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The main objective of the Master of Engineering (Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering) program is to develop advanced knowledge and skills in robotics and mechatronics that will enhance your career prospects in the relevant industries. The program aims to provide you with skills to step up as project leaders, consultants and managers with the knowledge and skills to lead the introduction of new technologies and operating practices in manufacturing oriented businesses.You will gain state of the art knowledge and skills in robotics and mechatroics engineering and related technologies, combined with advanced oral and written communication, teamwork, design, project management and research skills.At the completion of the program you will be equipped to further your career aspirations in manufacturing engineering, operations, or consultancy in fields like manufacturing, automotive, petrochemical, mineral processing, bio-processing etc, as:R&D leader introducing new technologies and research and development Team Leader implementing operational strategies Operations Manager responsible for the competitive performance of a business unit. Consultant providing specialist technical advice to industry.In this program you will undertake a capstone project with the 48 credit point course OENG1088 Master's Research Project (or the alternative of taking both of the 24 credit point courses OENG1089, Master's Research Project Part 1 and OENG1090, Master's Research Project Part 2). In this project you will consolidate and expand the knowledge gained throughout the program through an in-depth experimental and/or analytical study of a highly technical and/or engineering management application.This program is primarily delivered in face-to-face mode at the City Campus.

The main objective of the Master of Engineering (Process Engineering) program is to develop knowledge and skills in process engineering that will enhance your career prospects in the relevant industries. The program aims to provide you with skills to step up as project leaders, consultants and managers with the knowledge and skills to lead the introduction of new technologies and operating practices in process manufacturing oriented businesses.The program greatly enhances graduates’ employability and career prospects. Graduates of this program will have gained extensive state of the art knowledge and skills in process engineering, combined with advanced oral and written communication, teamwork, design, project management and research skills. At the completion of the program you will be equipped to further your career aspirations in process engineering, operations, management, or consultancy and significantly contribute to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of organisations, and the competitiveness and profitability of business and industry.The program design reflects a formal process of program development. One part of this process was to identify the industry trends and the graduate capabilities required of an engineering graduate to successfully engage in a professional capacity with the relevant engineering industries of the 21st century. This involved research into the literature of engineering education and consultation with a number of stakeholders, including the professional body (Engineers Australia), industry bodies, alumni and current students, and the academic staff of the school.At the completion of the program you will be equipped to further your career aspirations in process engineering, operations, or consultancy in fields including petrochemical, food processing or bio-processing:Leading the introduction of new technologies and research & development Team Leader implementing operational strategies Operations Manager responsible for the competitive performance of a business unit. Consultant providing specialist technical advice to industry.In this program you will undertake a capstone project with the 48 credit point course OENG1088 Master's Research Project (or the alternative of taking both of the 24 credit point courses OENG1089, Master's Research Project Part 1 and OENG1090, Master's Research Project Part 2). In this project you will consolidate and expand the knowledge gained throughout the program through an in-depth experimental and/or analytical study of a highly technical and/or engineering management application.This program is primarily delivered in face-to-face mode at the City Campus.

The main objective of the Master of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) program is to develop advanced knowledge and skills in environmental engineering that will enhance your career prospects in the relevant industries. The program aims to provide you with skills to step up as project leaders, consultants and managers with the knowledge and skills to lead the introduction of new technologies and operating practices in various industries.The program greatly enhances graduates’ employability and career prospects. As graduates of this program, you will have gained extensive state of the art knowledge and skills in environmental engineering and related technologies, combined with advanced oral and written communication, teamwork, design, project management and research skills. At the completion of the program you will be equipped to further your career aspirations in engineering, operations, management, or consultancy and significantly contribute to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of organisations, and the competitiveness and profitability of business and industry.The program design reflects a formal process of program development. One part of this process was to identify the industry trends and the graduate capabilities required of an engineering graduate to successfully engage in a professional capacity with the relevant engineering industries of the 21st century. This involved research into the literature of engineering education and consultation with a number of stakeholders, including the professional body (Engineers Australia), industry bodies, alumni and current students, and the academic staff of the school.At the completion of the program you will be equipped to further your career aspirations in environmental engineering, operations, or consultancy in fields like processing, water engineering, aid & development and sustainability.Team Leader implementing new technology and operational strategies Operations Manager responsible for the competitive performance of a business unit. Consultant providing specialist technical advice to industry.In this program you will undertake a capstone project with the 48 credit point course OENG1088 Master's Research Project (or the alternative of taking both of the 24 credit point coursesOENG1089 Master's Research Project Part 1 and OENG1090 Master's Research Project Part 2). In this project you will consolidate and expand the knowledge gained throughout the program through an in-depth experimental and/or analytical study of a highly technical and/or engineering management application.This program is primarily delivered in face-to-face mode at the City Campus.

The Master of Disaster, Design & Development (MoDDD) has been designed for you to develop specialised theoretical knowledge and practical skills in disaster, design process and development to work effectively and lead best practice in the disaster and development sector for the successful rebuilding of communities. The program is delivered fully online, but you will also have the opportunity to attend intensive seminars in the Melbourne region. The program also offers international field trips you may choose to undertake.The program duration is 1.5 years which is accelarated to one year full time or two years part time.You will engage with disaster simulations and projects to research and develop design informed strategies necessary for successful implementation in real world scenarios. These projects may include developing a reconstruction master plan and proposing how smaller scale design interventions for a recovery project can be linked to the long-term development of vulnerable communities. While acquiring practical skills to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you can also expect to collaborate with industry leaders such as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and UNHabitat. Through this industry experience, you will develop strategic spatial solutions for natural disaster, complex emergencies and development projects.You will undertake an integrated industry project, where you will apply strategic and conceptual thinking and problem solving skills relative to your work in the disaster and development sector. This capstone experience is based on an individual or team based negotiated professional research project and will enable you to synthesise and integrate your knowledge, connect theory and practice, as well as demonstrate your holistic achievement of the program learning outcomes.On completion of the program, you will be able to work in the disaster and development sector with specialised knowledge of design processes, interpret issues, confidently lead others and provide informed insights into future developments of the sector. You will be experienced in multi-disciplinary team-work, researching new developments and applying expert judgement to complex problems. In your preparation for professional and leadership roles, you will be able to work independently as well as in a multi-disciplinary team. You will also gain insight into your own creativity and problem solving capabilities as well as develop efficient life long learning practices to allow you to plan, research and participate in disaster and development projects and confidently contribute to an industry that is always evolving.

In this program, you will develop specialist knowledge and skills in communication design. You will create a design portfolio and you will develop knowledge and skills in design studies, typography, service design and strategy. As a graduate of this program, you will be able to lead and produce innovative communication design solutions for organisations and for cultural development.You will engage with current trends in communication design globally, and with the key concepts and processes underpinning the constantly evolving industries in this sector. There will be a focus on innovative, specialist studio practice and design entrepreneurship. Your individual and collaborative creative projects will integrate practice and research to produce innovative outcomes. In your final year, you will undertake an individually negotiated professional research project, as a capstone experience. This project will enable you to synthesise and integrate your knowledge, connect theory and practice, and demonstrate your holistic achievement of the program learning outcomes.On completion of the program, you will be a specialist creative practitioner who can contribute to industry developments and design innovation. You will be able to engage with communication design practice in the broader context of the global media and communication industries. You will be able to provide informed insights into future directions of the industry, and work independently as well as in teams and leadership roles.Through the program, your enhanced knowledge and specialised technical and creative skills will prepare you for professional roles in a variety of environments, including communication design studios, digital design consultancies, design studios within business entities, and independent practice. You will be able to work independently or in teams, and you will be able to communicate confidently with allied professionals.

The aim of this program is for graduates to develop advanced theoretical knowledge and skills in advertising. You will critically examine global advertising practices including creative leadership and strategy development in the constantly evolving advertising industry.You will critically engage with industry professionals while developing your knowledge and skills in managing advertising, media and strategy planning, creative evaluation and campaign development.Most classes in this program are delivered face-to-face at the RMIT City Campus.The professional research project is a capstone experience, in which you will synthesise and integrate your knowledge, connect theory and practice, and demonstrate holistic achievement of the program learning outcomes.On completion of the program, graduates will be reflective and responsive professional leaders with specialised knowledge of the global advertising industry. You will be able to work collaboratively in international and interdisciplinary teams and will be prepared for professional roles in advertising and promotional agencies, or consultancies and other organisations (business, government and non-profit) which use advertising to achieve their goals. You will be able to lead and manage high-quality outcomes in delivering international, integrated advertising campaigns.

The aim of this program is to create global communication professionals with specialised knowledge and transferable skills for the private and public sector (business, government, non-government and civil society). You will develop your leadership skills for the future through exploring theoretical frameworks and practical applications of contemporary communication. This will include strong connections with industry and community groups.Most courses in this program are delivered face to face at our city campus and some are available fully online. The professional research project is a capstone experience, in which you will synthesise and integrate your knowledge, connect theory and practice, and demonstrate holistic achievement of the program learning outcomes.Graduates of the program typically find employment in strategic communication across diverse industry and community settings. The program is suitable for both local and international students, with recent graduates having come to Melbourne from Singapore, India, Columbia, Malaysia, Thailand, Norway, Canada, Denmark, Kenya, Germany, USA and England. The program is consistently sought after by those who recently completed their undergraduate degree, mature-age students and international students alike. It particularly appeals to practitioners in middle-management roles and returning to part-time study for career progression.On completion of the program, graduates will be communication leaders with specialised knowledge of the global communication industry. You will be able to work collaboratively in international and interdisciplinary teams and will be prepared for professional leadership roles in a range of corporate communication or communication for social change contexts. You will be able to provide high quality outcomes in delivering global, integrated communication solutions in a digital age.

The Master of Fashion (Design) offers you the opportunity to further develop and extend your fashion design practice to establish your specialisation in fashion design industries and related discipline contexts, culminating in an innovative body of work that will be publicly showcased. This program is designed as a part of the Advanced Fashion & Textiles Design Studios where you will be immersed in creatively challenging and engaging contemporary practice. You will research and examine your design practice within the context of critical, engaged and contemporary fashion systems and related disciplines. You will develop your knowledge to establish your key design skills, techniques, materials and expressions with expertise to advance your design practice for targeted contexts in the global fashion environment, with an in depth understanding of social and cultural shifts and the impact on the fashion system.As a graduate you will be able to demonstrate and design strategies with an advanced and integrated understanding of a complex body of knowledge that reflects contemporary fashion systems, emerging dress cultures and economies and materially-led design across and outside fashion design discipline contexts. This advanced design practice will deepen your portfolio and set you up for professional design and design related roles in industry, related discipline contexts across fashion design, communication, strategy or research practice through further study.The primary learning mode is through advanced studio practice where immersive learning experiences and activities allow you to challenge and advance your practice in the Advanced Fashion & Textiles Design Studios. Scaffolded projects target key elements of practice and are authentic to fashion design industries as well as emerging disciplinary contexts, markets and research practice. A curated suite of masterclasses stimulate advanced practice through working directly with guest practitioners, researchers and industry experts. Individual and collective project experiences prepare students for collaborative work environments across discipline contexts. Practice research strategies enable you to progress and expand the methods and approaches to design with critically engaged analysis, and synthesis of fashion design thinking. Challenging materials and materiality of fashion design as well as the design techniques and expressions you choose to practice with, allow for development that may shift ways to design. The program supports designers to practice critically within existing fashion economies and systems, and in emerging and across other disciplinary contexts.A capstone experience is offered across the final semester courses and will enable you to develop a thoroughly researched and resolved fashion project/collection/placement with a focus on the realisation of an extensive fashion body of work and its presentation. This will support your opportunity to seek employment within an industry context and provides the foundation for future study in PhD research programs.The program utilises design strategies paired with research methods courses to tap in to emergent discipline areas and offers specific pathways through a project model and independently designed projects situated in specific industry contexts. On graduation, you will have specialised knowledge and skills suited to a variety of career positions in creative fashion design within a global environment.Graduates are enabled to meet the challenges of competitive industry practice as well as demonstrating autonomy, expert judgement, adaptability and responsibility in their practice to launch independent and emerging brands. These roles are in local, national and global small to large scale fashion enterprises, emerging international fashion brands, luxury and high fashion brands, as well as in related discipline contexts of fashion design, production, communications, creative direction and styling, branding, buying, media, publications and textile product development. Graduates are engaged designers critically aware of the larger ethical, social, cultural, environmental and political concerns that need to be addressed in contemporary relevant design practice.

This is an accelerated post-professional program designed to develop skills and practices required for leadership roles in design-oriented organisations. These include businesses traditionally identified with design, as well as a growing field of public and private organisations that use design to achieve their strategic goals.Delivered online through RMIT’s Learning Management System — Canvas — the Master of Design Futures will help you become a more valuable and strategic design leader in the following ways:By extending your practice into strategic applications of traditional design skills By developing your capability to identify & articulate the contribution design makes to organisations By framing this new practice in the context of how we design our (social, cultural and economic) futures By introducing you to a global network of design professionals, design-oriented organisations, and different kinds of design problem.You will be able to interpret issues, confidently lead others and provide informed insights into future directions of the industry. You will have the expertise and real world experience that will enable you to lead industry in this rapidly evolving domain. You will be experienced in team-based activities and be able to research new developments and apply expert judgment to problems and opportunities as they arise in practice.Through a capstone experience based on an individually negotiated research project you will learn to synthesise and integrate your knowledge, connect theory and practice as well as demonstrate your holistic achievement of the program learning outcomes.You will gain skills in global contexts for research and life-long learning to enable you to confidently contribute to an industry that is always evolving. You will gain insight into your own creativity, and develop efficient work practices to allow you to plan, produce and deliver your own design projects. On completion of the Master of Design Futures you will have completed the pre-requisites for further education at doctoral level.

The main aim of the program is to prepare you to be a leader with a holistic understanding of emerging digital design and manufacturing technologies. You will learn to apply Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) and Design to a wide range of industrial settings in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), including all design activities, manufacturing, maintenance and recycling of industrial products throughout their life cycle, from preliminary studies until end of life. This will equip you to work in companies engaged in a global economic competition, as the adoption of PLM is a strategic choice to:manage the complexity of the product design and creation process accelerate the process of bringing innovative products to the market place and reduce development costs improve cooperation and collaboration across business unit and company boundaries increase personalisation and customer satisfaction promote technological innovation for long term growth in a competitive global market.You will learn how PLM, which is based on integrated CAE platforms and regarded by global industry as best practice, provides an active virtual collaborative platform to enable engineers in different sites or companies to collaborate effectively during the design phase. The virtual platform also allows engineers to perform real-time geometric modifications and concurrent designs of different components/sub-assemblies, taking into consideration a wide range of requirements (including manufacturing and through-life support).The program requires in-person attendance, but also takes advantage of the capabilities of advanced CAE platforms to support online collaboration.You will gain firsthand experience in how CAE creates opportunities to share engineering knowledge and 3D data seamlessly between disciplines and design and manufacturing teams. This provides the capability to develop engineering products at lower cost and higher speed than in the past.The program will expose you to RMIT’s state-of-the-art infrastructure at the Advanced Manufacturing Precinct (AMP), using Dassault Systemes’ software, which supports a virtual environment for collaborative project-based learning on campus and off campus. You will have the opportunity to carry out high-level, industry-led, project-based design or research activity involving multinational companies and industry practitioners.In this program you will undertake a capstone project with the two 24 credit point courses OENG1126 Masters Engineering Project Part 1 and OENG1127 Masters Engineering Project Part 2. In this project you will consolidate and expand the knowledge gained throughout the program through an in-depth experimental and/or analytical study of a highly technical and/or engineering management application.