Engineering is an information-intensive industry and information is an essential resource for major tasks such as design, planning, control, reporting and decision making. With project complexity increasing, the need for effectively gathering, compiling, controlling and integrating information has become much greater. This program provides a comprehensive, industry-focused qualification that equips you with the knowledge and skills to practice as a professional engineer and/or information technologist, through studies focused on artificial intelligence, computing science, information systems or software engineering. 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.

A diverse range of career options will be open to you, depending on your specialisation. Potential employers include local and international consulting firms, construction companies and research institutions, as well as all levels of government. Graduates are now also being employed on construction projects as information engineers to control information databases generated from the project. Career opportunities for electronic and computer engineers with IT are in software development and other computer-based work, and in the design, management and construction of projects such as engineering software developments. Graduates have found employment with major corporations such as Boeing, Optus, Telstra, CSIRO and Accenture and smaller specialist high technology companies locally and around the world. Professional employment opportunities abound in the well-established fields of information technology and computer science.