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Our key discipline areas provide programs with flexible pathways to global careers or postgraduate research, and encompass:

• Aerospace Engineering and Aviation­
• Chemical and Environmental Engineering
• Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
  
• Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
• Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering
  
• Mechanical and Automotive Engineering
  
• Manufacturing, Materials and Mechatronics Engineering.

RMIT engineering is ranked 144th in the world and 9th in Australia (Source, QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021). The rankings for specific discipline areas include:

• Top 100 for Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
• Top 150 for Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  
• Top 150 for Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering
  
• Top 200 for Chemical Engineering.

In the 2018 Excellence in Research in Australia (ERA) audit, our School was amongst the top group of Australian universities recognised for world-class engineering research. The rankings (out of 5) for specific fields of research include:

• Aerospace Engineering - 5 (well above world standard)
• Biomedical Engineering - 3 (at world standard)
• Chemical Engineering - 3 (at world standard)
• Civil Engineering - 4 (above world standard)
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering - 5 (well above world standard)
• Environmental Engineering - 5 (well above world standard)
• Manufacturing Engineering - 5 (well above world standard)
• Materials Engineering - 5 (well above world standard)
• Mechanical Engineering - 4 (above world standard).