Course overview

Overview

The Engineering Degree Transfer Program is designed to meet the needs of overseas students whose first language may not be English, who may fall short of direct entry requirements and/or whose availability for first year study is out of phase with the University's normal entry date.

The aims of the Engineering Degree Transfer Program are:

  • To equip international students with the English language competence they need to study at UWA;
  • To provide students with study skills and the intellectual development they need to be academically capable of studying engineering related subjects at UWA;
  • To provide students with appropriate subject specific knowledge to prepare them for entry to an appropriate engineering related discipline at UWA;
  • To enable students to develop confidence in communicating complex academic matters with native speakers;

  • To increase familiarity with Australian academic practices including the practical experience of university teaching methods.

The program is designed to build on students' existing language, academic and numerical skills, offering a range of compulsory and elective units to ensure breadth of study and to provide the foundational units necessary to progress to majors in Software Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Automation and Robotics Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.

Students who pass the program will be eligible for up to 24 transferable credits towards the Bachelor of Engineering degree.

Course code
UWC19
Course type
UWA College Non-Award course
Status
current / 2026
Points
42
Admission

equivalence of ATAR 65 at Year 12.

ATAR Maths Methods or equivalent.

Coordinator
Dr Patrick Fritz

Course structure

Key to availability of units:
NS
non-standard teaching period

All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

Take all units (42 points):

AvailabilityUnit codeUnitnameUnit requirements
NSCHEX1003Introductory Chemistry
Incompatibility
This unit is not available to students who have a satisfactory performance (scaled score of 50 per cent
or more) in Chemistry ATAR
or WACE Chemistry 3A/3B
or TEE Chemistry, or equivalent.
NSCITX1401Computational Thinking with Python
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
a UWA College course and ATAR Mathematics Applications or equivalent
Incompatibility
CITS1401 Computational Thinking with Python
NSENGX1003Academic and Communication Skills for SciencesNone
NSENGX1004Communicating Science
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
a UWA College course
Incompatibility
PACM1101 Communication in Practice.
HUMA1901 English Language and Academic Communication I
NSMATX1011Multivariable Calculus
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
a UWA College course and ATAR Mathematics Specialist or equivalent
Incompatibility
MATH1011 Multivariable Calculus.
MATH1001 Mathematical Methods 1.
MATH1002 Mathematical Methods 2.
MATH2040 Engineering Mathematics
NSMATX1722Mathematics Foundations: Specialist
Incompatibility
Mathematics Specialist ATAR (with a scaled score of 50 or greater) or equivalent or higher.
NSPHYX1030Physics Bridging Unit
Incompatibility
a scaled score greater than
or equal to 50 per cent in Physics ATAR
or WACE Physics 3A/3B or equivalent
or PHYS1001 Physics for Scientists and Engineers
or PHYS1002 Modern Physics

Rules

Title

1. These rules are the Engineering Degree Transfer Program - Standard Course Rules.

Terms Used

2. The Glossary provides an explanation of the terms used in these rules.

Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures

3.(1) The Student Rules and the UWA College Student Rules apply to students in this course.

(2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.

(3) The UWA College policy and procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.

English Language competency requirements

4.(1) To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have achieved an IELTS score of at least 5.5, (with no band less than 5.0) or equivalent as recognised by UWA.

Admission requirements

5. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have

equivalence of ATAR 65 at Year 12.

ATAR Maths Methods or equivalent.

Course structure

6.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 42 points.

(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules. Students may not take units which are not specified in the unit sequence. Students must ensure they complete all specified core units in the course.

Satisfactory progress

7. To make satisfactory progress in a teaching period a student must —

(a) achieve a pass in units with a total credit point value of more than half the total credit point value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty;

(b) not fail the same unit on more than one occasion.

Progress status

8.(1) A progress status is assigned by the relevant school or board to each student once every standard teaching period or equivalent.

(2) A student who makes satisfactory progress under rule 7 is assigned the status of 'Good Standing'.

(3) Unless the relevant board determines otherwise because of exceptional circumstances a student who does not make satisfactory progress under rule 7 may be assigned one of the following —

(a) 'On Probation', in which case the student must see their Student Adviser to discuss enrolment and conditions that may apply to re-enrolment;

(b) Suspended', in which case the student is not permitted to re-enrol in the course for the following teaching period or equivalent; or;

(c) ‘Excluded', in which case the student is not permitted to re-enrol in the course;

(4) Unless the relevant board determines otherwise because of exceptional circumstances, a status of ‘Suspended' or ‘Excluded' may not be assigned to a student who has completed only one teaching period of study at the University.

Additional rules
Progression WAM

9. A student must achieve a minimum WAM of 50 to progress to the Bachelor of Engineering.