Overview 2021
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Take on ground-breaking projects in the industry with the Master of Maritime Engineering.
If you are a professional engineer with a 4-year bachelor’s degree in any engineering discipline, this program will change the course of your career.
You will study a wide range of subjects relevant to the development and procurement of maritime engineering systems. Specialisations include Naval Engineering, Maritime Technology Management and Maritime Design. Each of these programs are aimed at engineering professionals already in the workforce, but with limited exposure to the maritime engineering sector.
Our graduates secure employment in advanced technical and management roles in maritime engineering. All programs lead to greater employment and higher degree study opportunities through industry relevant research projects.
Our specialist coursework is designed by experienced maritime engineers and researchers. Delivered through interactive online study resources, this course provides a flexible learning mode for students who wish to continue working while studying. In addition, some units are also available for on-campus study.
Postgraduate Specialisations
Master of Engineering (Maritime Design)
Progress your career into specialist areas of maritime engineering including naval architecture, fluid mechanics and marine and offshore systems. Your studies will combine learning that is specific to the design and construct of vessels with advanced studies in management, project planning and research. You will graduate with an understanding of complex marine environments and the ability to lead engineering projects in the maritime industry.
Master of Engineering (Technology Management)
Technology is creating new challenges and opportunities in the Maritime industry. This specialisation combines studies in maritime engineering with technology management, giving you the expertise to manage complex projects in the maritime industry. Your studies will cover maritime engineering topics including ship design, propulsion systems and associated auxiliary machinery. Graduates follow careers in technical management across a broad range of maritime sectors.
Master of Engineering (Naval Engineering)
Advance your engineering career with the technical skills to work in naval-related sectors. This specialisation builds on your existing skillset to improve the design and performance of naval vessels. You will graduate with an understanding of maritime engineering systems and the technical design abilities required undertake naval projects.
Course objectives
Our postgraduate maritime engineering programmes provide engineering graduates with in-depth exposure to a wide range of subjects relevant to the development and procurement of marine systems.
The Maritime Design programme is constructed for engineering graduates not yet in the work force wanting to raise their knowledge in advanced engineering practice and research. It is also available to current Engineers who wish to gain knowledge in the Maritime sector.
All programmes lead on to greater employment and higher degree study opportunities through industry relevant research projects. International students looking to gain work experience in Australia post-study, are encouraged to apply for this programme.
Career outcomes
The Master of Engineering degree is targeted at engineering professionals already in the workforce, who wish to pursue, or develop a career in the technical management of maritime engineering projects.
Professional Recognition
Engineers Australia
Course structure
Specialisation: Maritime Design
Core units (137.5 credit points)
Research Methods is designed to serve both theoretical and practical purposes. The unit begins by introducing you to the philosophy, logic and nature of research. The unit asks you to reflect on how we come to know certain things through…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit equips students with an understanding of the design features, operation and operational characteristics of the prime movers used on board a variety of vessels. Students apply this knowledge to obtaining effective engineering design solutions for marine propulsion systems,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
In this unit, students develop the techniques required for the design of surface vessels. They develop the conceptual and analytical skills necessary at a detailed level of ship design with a particular emphasis on design driver identification and initial parameter…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for JEE504 Principles of Naval Architecture
This unit provides students with the skills required to ensure that their engineering projects are thoroughly planned, well managed and successful. It focuses on project management methods, skills and strategies. Participants develop their knowledge through the application of these new…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for JEE505 Management of Engineering Projects
The purpose of this unit is to provide students with an understanding of modelling and simulation techniques and their application to the analysis of marine engineering systems. Students are introduced to numerical methods, control systems, first and second order systems,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for JEE506 Modelling and Simulation of Marine Systems
This unit is specifically designed for science and engineering graduates requiring a rigorous applied and functional knowledge of signal conditioning and data acquisition appropriate for experiments carried out in the maritime field. The subject matter has been designed around the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for JEE508 Signal Conditioning, Data Acquisition and Data Analysis
The design and analysis of engineering fluid systems and marine vehicles require the prediction of the fluid behaviour and the interaction between the fluid and the system. This requires a good knowledge of fluid dynamic principles and the behaviour under…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for JEE509 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Hydrodynamics
This unit gives students an understanding of the functional purpose of the machinery systems used on board a variety of ships. This knowledge can then be applied to obtaining effective engineering design solutions for these systems, so that they can…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for JEE529 Design of Marine Machinery Systems
The emphasis in this unit is on training scientists to be literate in statistical issues so that both "consumers" and "producers" of data analysis will be able to effectively communicate. Students will be able to critically assess, understand, and use…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Environmental scientists increasingly need to deal with complex and large quantitative data sets collected from a variety of sources (i.e. remote sensing, moored instrumentation arrays and autonomous vehicles). As a result, computational and data analysis skills are highly desirable and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KSM605 Environmental and Spatial Data Analysis
Dissertation (37.5 credit points)
Students develop, implement and carry out a research project under the supervision of at least one staff member from the National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics or UTAS. The progress and outcomes of the research are assessed in the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Students develop, implement and carry out a research project under the supervision of at least one staff member from the National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics or UTAS. The progress and outcomes of the research are assessed in the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Students develop, implement and carry out a research project under the supervision of at least one staff member from the National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics or UTAS. The progress and outcomes of the research are assessed in the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Degree electives (25 credit points)
The unit facilitates the translation of theory learned across a range of prior and concurrent subjects within the Bachelor Degree course into practical application via hands-on projects conducted at sea aboard the AMC 35-metre vessel Bluefin. Additionally, students will be…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit provides students with a detailed understanding of fisheries biology and population dynamics. Biological concepts include how morphology, behaviour, habitat preferences and life history strategies affect the exploitation of fisheries taxa. The unit also covers the logistical and quantitative…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KSM606 Fisheries Biology and Population Dynamics
Fisheries assessment is a critical component of monitoring and managing fishery harvests. This advanced unit provides students with a detailed understanding of the quantitative techniques employed in the assessment of fished stocks. The unit covers fishery dependent and fishery independent…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This advanced unit provides the student with the opportunity to apply strategic management and planning processes to a fisheries case-study. On the successful completion of this unit, students will be able to critically appraise issues for the management of a…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KSM609 Fisheries Management and Planning
This unit introduces you to the theory and practice of strategic management, focusing on strategic thinking and decision making. Throughout your study you will be asked to place yourself in the position of a strategic manager and to use your…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit develops the student's knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the Marine Superintendent and the management skills that are required for ensuring that the maintenance of all shipboard machinery and equipment is carried out to standards specified by…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit aims to expose you to contemporary management practices in ports. The design of this unit is suited to meet the needs of students at different stages in their careers and at different levels in their organisations. You will…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
The aim of this unit is to introduce you to the type of financial information that you, as a manager, can expect to receive and to the techniques that you can use to analyse this information for decision making and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Supply Chain Management has been identified by the business community as a key discipline which can generate significant cost savings, improve customer value and be used effectively to gain a sustainable competitive advantage.To a casual observer, supply chain management would…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
In many industries, marketing as a discipline is the central focus of an organisation's operations. However, marketing has always been something of an unknown quantity in the maritime and logistics industries. This unit aims to remove that anomaly by creating…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit develops the student's knowledge of the role and responsibilities of Marine Surveyors and the skills that are necessary for carrying out marine survey work and the preparation of subsequent survey reports. It also considers a number of different…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
International Maritime Policy will bring you into contact with disparate issues, including legal, regulatory and policy issues, in contemporary integrated oceans management. The underlying theme is one of integrated policy, planning and management covering all uses of the sea. The…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
The purpose of this unit is to introduce physical oceanographic concepts, including the ocean's circulation and physical structure to students with a broad background in university level physics and mathematics. The unit will cover seawater properties, instruments and observing platforms,…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Entry requirements
Eligibility
Admission to the Master of Engineering (Maritime Design) programme is a full four year Australian Bachelor of Engineering degree, or equivalent.
For international students, English language requirements are at least an IELTS score of 6.0 (with no band less than 6.0).
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
Domestic students enrolled in certain postgraduate coursework programs may not be eligible for student payments through Youth Allowance and Austudy. Visit the Department of Social Services website to find out more about eligibility for Centrelink support and the list of eligible courses
International students
2021 Total Course Fee (international students): $ 69,088 AUD *.
Course cost based on a rate of $33,950 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
International students
International students are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the annual rate. International students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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