Diploma in Engineering (Standard), Leading to Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Automation and Robotics Engineering INTO Group - UWA College, Australia

Diploma in Engineering

Your pathway to the second year of a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) at The University of Western Australia (UWA).

Spend your first one or two trimesters building your academic and English language study skills, while improving your maths and physics knowledge. Then, in as little as five months, join first-year UWA engineering students in your final trimester as you study the same university subjects alongside them for a truly integrated experience.

Leading to: Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

The Engineering program at UWA has been developed with industry to equip you with the skills to succeed in your future careers. The course is built upon three core principles: Relevance, Integration and Excellence. Engineering at UWA is relevant to the contemporary world of engineering, integrates knowledge, technical capability and practical skills to create exceptional graduates.

In this course, you’ll complement your course content with work integrated learning (450-hour practical), co-curricular activities (including engineering clubs such as UWA Young Engineers, UWA Motorsport and specialisation specific clubs) and professional skills development to become part of the community of UWA engineering graduates preferred by industry for your technical skills, professional integrity and ability to solve complex open-ended problems.

Major: Automation and Robotics Engineering

Combining relevant aspects from all engineering disciplines, software development, electronic hardware design and mechatronics, this major covers the principles, design and operation of industrial robot manipulators, as well as intelligent autonomous robots and self-driving vehicles.

Robotics, automation and Industry 4.0 will provide some of the most exciting opportunities and biggest challenges of our times. With new technologies being conceived every day, this is a rapidly evolving, exciting field that pushes the boundaries of what is possible.

This course is designed for those interested in contributing to developments in these fields and will provide you with the broad interdisciplinary knowledge and skills that industry is looking for.

The course combines software development with electronic hardware and mechanical/mechatronics design.

During your studies you will have hands-on experience in Python and C programming. You will design and run testing of digital and embedded systems, develop control methodologies for automation and robotics applications and work on open-ended projects in teams which include taking personal responsibility, reflection on ethical practice in engineering, and the use of industry standard codes and processes.