credit Points 12 EN55MJR-MECHENG or
EN55MJRCIVILEN or ENGGMJR-CIVICON
Pre-requisites
Problem identification, research design and planning, literature and ENN541. Enrolment in ENN541 in the
search, data collection and communications through reports and same teaching period as ENN592-1 is
presentations are essential attributes of engineers in all the allowed
disciplines. Practice based research methods applied to solve Credit Points 12
discipline specific real-world problems, while demonstrating
culturally responsible engineering practice, are skills in demand This is the first semester of a two-semester project unit ENN592,
from professional engineers in contemporary workplaces. It is in Master of Engineering program EN555. It provides experience
also equally important to communicate methods and solutions in solving advanced engineering problems and the opportunity to
clearly and effectively in writing and verbally. apply the knowledge gained throughout the EN55 course.
Engineering concepts, technical approaches and tools can be
View unit details online (current students only)
used to solve problems that confront engineers. However, the
View unit timetable
engineering approach needs identifying and justifying before it
can continued be implemented (in ENN592-2). The ability to
ENN543 Data Analytics and Optimisation frame a technical approach to an engineering problem is
Completion of 288 credit points OR essential to professional practice. From a learning perspective,
Admission to (BN87 or EN50 or EN55 or one of the most effective ways of achieving this is to investigate
Pre-requisites EN63 or EN51 or EN54 or EN56 or EN67 or an authentic engineering problem that is relevant to your
EN71 or EN75 or EN73 or EN76 or EN74 or profession.
EN77 or PM20)
Equivalents ENN542 View unit details online (current students only)
Credit Points 12 View unit timetable

There is a growing need for engineers to understand underlying ENN592 Project 2

patterns and characteristics of vast amounts of data collected Pre-requisites ENN592-1
from various sources by performing advanced data analytics and Credit Points 12
optimisation to transform data into understandable and
actionable information for the purpose of making decisions. This This forms the second semester of the Master of professional
unit develops your knowledge to improve the economy and Engineering capstone project. Engineering approaches and tools
efficiency of systems, processes, and enterprises through data can be used to solve problems that confront engineers. The
analytics and optimisation. The unit focuses on application of techniques and tools were identified and the project framed in
statistical, and optimisation methods to solve complex problems semester 2 and they are applied in this unit. The ability to frame
involving large data sets from multiple sources. a technical approach to an engineering problem is essential to
professional practice. From a learning perspective, one of the
View unit details online (current students only) most effective ways of achieving this is to investigate an
View unit timetable authentic engineering problem that is relevant to your profession.
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PMN610 Project Management Principles

Anti-requisites PMN501, PMQ501
Equivalents BEN610, PMN501, PMQ501
Credit Points 12

This unit introduces project management as a dynamic

profession that plays a pivotal role in effectively planning,
organising, and executing tasks to achieve specific goals within
a defined timeframe and budget. The ability to manage projects
efficiently has become a crucial skill for organisations and
individuals alike. This unit focusses on project management
essentials, principles, methodologies, and tools that empower
project managers to deliver projects successfully. The is a
gateway into the fundamental concepts of project management,
exploring key areas such as project initiation, planning,
execution, monitoring and control, and project closure. Further,
important aspects of cultural competence and indigenous
perspectives are woven throughout the content and reinforced in
the assessment items. By mastering these essentials, you will
enhance your ability to drive innovation, enhance collaboration,
and achieve consistent project success in diverse industries and
sectors.

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time of printing. The university reserves the right to amend any information, and to cancel, change or relocate any course. CRICOS
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