In this program you will combine your studies in Electronic and Computer Engineering with Science courses in Applied Mathematics and Physics. You will develop the hardware and software design and implementation skills you will need for a career in leading-edge, high-technology fields such as communications, microelectronics, computer systems, biomedical engineering, and control systems (robotics). The Electronic and Computer Engineering elective studies will allow you to build additional knowledge in the above specialist areas. The program emphasises the development of your electronics and computer engineering and design skills through continual laboratory access. Its focus on work integrated learning includes off-campus industry placement in your final year, ensuring that you will graduate fully prepared for a challenging career in industry, and research and development enterprises. You will gain valuable industry relevant work experience of at least 12 weeks (60 days) towards the end of your degree through a range of program options including the Overseas Industrial Experience Program and the Industrial Affiliates Program to gain real world experience and to create employment opportunities.

The teamwork and communication skills you will develop, together with your industry experience, will make you a highly desirable employee. You will graduate with excellent employment prospects in Queensland, interstate and internationally, across a diverse range of career options, depending on your specialisation.Communication engineers have excellent employment opportunities. Graduates have found employment with major corporations such as Boeing, Optus, Telstra, (CSIRO) and Accenture, as well as smaller specialist high technology companies locally and around the world. Employment opportunities for computer systems engineers include design, manufacturing, robotics, software development and smart sensor technology both in Australia and overseas. Graduates in control systems have excellent employment opportunities in numerous industry sectors worldwide. Modern control systems are ubiquitous and find their applications from medicine to robotics and mechatronics, avionics and bionics, automotive and space industries. Science Employment opportunities are very broad. Your training will make you valuable in almost any realm of business, industry and government. You could work in hospitals and medical research institutes or in private sector activities such as consultancy, policy analysis and development, or parks and fisheries management, agriculture and horticulture, technical sales, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, food and beverage industries, electricity companies, and oil and mineral exploration. As a graduate, you may also be eligible to apply for entry to a graduate entry teacher preparation program.