A postgraduate qualification in engineering, project management, transport or computer science will give you the edge in a global economy that places a premium on demonstrated professional skills and genuine innovation.
Hone your management skills and strengthen your technical expertise with a Master of Engineering. Or change paths and build a career in engineering with a Master of Professional Engineering (Accelerated).
**Please refer to individual degree requirements to identify the relevant units of study through to majors, minors, programs, specialisations, streams and much more available to suit your interests.
This course is accredited by Engineers Australia. Our graduates are recognised internationally through the Washington Accord of the International Engineering Alliance and the Seoul Accord.
Important: The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has accredited the Master of Professional Engineering (Software Engineering) and Master of Professional Engineering (Accelerated)(Software Engineering) at the professional level until the end of 2025. The University of Sydney is currently undergoing the review and reaccreditation process with the ACS and will publish an update on the accreditation status in December 2025.
If you are a qualified engineer and looking to strengthen your management capability and technical knowledge, this is the ideal course for you. Or perhaps you want to update your engineering skills or specialise in a particular area linked to your job or career aspirations.
The Master of Engineering allows you to build on your existing engineering undergraduate degree by developing specialised technical knowledge in one of 13 engineering specialisations:
Your prior qualifications or in some cases, work experience, may enable you to reduce the number of credit points required to complete your degree.
To see how it works, read about credit for previous study for your Master of Engineering.
The Master of Professional Engineering will help you to develop the sound communications, management and decision-making capabilities necessary to interpret and discuss complex issues in your chosen area of specialisation.
This 3-year full-time degree will provide you with the engineering professional practice and research skills that lead to recognition as an Australian graduate engineer. Your qualifications will also be recognised internationally through the Washington Accord of the International Engineering Alliance.
Each of the following fields are either fully, provisionally, or in the process of being accredited by Engineers Australia, the national accreditation body.
For those with an undergraduate engineering degree seeking accreditation in a related field, please consider the Master of Professional Engineering (Accelerated).
This two-year full time accelerated version of our Master of Professional Engineering degree is available to prospective students seeking accreditation who have previously graduated with an undergraduate engineering degree in a related field.
Our Master of Professional Engineering (Accelerated) degree is designed to provide you with the technical skills and sound communications, management and decision-making capabilities necessary to interpret and discuss complex issues in your chosen area of specialisation.
The following specialisations are available as part of our Master of Professional Engineering (Accelerated) program:
Please note that the degree to be conferred will be the Master of Professional Engineering in your particular specialisation.
Our graduate courses in engineering offer a specialised program for qualified engineers seeking to move into a management role or strengthen their technical expertise.
If you are a qualified engineer and looking to strengthen your management capability and technical knowledge, this is the ideal course for you. Or perhaps you want to update your engineering skills or specialise in a particular area linked to your job or career aspirations.
The Master of Engineering program can be taken as a:
This course is accredited by Engineers Australia. Our graduates are recognised internationally through the Washington Accord of the International Engineering Alliance and the Seoul Accord.
Important: The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has accredited this degree at the professional level until the end of 2025. The University of Sydney is currently undergoing the review and reaccreditation process with the ACS and will publish an update on the accreditation status in December 2025.
Telecommunications technology moves rapidly. I chose the Master of Engineering for its focus on emerging technologies. I now have both strong management skills and the technical knowledge to put me at the top of my field.
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I wanted to build a stronger foundation in chemical engineering and become a professional engineer. Choosing the Master of Professional Engineering is one of the best decisions I’ve made. I’m now working as a risk and safety engineer in Sydney.
Master of Professional Engineering
