Bachelor of Science (Industrial Automation Engineering)

Yes. This online bachelor's degree is fully accredited by Engineers Australia under the Sydney Accord. It is internationally recognized through the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) and its signatory countries, ensuring global recognition of the qualification and alignment with international engineering education standards. The course is also classified as Level 7 under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), and like all Australian higher education providers and universities, EIT programs are accredited by the Australian Government's Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA).

The degree takes 3 years to complete full-time, and longer for those studying part-time. You will spend approximately 10 hours per week, per unit, learning the program material, completing assessments and attending tutorials. After enrolment, the maximum time allowed to complete all units is 8 years.

EIT's Bachelor of Science programs require students to undertake 240 hours of paid or unpaid professional work-integrated learning. This can incorporate paid or unpaid internships, site visits, contributing to industry projects, and networking activities. In undertaking an internship, students will interact with employees and become exposed to organizational policy and culture. If you already have some work experience in the relevant engineering field, you may apply to have credit granted by completing the associated recognition of prior learning form.

Entry is available to applicants who hold: a Year 12 Australian Senior Certificate of Education (or equivalent) completed within the past 3 years with a minimum score of 60% in Maths; or a relevant Engineering AQF Diploma or higher (or equivalent overseas qualification) completed within the last 10 years with successful completion of all Maths units/modules plus recent industry work experience. English language proficiency at an IELTS overall score of at least 6.0 (with no individual band score less than 5.5) is also required. All applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis.

This course may use a wide range of software including: Desmos online calculator, National Instruments Multisim, Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, MATLAB, Python 3.10, SIMULINK, UniSim Design by Honeywell, Codesys, RSLogix 5000, Pytorch, KNIME, Keil μVision, STM32CubeIDE, Proteus, SCILAB, PlantSCADA, Exostructure Citect SCADA, LabView, ANSYS, SolidWorks, PSIM, WEKA, and R, among others. Due to ongoing unit and course reviews, software may change from the list provided.