Associate Degree of Engineering (Agricultural Engineering)

• The Associate Degree of Engineering will give you the freedom of choice to start up your career or set a stepping stone for further study.
• As the only Agricultural Engineering degree in both Australia and New Zealand, you'll gain the unique knowledge and skills to make a difference in your career with UniSQ's Associate Degree of Engineering (Agricultural). A significant proportion of your degree will involve project-based learning with industry connection and aligns with the United Nation's sustainable development goals.
• Toowoomba is at the epicentre of the Darling Downs' agriculture and farming industries, giving UniSQ the edge with genuine industry knowledge and understanding as well as providing you with a premium education through UniSQ's link to the world-class research centre in Agricultural Engineering.
• With highly practical, relevant and rigorous course work, you'll be prepared to work with machinery, soil and water management in areas including sustainable agricultural production and hydraulics; which will allow you to apply engineering solutions to agricultural problems.
• Already hold a Diploma through TAFE or experience through work? Then fast track your degree with the credit you've already earned.

This degree is a great stepping stone to our Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) where you will be credited for your studies already undertaken in the Associate Degree of Engineering.

When you graduate with your Associate Degree, you'll be eligible to apply for provisional accreditation with Engineers Australia. Apply for membership after you graduate to become an Engineering Associate and with the experience you will gain from working in the field, you can apply for chartered status as an Engineering Associate.

• With a huge shortage of skills in the agricultural industry, your degree will make you an indispensable employee in many major corporations.
• Agricultural engineering associates work in a range of settings, including government departments such as water supply, agriculture, forestry, soil conservation and environment protection agencies, as well as private engineering firms.

To complete this degree students must complete 16 units.

Refer to the UniSQ Handbook for courses to be studied and recommended enrolment patterns.

As part of this degree, you will need to complete practical experience, where interactive hands-on activities, such as experiments and use of specialist equipment, are undertaken.

All students must be able to meet the physical and other professional requirements of practical experience within this degree.

This degree has a mandatory attendance requirement for some of the residential school courses. All students will have the opportunity to come on-campus for residential schools, where you will attend face-to-face lectures and tutorials to gain practical experience, use facilities and specialist equipment, and meet staff and other students.

• Civil Engineering
• Computer Systems Engineering
• Electrical & Electronic Engineering
• Environmental & Sustainable Resources Engineering
• Instrumentation Control & Automation Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronic & Robotic Engineering
• Mining Engineering

Apply via QTAC (Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre) if you:

• have never studied with UniSQ before, or
• are a Year 12 student, or
• want to transfer to UniSQ from another university.

If you are applying via QTAC, please check our application closing dates.

You may be able to apply directly to UniSQ if you:

• are a current or previous UniSQ student returning to study with complete or incomplete qualifications (excluding Head Start students), or
• have recently graduated from TAFE.

More information on applying key dates is available.

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