Admission
to the Faculty of Engineering is based on the assessment of students' results
in the Victorian Certificate of Education (or equivalent) in those subjects
important to engineering - English, Mathematics, Physics and/or Chemistry.
Selection for engineering degrees at Monash is based on the Equivalent National
Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER), a percentile score which ranks applicants in
the cohort on a comparative basis. Consideration will be given to the full
range of an applicant's VCE studies and results and the level of performance in
the school-based assessment tasks in prerequisite studies.
Admission to the Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)
double-degree program is also based on a portfolio and interview entry
requirement assessed by the Faculty of Art and Design. Students wishing to
apply for this course should contact the Department of Design for a
pre-selection kit by 30 September in the year before admission.
Admission to the degrees of Bachelor of Technology (Computer Studies) and
Bachelor of Technology (Infrastructure - Design, Construction and Management)
is available by direct entry only. An interview is part of the selection
process for the Bachelor of Technology (Computer Studies).
The Malaysia campus has two intakes a year (February and July). Subject to
availability of places, limited mid-year entry may be possible into some single
degree courses at the Caulfield and Clayton campuses and into the Bachelor of
Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Gippsland campus.
The
Faculty of Engineering awards advanced standing towards its engineering degrees
and technology degrees at Monash for units passed in completed or incomplete
tertiary studies (including TAFE post-secondary education courses), provided
that it is satisfied that the units for which advanced standing is sought were
substantially the same in content, contact hours and standard of assessment as
those units from which exemption is sought. Advanced standing will be given to
the second year of the Bachelor of Technology (Computer Studies) and the
Bachelor of Technology (Infrastructure - Design, Construction and Management)
for completed studies in approved TAFE institutes or equivalent courses.
The onus is upon the student to provide to relevant administrative officers on
each campus full documentation concerning previous studies for which advanced
standing is sought together with an academic transcript of results. This should
be in the form of handbook unit entries and those sections of the handbook
setting out course structure; in some cases course outlines handed out in
lectures may provide the same information. This should preferably be done with
the initial application for admission or, at the latest, at the time of
enrolment. The minimum information required is number of years in course, level
of unit in course, unit content and textbooks, number of contact hours and
laboratory sessions etc per week, credit weighting of unit (percentage of year
represented by unit), and method of assessment (number and length of
assignments, number and length of examinations etc).
Irrespective of what study applicants may have undertaken prior to admission, or may be permitted to take during their course under cross-institutional arrangements or under the 'permission to take work elsewhere' regulation, it is the policy of the faculty that a certain amount of work must be completed at Monash University. Students in a particular undergraduate engineering degree program must complete at least 96 credit points, and students in a three-year Bachelor of Technology program must complete at least 72 credit points at Monash. The only exception is that students transferring between degree programs offered within the single department or school of the Faculty shall be eligible for such advanced standing as the department or school may recommend.
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