Mining Engineering University of Wollongong

Overview

The Engineering (Honours) - Mining Engineering degree at University of Wollongong allows you to learn more about engineering and its various fields. From your second year, you will focus on your chosen major, while in your third and fourth year of the major you will branch into more specialised areas.

Your degree also includes 12-weeks hands-on industry experience, either in Australia or overseas, as well as a range of industry projects and other career-ready learning opportunities.

Mining engineers apply science, geoscience, engineering and technology to the efficient exploration and extraction of minerals from the earth, turning raw materials into valuable products. Mining engineers are also concerned with mining safety, where their knowledge of mine design and practices ensures the safety of workers, efficient extraction, and remediation at the end of a mine's life.

The final sessions of the course are professionally oriented with the inclusion of subjects such as mine planning, occupational health and safety aspects of mining, mine water, ocean engineering, geostatistics and the environmental impact of mineral operations.

This major also includes a 12-week hands-on industry experience, either in Australia or overseas, as well as a range of industry projects and other career-ready learning opportunities. You also have the option to complete a double major, combining two engineering disciplines. Available double major combinations include civil engineering and mining engineering; mechanical engineering and mining engineering; mining engineering and environmental engineering.

Our faculty's commitment to excellence is internationally recognised, as evidenced by the consistent ranking of our civil, manufacturing, mineral and mining, materials, and mechanical engineering courses among the top 150 universities worldwide.

Career opportunities:

• Architectural Engineer

• Biomedical Engineer

• Civil Engineer

• Computer Architect

• Computer Systems Engineer

• Construction Manager

• Electrical Engineer

• Electronics Engineer

• Environmental Engineer

• Geotechnical Engineer

• Materials Engineer

• Mechanical Engineer

• Mechatronic Engineer

• Mining Engineer

• Network Engineer

• Production Engineer

• Security Engineer

• Software Engineer

• Structural Engineer

• Telecommunications Engineer

• Transport Engineer

• Water Quality Manager