Engineering minors
Complement your engineering specialisation with a minor and tailor your studies to explore your interests and expand your career opportunities.
If you are completing a single degree course, you can use electives to complete one of the engineering minors from a different engineering discipline.
An engineering minor will diversify your skill set and add versatility. Gain knowledge in another field outside of your chosen specialisation and understand other engineering disciplines to incorporate technical skills to deliver better solutions. You’ll have a more holistic approach to project engineering and be well-positioned to communicate across specialisation areas. Skills highly valued and sought after by industry.
A minor has four units studied over at least two years and is listed on your transcript. Engineering minors are completed in year 3 or 4 of your studies.
Explore the engineering minors
Artificial intelligence in engineering
Artificial intelligence is used by engineers to develop driverless vehicles, meaningful human machine interaction and image recognition. Create new designs involving robotics, deep learning, computer vision and autonomous vehicles. [Available at Clayton & Malaysia]
Civil engineering
Civil engineers design and improve systems and processes that allow humans and nature to coexist with minimal impact. They design and build high capacity transportation systems; construct large commercial and industrial complexes; water supply and pollution control systems; and repair or replace roads, bridges and other structures. [Available at Clayton]
Computational engineering
Computational engineering is a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field that simulates the physical world using computers to solve engineering design problems, develop new technologies and shape the world we live in. Biomedical devices, submarines and wind turbines are just a few examples where computer models are used to predict how new designs will behave in reality. [Available at Clayton]
Design and Manufacturing
Involves applying creative problem-solving techniques to various manufacturing processes to produce any specific components required to build a product or a functional system at any scale. This minor provides the foundation for future engineers to create new products, technologies and automation techniques catering to the demands of the fast-paced world. [Available at Malaysia]
Engineering entrepreneurship
Developed with the Monash Business School for engineers interested in becoming entrepreneurs and innovators. Includes fundamentals of entrepreneurship such as idea creation, market validation, company structures, technology development, investment and go-to-market business models. [Available at Clayton]
Environmental engineering
Environmental engineering involves the implementation and management of solutions that are in harmony with the principles of sustainable development. By improving the knowledge on air, water and land quality, environmental engineers help restore the environment and protect our natural world. [Available at Clayton]
Micro and nano technologies
Micro and nano technologies form the basis of any modern miniaturised system including electronic devices, sensors and actuators in smartphones and vehicles and diagnostic systems, biomedical devices and devices for environmental monitoring. Explore how the design properties of nanostructured materials may be exploited for everyday applications, ranging from food packaging and sunscreens, to sensors and energy-related areas. [Available at Clayton]
Mining engineering
Mining engineering involves environmentally-safe extraction and processing of natural minerals from the earth. Mining engineers supply critical materials like copper, iron, lithium and gold, that are essential for modern society and the world’s economy. Automation and digital technologies are modernising the mining industry and transforming mining careers. [Available at Clayton]
Renewable energy engineering
Renewable energy engineering focuses on the fundamental conversion of solar radiation, wind, hydro, and bioenergy resources into electricity by designing, building and operating energy plants such as wind farms, solar farms and hydro power facilities. Renewable energy engineers run the large-scale energy system incorporating renewables, and provide expert advice in the development of energy policy. [Available at Clayton]
Sensory Systems in Industry 4.0
Sensory Systems in Industry 4.0 allow you to acquire the necessary knowledge and techniques to understand the analogue world, and its significance in processing and interaction within modern industries. Gain an understanding of advanced sensory systems, associated programming techniques and autonomous systems, to succeed in Industry 4.0, which integrates emerging technologies from the Internet of Things, cloud computing, machine learning, AI and more. [Available at Malaysia]
Smart manufacturing
Smart manufacturing is the core of Industry 4.0 which includes cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things, and augmented reality. This minor equips engineers with the knowledge of modern systems of telecommunication, mechatronics, cyber-physics, and manufacturing for the new era of industry. [Available at Clayton]
Sustainable engineering
The Sustainable engineering minor provides the knowledge and skills to understand the interplay between the environment and human activities. A growing multidisciplinary field of engineering, you’ll be introduced to life-cycle analysis, sustainability in the built environments including passive and active technologies, and the political, social and environmental background to materials usage. [Available at Clayton]
Minors & specialisation combinations
SPECIALISATIONS | ||||||||
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Aerospace | Chemical | Civil | Electrical & computer systems | Environmental | Materials | Mechanical | Robotics & Mechatronics | |
Artificial intelligence | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES^ |
Civil | YES | |||||||
Design and Manufacturing | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||
Entrepreneurship | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |
Environmental | YES | |||||||
Computational | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
Micro and nano technologies | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
Mining | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
Renewable energy | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
Sensory Systems in Industry 4.0 | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||||
Smart manufacturing | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES+ |
Sustainable | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
^ Artificial Intelligence minor not available in the Artificial intelligence stream of Robotics & Mechatronics specialisation
+ Smart Manufacturing minor not available in the Automation stream of Robotics & Mechatronics specialisation
Engineering minors are not available in Biomedical and Software engineering specialisations. See the engineering minors framework for further criteria and compatibility with specialisations.
There are so many possibilities with civil engineering, and so many opportunities to be a part of something bigger - skyscrapers, bridges and dams are only the beginning. I want to contribute something of value to this world and work on solving real world problems.
Natalie Kho Tze Tzo
Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours)
I chose environmental engineering because I am passionate about making our world a better place. I was the co-found BorrowCup, a social impact venture that aims to reduce single-use coffee cups waste on campus and encourage making more sustainable choices.
Simone Pianko
Bachelor of Environmental Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce
Founder of BorrowCup
I chose Mining Engineering because I have always had an interest in Earth science, and I wanted to be a part of developing new ways to make mining cleaner and safer. Mining is something that impacts everybody’s life, and I am excited to be a part of something so important.
Keely Simpson-Bell
Graduate Mining Engineer, Rio Tinto
Bachelor of Mining Engineering (Honours)^