Associate Degree of Surveying

• Begin your career in surveying with UniSQ's Associate Degree of Surveying and study with Australia's leading surveying education provider.
• Gain insight into the technical and analytical skills required within the profession and develop practical specialist skills and knowledge in global navigation satellite systems, surveying, and project management.
• Explore fundamental metrology, terrestrial mapping, photogrammetry and drone mapping, and develop your knowledge of construction and mining surveying
• You will learn to collect, store, adapt and manipulate spatial data to communicate effectively with audiences, including professionals, para-professionals, clients and the wider community.
• Our flexible study options allow you to speed up or slow down your study by choosing how many courses to enrol in each study period and if you want to study on-campus online to work around your life commitments.

The Associate Degree of Surveying is the perfect stepping stone into the Bachelor of Surveying Technology and the Bachelor of Surveying (Honours).

This degree is fully accredited by the Surveyors Board of Queensland and is recognised in every Australian state and in New Zealand through reciprocal arrangements. The degree, together with relevant industry experience, enables registration and/or licensing as a cadastral surveyor with the Boards of Surveyors in Australia and New Zealand.

When you graduate, you will be eligible to apply for membership with the Geospatial Council of Australia.

• With the knowledge you'll gain from your Associate Degree, you will have the opportunity to begin your career as a surveying technician or associate.
• Surveyors work in a variety of settings including property and land development organisations, surveying companies, construction companies, government institutions, mining companies and private consultancy, among many others.

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.

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.