HONOURS DEGREES
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Infrastructure) (Honours)/Bachelor of Business (Management)
Melbourne City and Bundoora
Combine studies in civil and infrastructure engineering and business management to help you become a manager capable of providing technical and business leadership.
Civil and infrastructure engineers plan, design, construct, supervise, manage and maintain essential infrastructure in modern communities.
RMIT’s civil and infrastructure engineering program is at the forefront of engineering education and meets Australian and global industry demands. Sub-disciplines include construction/project management, geotechnical, structural, transport and water resources.
You’ll have the opportunity to design creative solutions through inspiring and sustainable design-and-build projects, as well as taking part in the Engineers Without Borders Challenge – a humanitarian-focused course offered in all RMIT engineering degrees. To ensure you graduate job-ready, you’ll also have an opportunity to undertake a work-integrated learning (industry experience) elective.
The management program focuses on the roles and functions of business management. Managers deal with a range of complex issues, including wider economic and social factors. They must be flexible, able to work with others, effectively prioritise tasks and operate the financial, marketing and human resource aspects of an organisation.
Many engineers quickly move into positions of management within organisations. This double degree will give you an advantage, allowing you to advance into positions of responsibility and influence. A business degree will prepare you to operate in a complex financial system - something often associated with large engineering projects.
International student visa holders can only study full-time.
RMIT offers a variety of learning and teaching approaches including lectures, seminars, workshops, presentations, group discussions, and syndicate work.
You'll have access to online resources through the myRMIT student portal.
Ongoing assessment throughout the semester includes examinations, essays, reports, oral classes, presentations, group projects, research projects, laboratory projects, and practical assignments.
This double degree program has strong links with industry and offers opportunities for project-based and work-integrated learning.
In the fourth and final years of your studies you'll undertake a major project that is either industry-based or simulates an industrial situation. Combining and further developing the key theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for your field - as defined by Engineers Australia - you’ll work with industry leaders to solve a project challenge.
Before graduating from this program, you are strongly encouraged to complete a minimum 12 weeks of engineering industry experience. This allows you to gain first-hand experience in an engineering practice environment under the supervision of a practising professional engineer. The nature and timing of this engineering experience can take a range of forms.
Opportunities exist for an overseas work placement of between six and 12 months (this satisfies the work experience requirement). These placements are normally taken during a one-year break in the middle or at the end of the third year of the degree.
Graduates have a wide range of career opportunities in Australia and overseas.
There is a growing demand for engineering managers capable of providing leadership and decision-making across both technical and financial business systems. Typically, engineering managers are involved in large-scale capital investment projects as well as infrastructure policy and planning.
After gaining professional experience, graduates typically move quickly into middle and senior management or consultant positions.
The management program will prepare you for a range of additional roles, and with appropriate experience you can expect to advance to management positions in commercial, industrial and not-for-profit organisations.
Professional recognition and accreditation
This program is fully accredited by Engineers Australia. Graduates of the program are eligible for graduate membership of Engineers Australia. Full membership as a professional engineer may be obtained after an appropriate period of professional practice.
Australia is one of 15 countries that are signatories to the International Engineering Alliance, also known as the Washington Accord, for professional engineers. The qualification of graduates from this degree is recognised in all countries that are signatories to the Accord.
Depending on what you study, graduates of the Bachelor of Business (Management) may be eligible for professional membership of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) (employment relations specialisation) and CPA Australia (management accounting and finance specialisation).
RMIT has agreements with universities in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia on civil and infrastructure engineering student exchange programs.
Optional tours are organised to Paris to study practical applications related to sustainable cities of the future.
Through partner organisations in Europe, Asia and the United States, the RMIT International Industry Experience and Research Program (RIIERP) offers workplace training and academic research placements of between six and 12 months.
There are also opportunities to study abroad through Education Abroad.
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Double up to get you ahead in your career
This double degree combines technical knowledge in civil engineering with the core skills you'll need to be a successful manager.