Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering

    Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering

    Duration1 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    AUD 17,153 / Year
    Next IntakeJuly 1, 2026
    Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering

    About

    The Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering at UNSW Canberra is designed for postgraduate students to develop a high-level understanding of systems engineering principles. It’s a forward-thinking process that includes software, electrical, and mechanical engineering. Systems engineers maintain and design our interconnected world built on increasingly complex systems. Systems Engineering coordinates and translates operational needs into a system designed to meet that need.

    In this postgraduate degree, you’ll examine the implementation of systems through the design, development and application phases. This Graduate Certificate offers in-demand skills and experience in analysing, designing and managing complex projects. You’ll learn how to design, integrate, and manage complex systems throughout their life cycles, coordinating performance, cost, and schedule goals. Graduates of this degree can offer systems engineering expertise to current and potential employers.

    Study at a global top 20 university
    Part of the wider UNSW network, UNSW Canberra represents one of Australia’s leading universities, recognised for research excellence and impact. We’re also a founding Group of Eight member – a coalition of Australia’s leading research-intensive universities.

    Benefit from specialised facilities

    UNSW Canberra at ADFA is home to several unique state-of-the-art facilities. When you study with us, you’ll have exclusive access to the UNSW Canberra Academy Library Special Collections. Items of national significance include more than 300 manuscript collections, 13,000 rare items and papers of the former Prime Minister John Howard.

    Defence and Security expertise

    At UNSW Canberra you’ll study in a Defence and security-focused setting. Graduates will be equipped with the nuanced knowledge required for a successful career in the Army, Navy or Airforce and other Defence and security-related sectors. Students who complete this degree can also apply this knowledge to the private industry. UNSW Canberra specialises in high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate courses in all areas relating to military, strategic and defence studies.

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    English Program Requirements

    Faculty Undergraduate Postgraduate coursework Postgraduate research
    UNSW Canberra 6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest) 6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest) 6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest)

    Career

    Future careers

    UNSW graduates are some of the most sought-after graduates in Australia and abroad. UNSW is a global top 20 university and UNSW Canberra is known for its’ Defence and security focus. You’ll graduate as a specialist in systems engineering with up-to-the-minute knowledge and hands-on skills employers are seeking.

    Whether you want to develop your knowledge and skills to excel in your current role or want to progress within the sector, potential roles for graduates include:

    • Control Systems Engineer
    • Data Engineer
    • Design Engineer
    • Embedded Systems Engineer
    • Network Systems Engineer
    • Product Development Engineer
    • Project Engineer
    • Research and Development Engineer
    • Systems Administrator
    • Systems Architect

    Professionals with systems engineering expertise are in demand in industries including:

    • Defence
    • Security
    • Aviation
    • IT and Computing
    • Manufacturing
    • Research and Development
    • Telecommunications

    Dentist

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee
    17,153 / year
    Application Fee 150
    Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering
    University of New South Wales
    University of New South Wales
    Australia

    Australia, Sydney