Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

Factors taken into consideration when processing
applications may include:
* resource implications
* academic progress
the need to transfer to another campus.
Where a course is offered on both campuses, transfers can
be made with the approval of the Faculty.
Admission to second and later years
Applicants seeking a place in second or later years of an
engineering course as either full-time or part-time students
must apply directly to Swinburne. Application forms are
available from the lnformation Office, telephone 819 8444.
The closing date for applications is usually the middle of
January.
Overseas students must also contact the Australian
diplomatic post in their country to make the appropriate visa
applications.
Admission to Graduate Diploma and
Masters by coursework courses
Graduate diploma and masters by coursework courses in a
range of specialist areas of importance to engineers are
available. The usual entrv reauirements are com~letion of a
degree or diploma in a iield'of enginering or applied
science.
Applicants for these courses must apply directly to
Swinburne. Application forms are available from the
lnformation Off ice, telephone 819 8444.
The closing date for applications is usually the middle of
November for the following year.
Admission to Masters (by research) and
Doctor of Philosophy courses
Applicants for these courses must apply directly to
Swinburne. A letter of application should be written to the
Office of Research and Graduate Studies.
Enquiries regarding Masters programs by research should be
directed to the appropriate school in the first instance.
Admission with advanced standing
Z' A student who has successfully completed, or partly comn
pleted, an acceptable post-secondary course may be
u admitted with advanced standing to an engineering course
% at Swinburne. The policy of the Engineering Faculty Board
with regard to admission with advanced standing is set out
g. in the following regulations:
1 General
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1.1 The Faculty Board believes that in general students
who have completed satisfactorily, part of an engineering
course at another tertiary institution in
Victoria, or another comparable course, should
receive credits for an equivalent part of the course
for which they are enrolled at Swinburne.
1.2 In the consideration of applications for credit the following
principles will be applied by the Board:
(a) a student should be brought on to a standard
course as soon as possible after entry into the
Higher Education Division of the University
(b) students should not undertake subjects in
adva,nce of the semester in which they will enter
the standard course
(c) students who have passed a particular level of a
similar course at a different institution may be
admitted to the standard course at the next successive
year's level, either with or without small
amounts of additional course work being
required
(d) consideration should be given to the intention
of a series or group of subjects rather than the
details of the content matter of each subject
within such series or group
(e) a credit may be granted on the basis of relevant
industrial experience.
1.3 For all graduate diploma courses offered by the
Faculty of Engineering, a student must complete at
least fifty per cent of the prescribed total course
time for that particular course at Swinburne.
2 Application
2.1 In applying this policy the Board will follow these
guidelines:
(a) except in extraordinary circumstances credits are
only approved at the beginning of a course of
study
(b) credits are to apply only to a specified course of
study in the Higher Education Division of the
University
(c) a credit shall be valid for a particular course and
syllabus and only for the duration of such
course or syllabus
(d) in order to qualify for an award in the Faculty of
Engineering a student must complete as a minimum,
an equivalent full-time year in the Faculty.
2.2 In order to request credit, students entering a course
will be required to do as follows:
(a) register their intention to seek admission with
advanced standing at the time of first enrolment
(b) lodge supporting documentation with their
department within six months of registering
their intention.
Course requirements
Class timetables
The syllabus for each of the engineering courses may be
found in the separate sections pertaining to the various
schools of the Engineering Faculty.
Provisional timetables for all years of engineering courses will
be displayed at enrolment. Students should note that these
timetables are provisional only and may be changed depending
on staff and facilities available. Where it is necessary to
change a timetable, details will be posted on the faculty or
school notice-board, as appropriate.
Some subjects in early years are offered as part-time evening
classes. However, in later years of the course part-time
students may be expected to undertake classes during the
day. Enquiries regarding subjects available on a part-time
basis should be directed to the associate dean of the
relwant school.
Practical work
Practical work forms a significant part of most subjects
offered by the Engineering Faculty.
Students are expected to attend all practical work sessions
(for example, laboratory work, drawing office and field work,
excursions and site visits) and to complete all the practical
work assignments set by the lecturers responsible for a particular
subject. Assignments not submitted by the due dates
may fail to count as practical work completed.
Students should approach their lecturers to find out the
details of practical work requirements in each subject.