Faculty of Engineering

Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering) 2025+ (2025)


Note: This course version applies only to students first enrolling in 2025.
WARNING: This course version is currently under review and is subject to change.


1. Overview

Course: Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering) 2025+ (2025)
CP Required: 72
Min FT Duration: 1.50 Years
Min PT Duration: 3.00 Years
Faculty/School: Faculty of Engineering
Years Offered: 2025

2. Requirements

By completing the units in the accompanying tables, students may qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Engineering, or the Graduate Diploma in Engineering or the Master of Engineering as follows.

Graduate Certificate in Engineering

To qualify for the award of the Graduate Certificate in Engineering a candidate must complete 24 credit points of core or specialist units of study from any stream of the Master of Engineering. It is recommended that candidates complete units from within a single stream.

Graduate Diploma in Engineering

To qualify for the award of the Graduate Certificate in Engineering a candidate must complete 36 credit points of core or specialist units of study from any stream of the Master of Engineering. It is recommended that candidates complete units from within a single stream.

Master of Engineering

To qualify for the award of the Master of Engineering in this specialisation, a candidate must complete 72 credit points, including:

(a) 42 credit points of Civil Stream units, consisting of:

     (i) 12 credit points of Stream Core units, and

     (ii) 18 credit points of Stream Specialist units, and

     (iii) 12 credit points of Stream Specialist or Elective units

(b) 12 credit points of Engineering Management and Leadership units

(c) 6 credit points of Breadth Elective units

(d) A minimum of 12 credit points of Project or Research Pathway units

The completion of a Specialisation is optional, and requires 24 credit points chosen from the Stream Specialist collection (18 credit points) and the Stream Elective collection (6 credit points). The available Specialisations are:

     • Structures

     • Water Engineering

     • Geomechanical Engineering

Students with RVL are unable to complete a specialisation.

Course resolutions

This course is administered under course resolutions published in the Faculty Handbook at http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/

3. Semesters

Year 1 - Semester 1

Type CP CP From
6 Select from CIVL6001: Civil Engineering in a Changing Climate
6 Select from CIVL6002: Measurement and Data in Civil Engineering
6 Select from Unit Block:
Engineering Leadership & Management units
6 Select from Unit Block:
Civil Stream Specialist units


Note: Students completing a specialisation should select a specialisation unit

Year 1 - Semester 2

Type CP CP From
6 Select from Unit Block:
Engineering Leadership & Management units
6 Select from Unit Block:
Civil Stream Specialist units


Note: Students completing a specialisation should select a specialisation unit
6 Select from Unit Block:
Civil Stream Elective units


Note: Students completing a specialisation should select a specialisation unit
6 Select from CIVL5020: Capstone Project A


Note: Students eligible for the Research pathway may replace CIVL5020 and 6cp of Stream Electives with CIVL5222 Dissertation A.

Year 2 - Semester 1

Type CP CP From
6 Select from Unit Block:
Master of Engineering Breadth elective units
6 Select from Unit Block:
Civil Stream Elective units
6 Select from Unit Block:
Civil Stream Specialist units


Note: Students completing a specialisation should select a specialisation unit
6 Select from CIVL5021: Capstone Project B


Note: Students eligible for the Research pathway may replace CIVL5021 and 6cp of recommended electives with CIVL5223 Dissertation B.

4. Pathways

1. Stream Specialisation in Structures

Type CP CP From
24 Select from CIVL6257: Concrete Structures - Prestressed Concrete
CIVL6264: Composite Steel-Concrete Structures
CIVL6267: Steel Structures - Advanced Analysis and Design
CIVL6268: Structural Dynamics

2. Stream Specialisation in Water Engineering

Type CP CP From
24 Select from CIVL5665: Water Supply for Towns and Cities
CIVL5670: Reservoir, Stream and Coastal Engineering
CIVL6665: Advanced Water Resources Engineering
CIVL6669: Applied Fluid Engineering Computing

3. Stream Specialisation in Geomechanical Engineering

Type CP CP From
24 Select from CIVL6450: Analysis and Design of Pile Foundations
CIVL6454: Rock Engineering
CIVL6455: Advanced Soil Mechanics
CIVL6456: Advanced Geotechnical Engineering

ESIPS (Student Industrial Placement Scheme)

Type CP CP From
Core
24 CIVL5010: Major Industry Project


Note: Candidates undertaking the Major Industrial Project take CIVL5010 in place of CIVL5020/5021 Capstone Project A & B and 12 credit points of Specialist Elective units of study.

Note: Candidates undertaking the Major Industrial Project take CIVL5010 in place of CIVL5020/5021 Capstone Project A & B and 12 credit points of Specialist Elective units of study.

Extended Capstone Project

Type CP CP From
Core
12 CIVL5022: Capstone Project B Extended


Note: Students achieving an average mark of 70% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study are eligible for the Extended Capstone Project. CIVL5022 replaces CIVL5021 and a 6cp elective unit.

Note: Students take Capstone Project units CIVL5020 and CIVL5022 (total 18 cp) in place of Capstone Project CIVL5020/CIVL5021 and 6 cp of elective units.

Research Pathway

Type CP CP From
Core
12 CIVL5222: Dissertation A


Note: Students achieving an average mark of 75% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study or equivalent are eligible for the Research Pathway. CIVL5222 replaces CIVL5020 and a 6cp elective unit.
Core
12 CIVL5223: Dissertation B


Note: Students achieving an average mark of 75% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study or equivalent are eligible for the Research Pathway. CIVL5223 replaces CIVL5021 and a 6cp elective unit.

Note: Research pathway students take Dissertation units CIVL5222 and CIVL5223 (total 24 cp) in place of Capstone Project units and 12 cp of elective units.

5. Unit Blocks

Block 1 - Civil Stream Core units (Min CP: 12,Max CP: 12)

Unit Code Unit Name CP Sessions Offered
CIVL6001 Civil Engineering in a Changing Climate 6 Semester 1
CIVL6002 Measurement and Data in Civil Engineering 6 Semester 1

Block 2 - Civil Stream Specialist units (Min CP: 18,Max CP: 18)

Unit Code Unit Name CP Sessions Offered
CIVL5665 Water Supply for Towns and Cities 6 Semester 2
CIVL6257 Concrete Structures - Prestressed Concrete 6 Semester 1
CIVL6264 Composite Steel-Concrete Structures 6 Semester 2
CIVL6267 Steel Structures - Advanced Analysis and Design 6 Semester 1
CIVL6268 Structural Dynamics 6 Semester 2
CIVL6450 Analysis and Design of Pile Foundations 6 Semester 1
CIVL6454 Rock Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL6455 Advanced Soil Mechanics 6 Semester 1
CIVL6456 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering 6 Semester 2
CIVL6665 Advanced Water Resources Engineering 6 Semester 2
CIVL6669 Applied Fluid Engineering Computing 6 Semester 2

Block 3 - Civil Stream Elective units (Max CP: 12)

Unit Code Unit Name CP Sessions Offered
AMME5292 Applied Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence 6 Semester 1
CHNG5005 Wastewater Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL5266 Steel Structures - Stability 6 Semester 1
CIVL5269 Advanced Concrete Structures 6 Semester 2
CIVL5276 Bridge Engineering 6 Semester 2
CIVL5277 Structural Rehabilitation and Timber Design 6 Semester 2
CIVL5320 Engineering for Sustainable Development 6 Semester 2
CIVL5351 Geoenvironmental Engineering 6 Semester 2
CIVL5458 Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL5460 Soil Mechanics 2 6 Semester 1
CIVL5531 Advanced Integrated Building Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL5533 Energy-efficient Building Systems 6 Semester 2
CIVL5535 Building Envelope and Adaptive Engineering 6 Semester 2
CIVL5668 Fundamentals of Wind Engineering for Design 6 Semester 1
CIVL5670 Reservoir, Stream and Coastal Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL5701 Transport Networks 6 Semester 2
CIVL5702 Traffic Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL5703 Transport Policy, Planning and Deployment 6 Semester 1
CIVL5704 Transport Analytics 6 Semester 2

Note: Students with RVL do not complete any Civil Stream Elective units.

Specialist units may also be taken as elective units.

Block 4 - Engineering Leadership & Management units (Min CP: 6,Max CP: 12)

Unit Code Unit Name CP Sessions Offered
COMP9208 Artificial Intelligence and Society 6 Semester 1
Semester 2
ENGG5102 Entrepreneurship for Engineers 6 Semester 1
ENGG5103 Safety Systems and Risk Analysis 6 Semester 2
ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Engineering & Management 6 Semester 1
ENGG5203 Quality Engineering and Management 6 Semester 2
ENGG5204 Engineering Professional Practice 6 Semester 1
PMGT5205 Professional Project Practice 6 Semester 1
Semester 2

Note: Students with RVL complete 6 credit points of Engineering Leadership & Management units.

Block 5 - Master of Engineering Breadth elective units (Max CP: 6)

Unit Code Unit Name CP Sessions Offered
AERO5200 Advanced Aerodynamics 6 Semester 1
AERO5360 Aerospace Structures 2 6 Semester 1
AERO5400 Advanced Aircraft Design Analysis 6 Semester 2
AERO9760 Spacecraft and Satellite Design 6 Semester 1
AMME5060 Advanced Computational Engineering 6 Semester 2
AMME5101 Energy and the Environment 6 Semester 1
AMME5202 Computational Fluid Dynamics 6 Semester 1
AMME5271 Computational Nanotechnology 6 Semester 2
AMME5292 Applied Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence 6 Semester 1
AMME5310 Engineering Tribology 6 Semester 1
AMME5510 Vibration and Acoustics 6 Semester 2
AMME5520 Advanced Control and Optimisation 6 Semester 1
AMME5902 Computer Aided Manufacturing 6 Semester 2
AMME5912 Crash Analysis and Design 6 Semester 1
AMME8202 Computational Fluid Dynamics 6 Semester 1
AMME9401 Industrial and Product Design Engineering 6 Semester 2
BMET5790 Introduction to Biomechatronics 6 Semester 2
BMET5907 Orthopaedic and Surgical Engineering 6 Semester 2
BMET5911 Advanced instrumentation for Nanotechnology 6 Semester 1
BMET5931 Nanomaterials in Medicine 6 Semester 1
BMET5933 Biomedical Image Analysis 6 Semester 1
BMET5934 Biomedical Machine Learning 6 Semester 2
BMET5935 Biomedical Applications in Gene-Tech 6 Semester 1
BMET5944 Nanofabrication and Bioinspired Materials 6 Semester 2
BMET5953 Rehabilitation Engineering 6 Semester 1
BMET5957 Neural Engineering 6 Semester 2
BMET5958 Nanoscale Biomedical Diagnostics 6 Semester 1
BMET5959 Introduction to Biophotonics 6 Semester 1
BMET5963 Microfluidics in Healthcare 6 Semester 2
BMET5964 Advanced Cellular Biomechanics 6 Semester 2
BMET5992 Regulatory Affairs in the Medical Industry 6 Semester 2
BMET5995 Advanced Bionics 6 Semester 1
BMET5996 Biomedical Technology Software 6 Semester 2
BMET9981 Applied Biomedical Engineering 6 Semester 2
CHNG5001 Process Systems Engineering 6 Semester 2
CHNG5003 Green Engineering 6 Semester 2
CHNG5004 Mineral Processing 6 Semester 2
CHNG5005 Wastewater Engineering 6 Semester 1
CHNG5006 Advanced Wastewater Engineering 6 Semester 2
CHNG5008 Nanotechnology in Chemical Engineering 6 Semester 2
CHNG5009 Digital Circular Economy 6 Semester 1
CHNG5601 Membrane Science 6 Semester 1
CHNG5602 Biophysics and Biosensors 6 Semester 2
CHNG5603 Advanced Industrial Modelling and Analysis 6 Semester 1
CHNG5604 Advanced Membrane Engineering 6 Semester 2
CHNG5605 Bio-Products: Laboratory to Marketplace 6 Semester 2
CHNG5606 Advanced Food Processing 6 Semester 2
CIVL5266 Steel Structures - Stability 6 Semester 1
CIVL5269 Advanced Concrete Structures 6 Semester 2
CIVL5276 Bridge Engineering 6 Semester 2
CIVL5277 Structural Rehabilitation and Timber Design 6 Semester 2
CIVL5320 Engineering for Sustainable Development 6 Semester 2
CIVL5351 Geoenvironmental Engineering 6 Semester 2
CIVL5458 Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL5460 Soil Mechanics 2 6 Semester 1
CIVL5531 Advanced Integrated Building Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL5533 Energy-efficient Building Systems 6 Semester 2
CIVL5535 Building Envelope and Adaptive Engineering 6 Semester 2
CIVL5665 Water Supply for Towns and Cities 6 Semester 2
CIVL5668 Fundamentals of Wind Engineering for Design 6 Semester 1
CIVL5670 Reservoir, Stream and Coastal Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL5701 Transport Networks 6 Semester 2
CIVL5702 Traffic Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL5703 Transport Policy, Planning and Deployment 6 Semester 1
CIVL5704 Transport Analytics 6 Semester 2
CIVL6001 Civil Engineering in a Changing Climate 6 Semester 1
CIVL6002 Measurement and Data in Civil Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL6257 Concrete Structures - Prestressed Concrete 6 Semester 1
CIVL6264 Composite Steel-Concrete Structures 6 Semester 2
CIVL6267 Steel Structures - Advanced Analysis and Design 6 Semester 1
CIVL6268 Structural Dynamics 6 Semester 2
CIVL6450 Analysis and Design of Pile Foundations 6 Semester 1
CIVL6452 Foundation Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL6454 Rock Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL6455 Advanced Soil Mechanics 6 Semester 1
CIVL6456 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering 6 Semester 2
CIVL6665 Advanced Water Resources Engineering 6 Semester 2
CIVL6669 Applied Fluid Engineering Computing 6 Semester 2
COMP9208 Artificial Intelligence and Society 6 Semester 1
Semester 2
ELEC5101 Antennas and Propagation 6 Semester 2
ELEC5203 Topics in Power Engineering [not offered in 2021] 6 Semester 2
ELEC5204 Power Systems Analysis and Protection 6 Semester 1
ELEC5205 High Voltage Engineering 6 Semester 2
ELEC5206 Sustainable Energy Systems 6 Semester 2
ELEC5207 Advanced Power Conversion Technologies 6 Semester 2
ELEC5208 Intelligent Electricity Networks 6 Semester 1
ELEC5211 Power System Dynamics and Control 6 Semester 1
ELEC5212 Power System Planning and Markets 6 Semester 2
ELEC5213 Engineering Optimisation 6 Semester 1
ELEC5304 Intelligent Visual Signal Understanding 6 Semester 1
ELEC5305 Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing 6 Semester 2
ELEC5306 Video Intelligence and Compression 6 Semester 1
ELEC5307 Advanced Signal Processing with Deep Learning 6 Semester 2
ELEC5308 Intelligent Information Engineering Practice 6 Semester 2
ELEC5403 Radio Frequency Engineering [not offered in 2021] 6 Semester 1
ELEC5405 Building Microchips: From Theory to Practice 6 Semester 1
ELEC5507 Error Control Coding 6 Semester 1
ELEC5508 Wireless Engineering 6 Semester 2
ELEC5509 Mobile Networks 6 Semester 1
ELEC5510 Satellite Communication Systems 6 Semester 2
ELEC5511 Optical Communication Systems 6 Semester 1
ELEC5512 Optical Networks 6 Semester 2
ELEC5514 IoT Wireless Sensing and Networking 6 Semester 2
ELEC5516 Electrical and Optical Sensor Design 6 Semester 1
ELEC5517 Software Defined Networks 6 Semester 2
ELEC5518 IoT for Critical Infrastructures 6 Semester 1
ELEC5614 Real Time Computing 6 Semester 1
ELEC5616 Computer and Network Security 6 Semester 1
ELEC5618 Software Quality Engineering 6 Semester 1
ELEC5619 Object Oriented Application Frameworks 6 Semester 2
ELEC5620 Model Based Software Engineering 6 Semester 2
ELEC5622 Signals, Software and Health 6 Semester 2
ELEC5701 Technology Venture Creation [not offered in 2021] 6 Semester 2
ELEC5760 Intelligent Networked Control 6 Semester 2
ENGG5102 Entrepreneurship for Engineers 6 Semester 1
ENGG5103 Safety Systems and Risk Analysis 6 Semester 2
ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Engineering & Management 6 Semester 1
ENGG5203 Quality Engineering and Management 6 Semester 2
ENGG5204 Engineering Professional Practice 6 Semester 1
ENGG5206 Exponential and Emerging Technologies 6 Semester 2
MECH5255 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration 6 Semester 2
MECH5265 Combustion 6 Semester 2
MECH5275 Renewable Energy 6 Semester 2
MECH5304 Materials Failure 6 Semester 2
MECH5305 Smart Materials 6 Semester 2
MECH5310 Advanced Engineering Materials 6 Semester 1
MECH5311 Microscopy and Microanalysis of Materials 6 Semester 1
MECH5360 Applied Finite Element Analysis 6 Semester 1
MECH5416 Design of Micro- and Nanosystems 6 Semester 1
MECH5461 Design for Advanced Manufacturing 6 Semester 1
MECH5720 Sensors and Signals 6 Semester 2
MTRX5700 Experimental Robotics 6 Semester 1
PMGT5205 Professional Project Practice 6 Semester 1
Semester 2

Note: Specialist units may also be taken as Breadth elective units.

Block 6 - Research units (Min CP: 12,Max CP: 24)

Unit Code Unit Name CP Sessions Offered
CIVL5010 Major Industry Project 24 Semester 1
Semester 2
CIVL5020 Capstone Project A 6 Semester 1
Semester 2
CIVL5021 Capstone Project B 6 Semester 1
Semester 2
CIVL5022 Capstone Project B Extended 12 Semester 1
Semester 2
CIVL5222 Dissertation A 12 Semester 1
Semester 2
CIVL5223 Dissertation B 12 Semester 1
Semester 2

Note: A candidate who has been granted RVL and who is eligible to undertake the extended capstone project or dissertation may be granted exemption of up to 12 credit points of elective units.

Block 7 - Specialisation - Structures (Max CP: 24)

Unit Code Unit Name CP Sessions Offered
CIVL6257 Concrete Structures - Prestressed Concrete 6 Semester 1
CIVL6264 Composite Steel-Concrete Structures 6 Semester 2
CIVL6267 Steel Structures - Advanced Analysis and Design 6 Semester 1
CIVL6268 Structural Dynamics 6 Semester 2

Block 8 - Specialisation - Water Engineering (Max CP: 24)

Unit Code Unit Name CP Sessions Offered
CIVL5665 Water Supply for Towns and Cities 6 Semester 2
CIVL5670 Reservoir, Stream and Coastal Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL6665 Advanced Water Resources Engineering 6 Semester 2
CIVL6669 Applied Fluid Engineering Computing 6 Semester 2

Block 9 - Specialisation - Geomechanical Engineering (Max CP: 24)

Unit Code Unit Name CP Sessions Offered
CIVL6450 Analysis and Design of Pile Foundations 6 Semester 1
CIVL6454 Rock Engineering 6 Semester 1
CIVL6455 Advanced Soil Mechanics 6 Semester 1
CIVL6456 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering 6 Semester 2