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Master of Digital Infrastructure Engineering (MC-DINFENG) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
Professional accreditation
Engineers Australia and Surveyors Registration Board Victoria
Engineers Australia and EUR-ACE
The Master of Digital Infrastructure Engineering is fully accredited by EUR-ACE (EURopean- ACcredited Engineer). It has provisional accreditation from Engineers Australia.
Surveyors Registration Board Victoria
The Master of Digital Infrastructure Engineering (Land) is fully accredited by the Surveyors Registration Board Victoria.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this course, graduates of the Master of Digital Infrastructure Engineering will be able to:
- Apply and further develop a body of knowledge that includes the understanding of recent developments in spatial engineering fundamentals and practice;
- Appreciate research principles and methods applicable to a field of work or learning;
- Demonstrate the cognitive skills to master theoretical knowledge and to reflect critically on theory and professional practice or scholarship;
- Investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories and apply established theories to different bodies of knowledge or practice;
- Generate and evaluate complex ideas concepts at an abstract level;
- Justify and interpret theoretical propositions, methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions to specialist and non-specialist audiences;
- Summarise the design, evaluation, implementation, analysis, or theory about developments that contribute to professional practice or scholarship;
- Use creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice and/or for further learning;
- Demonstrate high level personal autonomy and accountability;
- Plan and execute a substantial research-based project, capstone experience and/or piece of scholarship.
Generic skills
Master of Digital Infrastructure Engineering graduates are expected to have the following qualities and skills:
- An ability to work in teams, and a capacity to value teamwork;
- Well-developed problem-solving abilities, characterised by flexibility of approach;
- A capacity to life-long learning, to adapt to the changing knowledge base in their field of engineering, and to adapt to the opportunities offered by new technologies;
- An ability to critically assess issues in professional practice or in the wider community, and the capacity to engage, where appropriate, based on their expertise;
- A capacity to communicate knowledge and solutions in oral, graphical and written form;
- An appreciation of the design, conduct and reporting of original research;
- A capacity to manage competing demands on time, including self-directed project work;
- A profound respect for truth, intellectual integrity, and professional ethics;
- An ability to offer leadership in their specialist area.
Last updated: 7 February 2025