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Monash University
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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The Department of Chemical Engineering has close ties with Engineers Australia and the Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK), and their courses are fully accredited by both the bodies. The department has recently made a breakthrough in research by converting recyclable plastic into liquid fuel.
Research institutes:
Monash Institute of Transport Studies (ITS)
Maintenance Technology Institute (MTI)
Institute of Railway Technology (IRT)
Bioresource Processing Institute of Australia (BioPRIA).
The department is open to government agencies, businesses and research institutes to collaborate. Funding from the Australian government benefits the department considerably.
There are about 35 members of the faculty. Some research themes of the department are:
Biotechnology
Food
Modelling
Nanomaterials
Fuels and Energy
Membrane.
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Honours)
Double Degrees
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science
Master of Professional Engineering
It is a two-year degree with 96 credit points. Students can choose from five engineering specialisations. They will learn the core issues affecting organisations and also learn to perform data analysis on industrial scenarios and make recommendations that support business growth.
All students are required to complete 12 weeks of Continuous Professional Development (CPD). CPD is an opportunity for students to engage in business and engineering-related activities and to grow their professional networks.
Master of Advanced Engineering
This is Australia’s only advanced Engineering Master’s degree. It is offered as a one-year and two-year program. The one-year program requires 48 credits, and the two-year program requires 96 credits.
The programme offers 11 specialisations to choose from. It’s designed to expand students’ knowledge in the chosen specialisation and advance leadership and complex problem-solving skills in a cross-cultural environment.
The Department of Civil Engineering was formed in 1961.
It provides quality education and research across the following core engineering disciplines:
Construction Engineering and Management
Environmental Engineering
Geomechanics Engineering
Resources Engineering
Structures Engineering
Transport Engineering
Water Engineering
Professor Jeffrey Walker is the head of the department.
The research themes are:
Resilience, Infrastructure and Society
Energy, Water and Resources
Monitoring, Prediction and Protection
Each of these themes can have various research focus like;
Deep Earth Energy
Engineering for Extremes
Model-Data Fusion
Sensing Technologies
Smart Structures and Construction
Sustainable Infrastructure
Water Sensitive Urban Design.
Its major research centres are :
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training
Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
Monash Water for Liveability
Institute of Transport Studies (ITS)
Laboratory facilities include visualisation, living, structural, geomechanics, teaching and remote sensing laboratory. The Department was awarded 5 stars for its research activities by the Excellence in Research Australia 2012 and 2015 Initiatives.
Single Degrees
Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours)
Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Environmental Engineering (Honours)
Environment Engineering
Bachelor of Resources Engineering (Honours)
From 2019 the following streams are available:
Resources Engineering
Renewable Energy Engineering
Mining Engineering
Master of Advanced Civil Engineering
Its specifics are the same as that of chemical engineering.
It provides specialisation in the following :
Specialisation in Transport
Specialisation in Water
Specialisation in Infrastructure;
Specialisation in Transport
Specialisation in Water
Specialisation in Infrastructure;
Master of Professional Engineering
its specifics are the same as that of chemical engineering.
Master of Project Management
Through this course, students will learn how to manage complex projects and use innovative practices to deliver successful outcomes. Students will be supported with online mentors. It is a 2-year course with 96 credits. As a part of your degree, you can choose from a range of electives from business, IT, engineering, arts and law.
Master of Transport and Traffic - It is built around four foundation units, each having 6 credits. You can choose at least 3 electives with 6 credits each.
Master of Infrastructure Engineering and Management - It also has 4 core units with 6 credits each and electives. (Total 72 credits)
The field of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering covers biomedical, computer systems, electronics, electrical power, robotics and telecommunications. The head of this department is Professor Tom Drummond. Their research theme is - to focus on today’s challenges. Computational power increases every year, and electronics is the key to many new product innovations and product improvements. Researchers are developing innovative solutions to some great challenges.
The department focuses on :
Wireless telecommunications
Optical systems and networking
Internet of things
Smart power systems
Robotics and artificial intelligence
Biomedical engineering
Electronics and electromagnetics and optimisation
Information processing
Control and decision systems.
The Monash Vision Group is a Melbourne-based collaborative partnership between Monash University, Grey Innovation, MiniFAB and Alfred Health. Their goal is to develop a clinically viable cortical vision prosthesis - known as the Gennaris bionic vision system or ‘Gennaris’.
The department also provides opportunities for collaborative research. Industry-funded projects come in all sizes and can be tailored to meet specific needs
Bachelor of Engineering
Master of Professional Engineering
It is a two-year degree with 96 credit points. Students can choose from five engineering specialisations. They will learn the core issues affecting organisations and also learn to perform data analysis on industrial scenarios and make recommendations that support business growth. All students are required to complete 12 weeks of Continuous Professional Development (CPD). CPD is an opportunity for students to engage in business and engineering-related activities and to grow their professional networks.
Master of Advanced Engineering
This is Australia’s only advanced Engineering Master’s degree. It is offered as a one-year and two-year program. The one-year program requires 48 credits, and the two-year program requires 96 credits. The programme offers 11 specialisations to choose from. It’s designed to expand students’ knowledge in the chosen specialisation and advance leadership and complex problem-solving skills in a cross-cultural environment.
Materials science and engineering professionals make a unique contribution to the design of new devices, products and components. They also improve the existing ones by altering material properties. Monash materials graduates receive an exceptionally positive response in the employment market. Monash offers one of the few available undergraduate courses to cover a broad sweep of materials issues – which is especially valuable given the multidisciplinary nature of this area. The students secure jobs in a wide range of industries – often early in their final year.
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is home to the Monash Centre for Additive Manufacturing (MCAM) and the Woodside FutureLab.
Although their work spans the entire materials field, they specialise in the fundamentals of :
Metals and Alloys
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Nanomaterials
Polymers
Composites
Corrosion
Advanced Materials Characterisation
Materials Modelling
The department partners with many research centres, industry organisations and research groups throughout Australia and around the world.
The main research themes of the department are
Additive Manufacturing
Biomaterials
Functional and Energy Materials
Metals and Alloys
Polymers
Materials Theory, Modelling and Characterisation
Bachelor of Engineering (Honors)
Master of Professional Engineering
It is a two-year degree with 96 credit points. Students can choose from five engineering specialisations. They will learn the core issues affecting organisations and also learn to perform data analysis on industrial scenarios and make recommendations that support business growth
All students are required to complete 12 weeks of Continuous Professional Development (CPD). CPD is an opportunity for students to engage in business and engineering-related activities and to grow their professional networks.
Master of Advanced Engineering
This is Australia’s only advanced Engineering Master’s degree. It is offered as a one-year and two-year program. The one-year program requires 48 credits, and the two-year program requires 96 credits. The programme offers 11 specialisations to choose from. It’s designed to expand students’ knowledge in the chosen specialisation and advance leadership and complex problem-solving skills in a cross-cultural environment.
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering (Infrastructure Systems)
Civil Engineering (Transport)
Civil Engineering (Water)
Electrical Engineering
Energy and Sustainability Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Engineering
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Engineering
This department is engaged in processes right from the design and creation of simple mechanisms to highly-tuned nano-devices, as well as from robotics to avionics and aeronautics. Each of the core disciplines offers its own opportunities. It is the largest department in the Faculty of Engineering with a dynamic academic, postgraduate and postdoctoral community.
It does innovative work in areas like :
Including micro-nano devices
Robotics
Biomedical devices
Materials design
Advanced manufacturing
Aerodynamics
Energy
Structural monitoring
Wind engineering
Biomedical imaging.
The research themes of the department are:
Advanced Manufacturing
Micro-nano Engineering
Robotics and Control
Solid mechanics
Thermofluids.
The department offers facilities for industry, research and student use like:
Monash Wind Tunnel Facility
MAE Workshops Job request
Mechanical and Aerospace Technical Services Group (MAETSG)
Mechanical Services Group
Its research institutes are – Maintenance Technology Institute and Institute of Railway Technology.
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honors)
Bachelor of aerospace engineering (Honors)
Bachelor of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering (Honors)
Master of Professional Engineering
It is a two-year degree with 96 credit points. Students can choose from five engineering specialisations. They will learn the core issues affecting organisations and also learn to perform data analysis on industrial scenarios and make recommendations that support business growth.
All students are required to complete 12 weeks of Continuous Professional Development (CPD). CPD is an opportunity for students to engage in business and engineering-related activities and to grow their professional networks.
Master of Advanced Engineering
This is Australia’s only advanced Engineering Master’s degree. It is offered as a one-year and two-year program. The one-year program requires 48 credits, and the two-year program requires 96 credits.
The programme offers 11 specialisations to choose from. It’s designed to expand students’ knowledge in the chosen specialisation and advance leadership and complex problem-solving skills in a cross-cultural environment.
Monash has dedicated a whole faculty just to teaching and learning IT. Their industry-based learning program, for example, offers industry placements that contribute not just towards your degree, but also to future employment opportunities. Each year, 100 percent of their IBL students who seek employment receive graduate job offers.
Their collaboration with OXFAM, for example, in remote communities of Bangladesh, is using mobile technology to improve the quality of work and life for female farmers. Their research partnerships with global drug companies have developed algorithms that are predicting the effects of different drugs on the human body and supporting better drug design.
Bachelor of Information Technology
Bachelor of Computer Science
Bachelor of Computer Science Advanced (Honours)
Bachelor of Software Engineering (Honours)
Master of Business Information Systems
The Master of Business Information Systems (MBIS) prepares you for careers in systems design, planning and management, as well as knowledge and information management. You gain the expertise to design solutions to business information problems and to offer strategic guidance to organisations that will enhance their management and governance
As an MBIS graduate, you may find work as :
Business analyst
Systems analyst
Consultant
Project leader
IT manager
Information management specialist
Archivist or librarian
Business analyst
Systems analyst
Consultant
Project leader
IT manager
Information management specialist
Archivist or librarian
In your final semester, you may take part in an Industry Experience program where you will get to work in a small team with industry mentors to develop entrepreneurial IT solutions or you may undertake a minor-thesis research project, investigating cutting-edge problems in BIS under the supervision of internationally recognised researchers.
The duration of the course is 2 years and requires 96 credit points.
Master of Data Science
The Master of Data Science (MDS) teaches you how to explore data and discover its potential. The core coursework covers data science objectives, data analysis, data pre-processing and visualisation. You then select data science electives such as machine learning, learning from semi-structured data like text, and big data handling. Your course electives allow you to build deeper skills in data analytics and machine learning.
The faculty has developed the most up-to-date material while maintaining a solid core of established theory and platforms, including Python and R (two of the most popular open-source programming languages for data analysis), Hadoop and Spark (for distributed processing).
It is a 2-year course with 96 credits under the Faculty of Information Technology.
Master of Information Technology
The Master of Information Technology (MIT) provides the knowledge, understanding and skills to solve real-world problems with cutting-edge technology. As an MIT graduate, you could become a software engineer, an enterprise data architect, a mobile systems analyst, or even a chief technology officer.
The MIT is accredited with the Australian Computer Society (ACS). The course is structured in 3 parts and is to be completed within 2 years. The credits required are 96.
Master of Cybersecurity
The MCS expands your knowledge of how to design, deploy and maintain security services, exploring issues faced both by users and application providers and devise possible solutions. The advanced studies in MCS include a range of topics, from software security, enterprise security including planning, operations and management to IT forensics, cloud computing and blockchain.
The duration of the course is 2 years and credits required are 96. Graduates may be eligible for Australian Computer Society (ACS) professional membership.
Master of Artificial Intelligence
Monash is the only one of the Group of Eight to offer this course. This course gives you the specialist knowledge and adaptability to move to the forefront of AI transformation and design, develop, and operate AI-based products and intelligent systems for the advancement of healthcare, agriculture, education, manufacturing, law and financial services.
This course allows you to explore topics such as deep learning, machine learning, natural language processing, human-computer interactions and modern optimisation techniques. You can either complete a research project under the guidance of an internationally recognised expert (as a potential pathway to a PhD) or engage in an industry experience studio project. The program is divided into two parts of 48 and 24 credits.
The Faculty of Information Technology is located in Clayton where research centres and facilities create a vibrant backdrop for meaningful graduate study. Among these are the Laboratory for Dialogue Research, the Human-Computer Interaction Lab and the Centre for Data Science. The Woodside Building for Technology and Design, ready to open in 2020, will offer the latest dynamic and interactive learning spaces.
Monash IT graduate research degrees (PhD and MPhil) follow the Monash Doctoral Program (MDP). The MDP blends original research with training options that support you throughout your research journey and prepare you for your career.
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) - Two-year research degree requiring a 30,000-word thesis. The following PhD programmes are also offered by the department - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), PhD by Practice-based Research and Exegesis.
There are two university-recognised research centres and numerous affiliated research labs and groups. It conducts pioneering research in - Centre for Data Science and Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics (COSI).
The faculty has six schools - School of Biological Sciences; School of Chemistry; School of Earth, Atmosphere & Environment; School of Mathematics; School of Physics and Astronomy. It offers honors courses for undergraduate study and the following courses for graduate study -
Master of Financial Mathematics
Standard duration is 2 years, full time. All units contribute to the master's program and maintain relationships with banks, investment firms, and research organisations in financial mathematics. It has 96 credits.
Master of Environment and Sustainability
This 96-credit point course is structured in four parts and has a duration of 2 years. You will choose one of five specialisations and have the opportunity to work in real-world contexts, combining theory and practice, to respond to local and international, corporate, government and social-environmental concerns.
Master of Science
You will be able to choose from the following disciplines that lead to a specialist award: Astrophysics, Atmospheric science, Earth science and Physics. The course comprises of 96 points. The duration is two years.
Master of Mathematics
You can choose from a wide range of units in Pure Mathematics, Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics. Students can complement their discipline studies with professional development learning including units in data exploration and visualisation. The course runs for 2 years and has 96 credits.
Master of Food Science and Agribusiness
Master of Food Science and Agribusiness graduates can expect promising career opportunities after graduating from this course.
Typical career paths include :
Regulatory officer
Food technologist
Product/process development scientist
Food microbiologist
Food chemist
Food product or ingredient development specialist
Food plant production supervisor/ manager
Researcher
Food policy officer
Academia
Entrepreneur and business owner
Regulatory officer
Food technologist
Product/process development scientist
Food microbiologist
Food chemist
Food product or ingredient development specialist
Food plant production supervisor/ manager
Researcher
Food policy officer
Academia
Entrepreneur and business owner
It is a 2-year course with 96 credits.
Research strengths include :
Energy and Materials
Genetics, Genomics and health
Environmental change and adaptation
Evolution of the Earth and Universe
Solutions for a big data world
Synthesis for function
Mathematical networks, space, and symmetry.
Accounting
Bachelor of Actuarial Science
Bachelor of Banking and Finance
Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Economics
Bachelor of Finance
Bachelor of International Business
Bachelor of Marketing
Master of Professional Accounting
Master of Accounting
Master of Banking and Finance
Master of Advanced Finance
Master of Business
Master of Business Analytics
Master of Global Business
Master of Applied Economics and Econometrics
Master of Actuarial Studies
Master of Marketing
Monash MBA
Monash GEMBA
Master of Environment and Sustainability
Master of Project Management
Master of Accounting
Master of Business Law
Master of Regulation and Compliance
Master of Philosophy
Arts
It is Monash’s internationally renowned faculty for humanities, social sciences, languages and performing arts. They are recognised for their cutting-edge research that addresses important local and global issues, advancing students’ understanding of the world.
Monash Arts have the following teaching and research schools:
Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
Media, Film and Journalism
Philosophical, Historical and International Studies
Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music
Arts and Social Sciences
Centre for Theatre and Performance
Monash Indigenous Studies Centre
Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
Media, Film and Journalism
Philosophical, Historical and International Studies
Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music
Arts and Social Sciences
Centre for Theatre and Performance
Monash Indigenous Studies Centre
Art, Design and Architecture
The faculty is guided by globally renowned academics. It is dynamic and progressive with studio learning environments that will build knowledge and creative thinking.
Some of its research projects include :
The design of sustainable, affordable housing in suburban Melbourne
Appropriate and high-quality housing for an ageing population
Specialised supportive housing for people with disability
Improving health in informal settlements in Fiji
Indonesia through improved water sanitation.
The design of sustainable, affordable housing in suburban Melbourne
Appropriate and high-quality housing for an ageing population
Specialised supportive housing for people with disability
Improving health in informal settlements in Fiji
Indonesia through improved water sanitation.
Education
You can choose to specialise in early years, primary or secondary education – or a combination of these. The faculty was ranked sixth in the world in the subject of Education in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2013 and 2014 and four stars 'above world standard' in Education according to Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2012.
Law
The faculty was started in 1964 with four students and holds a very prestigious place today. it offers various scholarships for meritorious students. The Law Students’ Society is amongst the largest student-run organisations in Australia.
It is the first law school in Australia to offer a guaranteed clinical education experience for all students who wish to include a practical component in their Monash Law degree. Their Castan Centre for Human Rights Law is dedicated to protecting and promoting human rights.
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
The faculty comprises of 10 schools, various centres and institutes, each with a unique purpose. It has more than 20 departments.
It also participates in a number of cooperative research centres (CRC’s) and are affiliated with internationally-acclaimed research institutes including :
The Baker Medical Research Institute
The Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health
The Mental Health Research Institute
The Baker Medical Research Institute
The Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health
The Mental Health Research Institute
As the University's largest research faculty, it has contributed to breakthroughs in crucial areas like IVF, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer research, and infectious diseases.
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
It is a specialist campus, located in 'the Parkville strip', Australia's premier health and biomedical precinct. Its successes include the joint design and development of the influenza treatment Relenza, the collaborative design of a potential single-dose malaria treatment and new approaches to delivering drugs to the body more effectively.
The Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences houses at least 200 research staff and postgraduate students who are involved in drug discovery biology, medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutics to improve treatments for cancer, malaria, Parkinson's disease and other major health threats.
The Centre for Medicine Use and Safety seeks to improve pharmacy practice and minimise the misuse of medicines in hospitals and the community.