About the School of Engineering.
Engineering at James Cook University has a strong international reputation for its expertise in matters relating to the tropics. The professional accrediting body of Engineers Australia is one of several professional engineering bodies that accredit programs offered by the School of Engineering. The Washington Accord guarantees that our programs are recognised internationally throughout Europe, North America and Asia.
The School of Engineering at JCU is located in Tropical North Eastern Australia. It is the only University in the world to be located between two World Heritage Areas, the Great Barrier Reef and the Tropical Rainforests giving us access to the best natural laboratories anywhere in the world. Consequently the issues raised by the regional needs, without discarding the need for fundamental engineering investigation, motivate much of our research.
The School has special expertise in computational and experimental mechanics with research focus in areas relating to sugar processing, wind engineering, environmental fluid mechanics, water quality modelling and coastal engineering. The School is also closely associated with two of the Cooperative Research Centres; the CRC for Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and the CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management, both of which are clearly focused on the needs of the region.
As well as these regionally directed research topics, the School undertakes fundamental research in a range of areas including superconductivity & communications, systems engineering, vibrations & wear, mineral processing and geotechnical engineering.
The School of Engineering offers postgraduate research degrees including Master of Engineering Science (EngSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
We are very proud to be offering a new and unique Postgraduate coursework Program in Computational Engineering in January 2005. The Postgraduate Program features a rich pool of coursework, state of the art brand new facilities and innovative and self-styled teaching methods.
Our undergraduate students have well equipped modern laboratories, highly qualified teaching staff and highly relevant course content that is reviewed by an industry advisory board. They are offered an 'open-door' policy that allows them access to their lecturer when needed. The School retains an excellent retention rate and most of our graduates are employed in a wide range of interesting positions locally, nationally and internationally before they graduate.
Our undergraduate degree programs include a four year Bachelor of Engineering in the disciplines of:
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Systems Engineering
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
A five year Engineering/Science joint degree program is also available enabling a student to combine any of the engineering disciplines with a large choice of Science majors.