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Australia’s Next Generaon of Engineers UNIVERSITY STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERING 2019
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Australia’s Next Generation of EngineersUNIVERSITY STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERING
2019
AUSTRALIA’S NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS; University statistics for engineering
Author: Andre Kaspura
© Institution of Engineers Australia 2019
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Contents
1. Executive summary 1
2. Objective 2
3. Domestic students 2
4. Overseas students 7
5. Overall situation 11
6. Composition of entry level completions 16
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1 Executive Summary
The majority of the engineering labour force in Australia is the result of Australia’s skilled migration programs. Mitigation of risk suggests that current undue dependence on migrant engineers should be balanced by developing more engineers from Australia’s population. This report updates national level engineering higher education statistics to 2017.
The domestic student component of these statistics demonstrate the extent to which that risk has been dealt with. Corresponding statistics on overseas students studying engineering in Australia provide an indication of the target market for on-shore elements of skilled migration.
DOMESTIC STUDENTS
Commencements of domestic students in university engineering courses have fallen since 2013, a trend that has affected both entry level and post-graduate courses. The overall population of students in engineering courses continued to increase for a further two years, and peaked in 2015. The numbers have been contracting for two years.
Falling commencements have now caught up with course completions. Completions of post-graduate courses by domestic students have now fallen for two years and completions of entry level courses rapidly slowed two years ago and in 2017 fell for the first time in a decade.
OVERSEAS STUDENTS
In contrast, the overseas student market in engineering courses has boomed with substantial growth in commencements in entry level courses and double digit growth in commencements of post-graduate courses. As a consequence, the population of overseas engineering students attending Australia’s universities has continued to grow rapidly. This rapid growth is now feeding into course completions at all levels, but particularly bachelor level and coursework master level degrees.
TYPES OF DEGREES
Universities offer various entry level courses. Completions of three year degrees and associate degrees or advanced diplomas continue to be part of these arrangements. Although there has been an almost 40% increase in annual completions of all entry level courses by domestic students, completions of three year degrees did not contribute to this rise; instead they fell. Completions of associate qualifications contributed one in five of the higher completions level. The lion’s share of growth was in the completion of four-year bachelor degrees.
THE LONG TERM VIEW
Up to 2007, when strong demand for engineers in Australia developed, annual entry level course completions barely increased. There followed an eight-year period of strong growth in completions culminating in a record level of completions of 8,162 for the engineering team in 2015. In the two years since, completions have fallen.
This report does not include consideration of advanced diplomas in engineering offered by TAFE and other vocational education and training colleges.
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2 Objective
3 Domestic students
This report provides national level statistics on university education in engineering. Statistics on commencements in university engineering courses, enrolments in these courses and completions of these courses are reported for the period 2001 to 2017. These statistics are considered for both domestic students (students eligible for student loan schemes) and overseas students (fee paying students).
Entry level university course completions are further dissected to report on completions that increase the supply of each of the three components of the engineering team. These statistics are considered for domestic students only because overseas students cannot join the engineering labour force without successfully negotiating immigration formalities.
Domestic students are either Australian citizens or permanent residents eligible to participate in university loan schemes. Table 1 presents statistics on course commencements, Table 2 presents statistics on course enrolments and Table 3 provides statistics on course completions.
The statistics cover all level of courses from undergraduate preparatory through to doctoral degrees. These statistics were provided on request by the Higher Education Division of the Commonwealth Department of Education and Training.
Commencements in university engineering courses have been falling for some years now. Commencements were static in 2013, growing by just 0.1% and have fallen by an average of 4.3% per years since. In 2017, the latest data year, commencements fell by 5.4%. The decline has affected both entry level and post graduate courses.
Entry level courses include bachelor degrees, associate degrees and advanced diplomas. Commencements in these courses began to fall earlier than postgraduate courses, with a fall of 1.5% in 2013. Over the next three years the falls averaged 3.5% per year. In 2017, commencements in entry level engineering courses fell by 4.5%. Commencements in entry level courses are the largest group of courses and on average have accounted for 76.7% of domestic commencements in engineering. The share was slightly higher in 2017 at 78.5%.
Commencements in post-graduate courses have fallen faster than in entry level courses, but only during the past three years when the decline averaged 5.9% per year. In 2017, commencements fell by 8.3%. On average, commencements in post-graduate courses accounted for 19.2% of domestic commencements in engineering. In 2017, this share was lower at 18.1%.
The proportion of women commencing engineering courses has slowly increased. On average 14.1% of entry level commencements have been women with 16.4% in 2017. On average 19.1% of post-graduate commencements have been women with 19.7% in 2017. Overall, 15.3% of engineering commencements since 2001 have been women with 16.8% in 2017.
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Dom
estic
Stu
dent
s C
omm
enci
ng E
ngin
eerin
g an
d Re
late
d Te
chno
logi
es C
ours
es
Men
Leve
l20
0120
0220
0320
0420
0520
0620
0720
0820
0920
1020
1120
1220
1320
1420
1520
1620
17D
octo
ral
406
472
492
537
437
378
418
380
443
514
480
435
496
490
537
529
531
Rese
arch
mas
ters
272
292
246
269
232
211
179
143
247
244
171
174
179
208
204
162
133
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
646
849
840
795
727
759
853
916
1211
1284
1287
1423
1447
1651
1699
1768
1596
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
906
823
947
850
901
841
791
864
937
909
490
530
938
934
689
564
479
Bac
helo
rs91
4887
9286
6785
7486
6389
1394
6096
9810
300
1073
111
327
1173
912
677
1280
012
634
1213
611
418
Ass
degr
ees
& a
dvan
ced
dipl
omas
212
232
233
240
331
349
459
759
849
1221
1155
1396
1715
1256
1051
974
941
Dip
lom
as26
6742
4546
4515
516
320
025
927
433
235
347
841
546
056
5O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te20
851
954
749
636
639
442
113
717
229
474
272
629
525
50
112
8To
tal
1182
412
046
1201
411
806
1170
311
890
1273
613
060
1435
915
456
1592
616
755
1810
018
072
1722
916
705
1567
1
Wom
enD
octo
ral
128
142
123
150
113
108
101
118
143
164
141
166
166
183
181
172
181
Rese
arch
mas
ters
5274
7678
6046
5544
5159
4857
5550
4952
43C
ours
ewor
k m
aste
rs15
215
816
716
914
918
417
821
223
825
727
526
733
339
239
235
533
5O
ther
pos
tgra
duat
e19
417
515
916
719
119
816
221
622
122
510
911
722
918
415
511
811
5B
ache
lors
1638
1486
1422
1336
1257
1375
1591
1597
1752
1810
1827
1856
2140
2285
2262
2254
2318
Ass
degr
ees
& a
dvan
ced
dipl
omas
1432
17<1
042
4265
8381
136
102
140
175
114
127
115
100
Dip
lom
as0
43
<10
02
1521
3325
2526
4743
2355
60O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te29
5452
2764
8697
8911
622
036
032
618
813
30
763
Tota
l 22
0721
2520
1919
3618
7620
4122
6423
8026
3528
9628
8729
5533
3333
8431
8931
9731
55
All d
omes
tic c
omm
ence
men
tsD
octo
ral
534
614
615
687
550
486
519
498
586
678
621
601
662
673
718
701
712
Rese
arch
mas
ters
324
366
322
347
292
257
234
187
298
303
219
231
234
258
253
214
176
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
798
1007
1007
964
876
943
1031
1128
1449
1541
1562
1690
1780
2043
2091
2123
1931
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
1100
998
1106
1017
1092
1039
953
1080
1158
1134
599
647
1167
1118
844
682
594
Bac
helo
rs10
786
1027
810
089
9910
9920
1028
811
051
1129
512
052
1254
113
154
1359
514
817
1508
514
896
1439
013
736
Ass
degr
ees
& a
dvan
ced
dipl
omas
226
264
250
240
373
391
524
842
930
1357
1257
1536
1890
1370
1178
1089
1041
Dip
lom
as26
7145
4546
4717
018
423
328
429
935
840
052
143
851
562
5O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te23
757
359
952
343
048
051
822
628
851
411
0210
5248
338
80
188
11To
tal
1403
114
171
1403
313
742
1357
913
931
1500
015
440
1699
418
352
1881
319
710
2143
321
456
2041
819
902
1882
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Dom
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Stu
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s En
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Eng
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Cou
rses
Men
Leve
l20
0120
0220
0320
0420
0520
0620
0720
0820
0920
1020
1120
1220
1320
1420
1520
1620
17D
octo
ral
1989
2058
2239
2365
2364
2314
2287
2212
2211
2271
2422
2497
2546
2513
2695
2800
2856
Rese
arch
mas
ters
778
810
741
747
673
635
590
491
561
615
564
547
514
535
559
519
463
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
1459
1713
1874
1905
1880
1884
2076
2259
2626
3001
3205
3376
3650
3923
4189
4401
4389
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
1509
1494
1682
1662
1709
1717
1634
1715
1689
1731
916
1792
1754
1686
1402
1101
956
Bac
helo
rs32
934
3287
232
769
3240
531
994
3255
333
759
3511
936
852
3845
340
009
4161
943
618
4480
145
157
4487
643
850
Asso
c de
gree
s &
adv
ance
d di
plom
as62
861
859
362
465
179
910
7015
0118
9724
5827
1650
0633
9630
9329
3226
6124
62D
iplo
mas
4687
6856
6973
191
196
281
374
402
469
533
668
631
680
783
Oth
er u
nder
grad
uate
247
580
579
526
414
450
449
172
210
324
1112
355
360
317
9383
9To
tal
3959
040
232
4054
540
290
3975
440
425
4205
643
665
4632
749
227
5134
753
661
5637
157
536
5765
857
121
5576
8
Wom
enD
octo
ral
562
562
599
636
635
621
630
640
655
711
761
807
843
859
922
988
1021
Rese
arch
mas
ters
159
158
173
187
184
162
142
131
136
154
140
142
148
149
153
141
127
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
314
343
376
390
388
429
460
505
538
629
651
685
784
899
970
957
953
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
327
346
334
344
363
405
374
407
396
422
202
211
423
365
296
227
219
Bac
helo
rs58
9658
3956
7554
1651
1750
6952
9955
7458
7462
0363
8064
6469
2973
3475
9878
4680
35As
soc
degr
ees
& a
dvan
ced
dipl
omas
3554
4529
5381
132
180
198
282
264
305
356
308
308
276
257
Dip
lom
as0
43
11
418
3244
4346
938
6663
4864
75O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te34
6160
3472
102
113
109
136
230
246
444
216
158
7592
3To
tal
7327
7367
7265
7037
6813
6873
7168
7578
7977
8674
8904
9096
9765
1013
510
370
1059
110
690
Dom
estic
stu
dent
sD
octo
ral
2551
2620
2838
3001
2999
2935
2917
2852
2866
2982
3183
3304
3389
3372
3617
3788
3877
Rese
arch
mas
ters
937
968
914
934
857
797
732
622
697
769
704
689
662
684
712
660
590
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
1773
2056
2250
2295
2268
2313
2536
2764
3164
3630
3856
4061
4434
4822
5159
5358
5342
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
1836
1840
2016
2006
2072
2122
2008
2122
2085
2153
1118
2003
2177
2051
1698
1328
1175
Bac
helo
rs38
830
3871
138
444
3782
137
111
3762
239
058
4069
342
726
4465
646
389
4808
350
547
5213
552
755
5272
251
885
Asso
c de
gree
s &
adv
ance
d di
plom
as66
367
263
865
370
488
012
0216
8120
9527
4029
8053
1137
5234
0132
4029
3727
19D
iplo
mas
4691
7157
7077
209
228
325
417
871
507
599
731
679
744
858
Oth
er u
nder
grad
uate
281
641
639
560
486
552
562
281
346
554
1358
799
576
475
168
175
12To
tal
4691
747
599
4781
047
327
4656
747
298
4922
451
243
5430
457
901
6025
162
757
6613
667
671
6802
867
712
6645
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Dom
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Stu
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s C
ompl
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ours
es in
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echn
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Men
Leve
l20
0120
0220
0320
0420
0520
0620
0720
0820
0920
1020
1120
1220
1320
1420
1520
1620
17D
octo
ral
261
317
333
335
357
390
410
389
380
370
306
382
403
416
463
440
478
Rese
arch
mas
ters
119
114
120
125
102
105
100
102
8176
6481
103
8074
8082
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
529
511
551
538
521
487
548
564
649
834
873
969
1116
1158
1244
1290
1310
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
344
279
337
327
298
350
347
413
485
526
302
250
629
621
692
528
453
Bac
helo
rs50
3447
5348
4750
0547
3250
6249
3151
8451
6153
2056
4957
7760
1662
5865
4666
1065
88As
soc
degr
ees
& a
dvan
ced
dipl
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135
122
9092
8783
121
155
254
285
300
475
440
473
516
463
457
Dip
lom
as27
5451
2347
3562
5155
100
120
133
132
244
221
264
261
Oth
er u
nder
grad
uate
108
279
206
443
168
218
156
00
032
831
50
00
260
Tota
l 65
5764
2965
3568
8863
1267
3066
7568
5870
6575
1179
4283
8288
3992
5097
5697
0196
29
Wom
enD
octo
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6365
8988
9698
111
124
102
104
9411
313
315
614
016
315
9Re
sear
ch m
aste
rs28
3328
2531
3435
2518
2334
1929
2334
3623
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
107
113
112
107
114
8913
812
613
919
017
217
623
926
829
927
728
0O
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pos
tgra
duat
e65
5574
8265
7710
010
911
214
656
5413
417
315
611
592
Bac
helo
rs10
2796
898
497
594
896
485
589
390
291
710
1110
1810
2811
3410
8811
3311
54As
soc
degr
ees
& a
dvan
ced
dipl
omas
5<1
014
97
<10
1220
2435
2743
3552
5455
36D
iplo
mas
0<1
01
00
<10
119
59
108
2020
1821
30O
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und
ergr
adua
te4
136
15
34
00
078
830
00
00
Tota
l 12
9912
5713
0812
8712
6612
7112
6613
0613
0214
2414
8215
1416
2218
2417
8918
0017
74
All d
omes
tic c
ompl
etio
nsD
octo
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324
382
422
423
453
488
521
513
482
474
400
495
536
572
603
603
637
Rese
arch
mas
ters
147
147
148
150
133
139
135
127
9999
9810
013
210
310
811
610
5C
ours
ewor
k m
aste
rs63
662
466
364
563
557
668
669
078
810
2410
4511
4513
5514
2615
4315
6715
90O
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tgra
duat
e40
933
441
140
936
342
744
752
259
767
235
830
476
379
484
864
354
5B
ache
lors
6061
5721
5831
5980
5680
6026
5786
6077
6063
6237
6660
6795
7044
7392
7634
7743
7742
Asso
c de
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s &
adv
ance
d di
plom
as14
012
210
410
194
8313
317
527
832
032
751
847
952
357
051
849
3D
iplo
mas
2754
5223
4735
7360
6010
913
014
115
226
423
928
529
1O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te11
229
221
244
417
322
116
00
00
406
398
00
026
0To
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7856
7686
7843
8175
7578
8001
7941
8164
8367
8935
9424
9896
1046
111
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Table 2 shows that the domestic engineering student population increased to a peak of 68,028 in 2015 and has since fallen to 66,458 with annual falls accelerating. Over the seventeen years since 2001, enrolments grew by an average of 2.2% per year but in 2016 they fell by 0.5% and in 2017 by 1.9%. This pattern is much the same for both entry level and post graduate enrolments and in view of the longer period during which commencements have been falling is likely to continue in future.
The decline of domestic commencements has now moved into course completions. Completions across all course levels fell by 0.4% in 2016 and by 0.9% in 2017.
At this stage the decline is more evident among post-graduate courses than entry level courses. Completions of entry level courses peaked at 8,261 in 2016 and it was only in 2017 when the first fall of 0.3% was registered. Completions of post-graduate courses began in 2016 (-5.6%) and continued into 2017 (-1.8%).
On average the proportion of women completing engineering courses has been slightly higher than the corresponding commencements. For entry level courses, on average 15.9% of completions were by women compared to 14.1% of commencements. In 2017, 16.4% of course commencements were women compared to 14.5% of completions. On average 19.3% of post-graduate completions were by women compared to 19.1% of commencements. These shares were maintained in 2017.
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4 Overseas students
Although many overseas students now apply on-shore for permanent migration visas during the final stages of their courses, the facts are that they must complete immigration formalities before joining the engineering labour market, hence their inclusion in migration statistics for engineering. Never-the-less, these students are an important factor in university engineering education and are included for this reason.
After a lull between 2010 and 2013, commencements in engineering courses by overseas students accelerated strongly. Long term average growth was 8.8% per year; growth over the past three years averaged 12.9% and in 2017 it was 12.7%.
Growth was strongest for commencements in post-graduate courses. The long term average was 11.8% per year; it was faster if only averaged over the past three years at 18.1% per year, and even faster in 2017 at 20.7%. In 2017, there were 9,911 commencements by overseas students in post-graduate engineering courses; 8,101 or 81.7% in coursework master degrees and 1,428 or 14.4% in doctoral courses.
The number of post-graduate commencements is now higher than entry level course commencements. Growth in entry level commencements by overseas students was substantially higher than it was for domestic students, averaging 5.6% growth per year over the long term, 7.9% per year over the past three years and a drop to 5.4% in 2017. In 2017, there were 7,726 entry level commencements, 96.8% of whom started bachelor degrees.
The proportion of engineering commencements by women overseas students has increased over time and is higher than for domestic student commencements. The long term proportion of women for entry level courses was 17.6% with 20.0% in 2017. For post-graduate courses these proportions were 19.1% and 21.4%, respectively.
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Tabl
e 5:
Ove
rsea
s St
uden
ts E
nrol
led
in E
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eerin
g &
Rel
ated
Tec
hnol
ogie
s C
ours
es
Men
Leve
l20
0120
0220
0320
0420
0520
0620
0720
0820
0920
1020
1120
1220
1320
1420
1520
1620
17D
octo
ral
560
617
704
791
901
1001
1113
1284
1620
1903
2242
2684
3000
3185
3274
3365
3543
Rese
arch
mas
ters
197
213
232
306
320
338
334
309
297
340
351
354
341
367
345
292
313
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
1647
2193
3674
4051
4109
3662
3743
4065
4532
4617
4196
4088
5055
6543
8170
1039
712
950
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
278
332
219
208
335
359
332
346
406
389
286
283
280
188
178
161
178
Bac
helo
rs66
7378
1590
4596
1396
8399
3110
507
1141
412
471
1389
914
728
1497
115
470
1590
016
503
1787
019
116
Asso
c de
gree
s &
adv
ance
d di
plom
as29
4331
4355
7318
023
331
129
140
847
139
438
438
642
646
1D
iplo
mas
136
3240
8294
526
527
652
927
997
962
1312
1699
1952
2176
2198
Oth
er u
nder
grad
uate
212
5342
4872
3654
4654
8272
00
1881
90To
tal
9387
1126
113
990
1509
415
533
1553
016
771
1823
220
335
2242
023
287
2381
825
852
2826
630
826
3476
838
849
Wom
enD
octo
ral
134
137
157
193
210
263
310
423
568
682
834
971
1038
1111
1144
1185
1298
Rese
arch
mas
ters
3847
4954
8190
112
111
126
136
136
151
145
140
125
118
114
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
379
457
660
758
803
682
690
861
934
1019
947
929
1077
1411
1908
2626
3313
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
4351
3332
4563
5966
6574
4937
6847
4844
37B
ache
lors
1394
1682
1919
2025
2061
2125
2284
2449
2645
2963
3123
3153
3325
3525
3880
4282
4766
Asso
c de
gree
s &
adv
ance
d di
plom
as2
23
31
25
713
1918
2953
3130
3753
Dip
lom
as0
1831
3151
112
167
110
8612
010
491
122
172
218
281
330
Oth
er u
nder
grad
uate
41
1810
1212
2014
1514
2623
00
57
13To
tal
1994
2395
2870
3106
3264
3349
3647
4041
4452
5027
5239
5387
5828
6437
7358
8580
9924
Ove
rsea
s st
uden
tsD
octo
ral
694
754
861
984
1111
1264
1423
1707
2188
2585
3076
3655
4038
4296
4418
4550
4841
Rese
arch
mas
ters
235
260
281
360
401
428
446
420
423
476
487
505
486
507
470
410
427
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
2026
2650
4334
4809
4912
4344
4433
4926
5466
5636
5143
5017
6132
7953
1007
813
023
1626
3O
ther
pos
tgra
duat
e32
138
325
224
038
042
239
141
247
146
333
532
034
823
522
620
521
5B
ache
lors
8067
9497
1096
411
638
1174
412
056
1279
113
863
1511
616
862
1785
118
124
1879
519
425
2038
322
152
2388
2As
soc
degr
ees
& a
dvan
ced
dipl
omas
3145
3446
5675
185
240
324
310
426
500
447
415
416
463
514
Dip
lom
as1
5463
7113
320
669
363
773
810
4711
0110
5314
3418
7121
7024
5725
28O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te6
1371
5260
8456
6861
6810
895
00
2388
103
Tota
l 11
381
1365
616
860
1820
018
797
1887
920
418
2227
324
787
2744
728
526
2920
531
680
3470
338
184
4334
848
773
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Tabl
e 6:
Ove
rsea
s St
uden
ts C
ompl
etin
g C
ours
es in
Eng
inee
ring
& R
elat
ed T
echn
olog
ies
Men
Leve
l20
0120
0220
0320
0420
0520
0620
0720
0820
0920
1020
1120
1220
1320
1420
1520
1620
17D
octo
ral
7884
8612
715
417
320
715
218
125
529
434
042
352
748
158
156
6Re
sear
ch m
aste
rs45
3635
5959
104
7576
6465
8680
8387
7193
93C
ours
ewor
k m
aste
rs71
887
014
4116
1019
0915
3916
0717
8519
0621
6222
5618
2319
3421
9525
8030
6536
91O
ther
pos
tgra
duat
e93
128
121
103
156
207
181
194
200
235
197
129
184
133
126
112
114
Bac
helo
rs13
7314
2416
1817
9419
5819
0418
3620
3621
1523
7527
0128
4232
5031
8728
0930
7034
29As
soc
degr
ees
& a
dvan
ced
dipl
omas
1619
1212
2110
2467
8785
5613
312
785
113
122
142
Dip
lom
as1
1713
2121
4218
823
920
426
335
332
936
763
467
990
389
1O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te1
441
1013
288
1115
082
630
00
3455
Tota
l 23
2525
8233
6737
3642
9140
0741
2645
6047
7254
4060
2557
3963
6868
4868
5979
8089
81
Wom
enD
octo
ral
1915
2324
3135
4632
4563
9111
715
616
917
517
421
4Re
sear
ch m
aste
rs15
511
1416
2220
2522
3235
3230
2850
3528
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
198
201
275
332
390
291
293
403
440
498
529
436
469
517
625
799
1067
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
1522
2416
3731
3147
4144
2216
3531
3425
22B
ache
lors
285
324
379
426
438
439
454
548
474
537
620
624
724
794
674
748
872
Asso
c de
gree
s &
adv
ance
d di
plom
as0
00
20
01
44
90
1011
1216
523
Dip
lom
as0
010
237
4380
7732
3251
3132
7711
112
114
5O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te0
111
25
52
53
031
90
00
78
Tota
l 53
256
873
383
992
486
692
711
4110
6112
1513
8012
7714
5716
2816
8519
1423
79
All o
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com
plet
ions
Doc
tora
l97
9910
915
118
520
825
318
422
631
838
545
757
969
665
675
578
0Re
sear
ch m
aste
rs60
4146
7375
126
9510
186
9712
111
211
311
512
112
812
1C
ours
ewor
k m
aste
rs91
610
7117
1619
4222
9918
3019
0021
8823
4626
6027
8522
5924
0327
1232
0538
6447
58O
ther
pos
tgra
duat
e10
815
014
511
919
323
821
224
124
127
921
914
521
916
416
013
713
6B
ache
lors
1658
1748
1997
2220
2396
2343
2290
2584
2589
2912
3321
3466
3974
3981
3483
3818
4301
Asso
c de
gree
s &
adv
ance
d di
plom
as16
1912
1421
1025
7191
9456
143
138
9712
912
716
5D
iplo
mas
117
2344
2885
268
316
236
295
404
360
399
711
790
1024
1036
Oth
er u
nder
grad
uate
15
5212
1833
1016
180
113
720
00
4163
Tota
l 28
5731
5041
0045
7552
1548
7350
5357
0158
3366
5574
0570
1678
2584
7685
4498
9411
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5 Overall situation
The next set of statistics in Tables 7 to 9 inclusive, show the overall situation for university engineering education in Australia. Overall commencements in university engineering courses continue to grow, but growth has slowed in the past three years. Long term commencements have grown by 4.4% per year, but during the past three years, and in 2017, this was 3.0% per year. Commencements in entry level courses have stalled and in 2017 have declined. There has been relatively strong growth in commencements by overseas students, but commencements in these courses by domestic students have been falling since 2013. The net result is that long term growth in entry level course commencements of 2.9% per year has turned into a decline of -0.2% per year over the past three years and -1.3% in 2017.
Overall growth in university engineering commencements is primarily due to growth in commencements in post-graduate courses, driven primarily by commencements of overseas students. Growth in the overseas sector has always been stronger; long term commencements in post-graduate courses by domestic students has averaged 2.3% per year compared to 11.8% per year for overseas students. The past three years emphasise this contrast further. Post-graduate commencements by domestic students have declined by 5.9% per year, whereas commencements by overseas students have accelerated to 18.1% per year. This contrast was even more graphic in 2017 with a fall of 8.3% for domestic students compared to an increase of 20.7% for overseas students combining for an overall result of 11.7%.
The outcome of these changes are illustrated in Figure 1 which shows that in 2017 just over half of all commencements in university engineering courses was by overseas students. Since 2001, overseas students have increased their share of entry level commencements from 23.5% to 34.3%. This change, however, pales compared to the extraordinary growth in post-graduate commencements. In 2001, overseas students accounted for 40.6% of commencements in post-graduate engineering courses and by 2017 this share had increased to 74.4%.
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Tabl
e 7:
Stu
dent
s C
omm
enci
ng E
ngin
eerin
g &
Rel
ated
Tec
hnol
ogie
s C
ours
es, b
y C
ount
ry o
f Dom
icile
Dom
estic
stu
dent
sLe
vel
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Doc
tora
l53
461
461
568
755
048
651
949
858
667
862
160
166
267
371
870
171
2Re
sear
ch m
aste
rs32
436
632
234
729
225
723
418
729
830
321
923
123
425
825
321
417
6C
ours
ewor
k m
aste
rs79
810
0710
0796
487
694
310
3111
2814
4915
4115
6216
9017
8020
4320
9121
2319
31O
ther
pos
tgra
duat
e11
0099
811
0610
1710
9210
3995
310
8011
5811
3411
8764
711
6711
1884
468
259
4B
ache
lors
1078
610
278
1008
999
1099
2010
288
1105
111
295
1205
212
541
1315
413
595
1481
715
085
1489
614
390
1373
6As
s de
gree
s &
adv
ance
d di
plom
as22
626
425
024
037
339
152
484
293
013
5712
5715
3618
9013
7011
7810
8910
41D
iplo
mas
2671
4545
4647
170
184
233
284
299
358
400
521
438
515
625
Oth
er u
nder
grad
uate
237
573
599
523
430
480
518
226
288
514
514
1052
483
388
018
811
Tota
l 14
031
1417
114
033
1374
213
579
1393
115
000
1544
016
994
1835
218
813
1971
021
433
2145
620
418
1990
218
826
Ove
rsea
s st
uden
tsD
octo
ral
237
226
257
264
272
361
431
575
804
798
907
1028
1127
1161
1152
1132
1428
Rese
arch
mas
ters
121
140
158
203
177
178
198
180
208
218
232
225
199
211
163
161
204
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
1305
1745
2850
2787
2579
2295
2528
2552
3100
2770
2435
2758
3592
4517
5473
6764
8101
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
221
257
148
162
295
322
301
309
365
318
327
181
249
129
177
153
178
Bac
helo
rs33
7438
5942
8039
3637
7838
5442
8944
6553
1156
2655
8952
2354
1759
6365
1070
9474
82As
s de
gree
s &
adv
ance
d di
plom
as16
3015
2541
4916
213
319
115
727
519
820
419
219
823
624
4D
iplo
mas
147
1217
108
115
431
313
475
671
618
658
1005
1235
1401
1517
1594
Oth
er u
nder
grad
uate
510
6342
5173
5363
6065
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00
2377
79To
tal
5280
6314
7783
7436
7301
7247
8393
8590
1051
410
623
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610
352
1179
313
408
1509
717
134
1931
0
All c
omm
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ng s
tude
nts
Doc
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l77
184
087
295
182
284
795
010
7313
9014
7615
2816
2917
8918
3418
7018
3321
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sear
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aste
rs44
550
648
055
046
943
543
236
750
652
145
145
643
346
941
637
538
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ours
ewor
k m
aste
rs21
0327
5238
5737
5134
5532
3835
5936
8045
4943
1139
9744
4853
7265
6075
6488
8710
032
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
1321
1255
1254
1179
1387
1361
1254
1389
1523
1452
1514
828
1416
1247
1021
835
772
Bac
helo
rs14
160
1413
714
369
1384
613
698
1414
215
340
1576
017
363
1816
718
743
1881
820
234
2104
821
406
2148
421
218
Ass
degr
ees
& a
dvan
ced
dipl
omas
242
294
265
265
414
440
686
975
1121
1514
1532
1734
2094
1562
1376
1325
1285
Dip
lom
as27
118
5762
154
162
601
497
708
955
917
1016
1405
1756
1839
2032
2219
Oth
er u
nder
grad
uate
242
583
662
565
481
553
571
289
348
579
514
1133
483
388
2326
590
Tota
l 19
311
2048
521
816
2117
820
880
2117
823
393
2403
027
508
2897
529
196
3006
233
226
3486
435
515
3703
638
136
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Tabl
e 8:
Stu
dent
s En
rolle
d in
Eng
inee
ring
& R
elat
ed T
echn
olog
ies
Cou
rses
, by
Cou
ntry
of D
omic
ile
Dom
estic
Leve
l20
0120
0220
0320
0420
0520
0620
0720
0820
0920
1020
1120
1220
1320
1420
1520
1620
17D
octo
ral
2551
2620
2838
3001
2999
2935
2917
2852
2866
2982
3183
3304
3389
3372
3617
3788
3877
Rese
arch
mas
ters
937
968
914
934
857
797
732
622
697
769
704
689
662
684
712
660
590
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
1773
2056
2250
2295
2268
2313
2536
2764
3164
3630
3856
4061
4434
4822
5159
5358
5342
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
1836
1840
2016
2006
2072
2122
2008
2122
2085
2153
1118
1224
2177
2051
1698
1328
1175
Bac
helo
rs38
830
3871
138
444
3782
137
111
3762
239
058
4069
342
726
4465
646
389
4808
350
547
5213
552
755
5272
251
885
Asso
c de
gree
s &
adv
ance
d di
plom
as66
367
263
865
370
488
012
0216
8120
9527
4029
8033
1137
5234
0132
4029
3727
19D
iplo
mas
4691
7157
7077
209
228
325
417
871
507
599
731
679
744
858
Oth
er u
nder
grad
uate
281
641
639
560
486
552
562
281
346
554
1358
1578
576
475
168
175
12To
tal
4691
747
599
4781
047
327
4656
747
298
4922
451
243
5430
457
901
6025
162
757
6613
667
671
6802
867
712
6645
8
Ove
rsea
sD
octo
ral
694
754
861
984
1111
1264
1423
1707
2188
2585
3076
3655
4038
4296
4418
4550
4841
Rese
arch
mas
ters
235
260
281
360
401
428
446
420
423
476
487
505
486
507
470
410
427
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
2026
2650
4334
4809
4912
4344
4433
4926
5466
5636
5143
5017
6132
7953
1007
813
023
1626
3O
ther
pos
tgra
duat
e32
138
325
224
038
042
239
141
247
146
333
532
034
823
522
620
521
5B
ache
lors
8067
9497
1096
411
638
1174
412
056
1279
113
863
1511
616
862
1785
118
124
1879
519
425
2038
322
152
2388
2As
soc
degr
ees
& a
dvan
ced
dipl
omas
3145
3446
5675
185
240
324
310
426
500
447
415
416
463
514
Dip
lom
as1
5463
7113
320
669
363
773
810
4711
0110
5314
3118
7121
7024
5725
28O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te6
1371
5260
8456
6861
6810
895
00
2388
103
Tota
l 11
381
1365
616
860
1820
018
797
1887
920
418
2227
324
787
2744
728
526
2920
531
680
3470
338
184
4334
848
773
All s
tude
nts
Doc
tora
l32
4533
7436
9939
8541
1041
9943
4045
5950
5455
6762
5969
5974
2776
6880
3583
3887
18Re
sear
ch m
aste
rs11
7212
2811
9512
9412
5812
2511
7810
4211
2012
4511
9111
9411
4811
9111
8210
7010
17C
ours
ewor
k m
aste
rs37
9947
0665
8471
0471
8066
5769
6976
9086
3092
6689
9990
7810
566
1277
515
237
1838
121
605
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
2157
2223
2268
2246
2452
2544
2399
2534
2556
2616
2560
1544
2525
2286
1924
1533
1390
Bac
helo
rs46
897
4820
849
408
4945
948
855
4967
851
849
5455
657
842
6151
864
240
6620
769
342
7156
073
138
7487
475
767
Asso
c de
gree
s &
adv
ance
d di
plom
as69
471
767
269
976
095
513
8719
2124
1930
5034
0838
1141
9938
1636
5634
0032
33D
iplo
mas
4714
513
412
820
328
390
286
510
6314
6415
4015
6020
3026
0228
4932
0133
86O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te28
765
471
061
254
663
661
834
940
762
258
016
7357
647
519
126
311
5To
tal
5829
861
255
6467
065
527
6536
466
177
6964
273
516
7909
185
348
8877
791
962
9781
610
2374
1062
1211
1060
1152
31So
urce
: Dat
a pr
ovid
ed b
y D
ET
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UST
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EXT
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ERAT
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ENG
INEE
RS
Tabl
e 9:
Stu
dent
s C
ompl
etin
g C
ours
es in
Eng
inee
ring
& R
elat
ed T
echn
olog
ies,
by
Cou
ntry
of D
omic
ile
Dom
estic
Leve
l20
0120
0220
0320
0420
0520
0620
0720
0820
0920
1020
1120
1220
1320
1420
1520
1620
17D
octo
ral
324
382
422
423
453
488
521
513
482
474
400
495
536
572
603
603
637
Rese
arch
mas
ters
147
147
148
150
133
139
135
127
9999
9810
013
210
310
811
610
5C
ours
ewor
k m
aste
rs63
662
466
364
563
557
668
669
078
810
2410
4511
4513
5514
2615
4315
6715
90O
ther
pos
tgra
duat
e40
933
441
140
936
342
744
752
259
767
235
830
476
379
484
864
354
5B
ache
lors
6061
5721
5831
5980
5680
6026
5786
6077
6063
6237
6660
6795
7044
7392
7634
7743
7742
Asso
c de
gree
s &
adv
ance
d di
plom
as14
012
210
410
194
8313
317
527
832
032
751
847
952
357
051
849
3D
iplo
mas
2754
5223
4735
7360
6010
913
014
115
226
423
928
529
1O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te11
229
221
244
417
322
116
00
00
406
398
00
026
0To
tal
7856
7686
7843
8175
7578
8001
7941
8164
8367
8935
9424
9896
1046
111
074
1154
511
501
1140
3
Ove
rsea
sD
octo
ral
9799
109
151
185
208
253
184
226
318
385
457
579
696
656
755
780
Rese
arch
mas
ters
6041
4673
7512
695
101
8697
121
112
113
115
121
128
121
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
916
1071
1716
1942
2299
1830
1900
2188
2346
2660
2785
2259
2403
2712
3205
3864
4758
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
108
150
145
119
193
238
212
241
241
279
219
145
219
164
160
137
136
Bac
helo
rs16
5817
4819
9722
2023
9623
4322
9025
8425
8929
1233
2134
6639
7439
8134
8338
1843
01As
soc
degr
ees
& a
dvan
ced
dipl
omas
1619
1214
2110
2571
9194
5614
313
897
129
127
165
Dip
lom
as1
1723
4428
8526
831
623
629
540
436
039
971
179
010
2410
36O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te1
552
1218
3310
1618
011
372
00
041
63To
tal
2857
3150
4100
4575
5215
4873
5053
5701
5833
6655
7405
7016
7825
8476
8544
9894
1136
0
All s
tude
nt c
ompl
etio
nsD
octo
ral
421
481
531
574
638
696
774
697
708
792
785
952
1115
1268
1259
1358
1417
Rese
arch
mas
ters
207
188
194
223
208
265
230
228
185
196
219
212
245
218
229
244
226
Cou
rsew
ork
mas
ters
1552
1695
2379
2587
2934
2406
2586
2878
3134
3684
3830
3404
3758
4138
4748
5431
6348
Oth
er p
ostg
radu
ate
517
484
556
528
556
665
659
763
838
951
577
449
982
958
1008
780
681
Bac
helo
rs77
1974
6978
2882
0080
7683
6980
7686
6186
5291
4999
8110
261
1101
811
373
1111
711
561
1204
3As
soc
degr
ees
& a
dvan
ced
dipl
omas
156
141
116
115
115
9315
824
636
941
438
366
161
762
069
964
565
8D
iplo
mas
2871
7567
7512
034
137
629
640
453
450
155
197
510
2913
0913
27O
ther
und
ergr
adua
te11
329
726
445
619
125
417
016
180
519
470
00
067
63To
tal
1071
310
836
1194
312
750
1279
312
874
1299
413
865
1420
015
590
1682
916
912
1828
619
550
2008
921
395
2276
3So
urce
: Dat
a pr
ovid
ed b
y D
ET
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The engineering student population has grown substantially over the past 17 years (see Table 8). In 2001, there were 58,298 students enrolled in some type of university engineering course. By 2017, this had increased by 97.7% to 115,231. In 2001, 19.5% of students were overseas students, and consistent with the trends in commencements, this share grew to 42.3% in 2017.
Although still growing, the growth of the university engineering population has slowed. Over the long term growth averaged 4.4% per year, but over the past three years this slowed to 4.0% per year and to 3.0% in 2017. The rates are influenced mainly by the slowdown in entry level students.
Trends in completions of university engineering courses lag commencements and have continued to grow, accelerating in recent years. For completions of courses of all levels, the long term growth rate was 4.9% per year, increasing to an average 5.2% per year over the past three years and to 6.4% in 2017.
Completions of entry level courses has grown more slowly than completions of post-graduate courses and the share of the latter in all completions has increased. Over the long term completions of entry level courses have increased by 3.1% per year and their share has fallen from 73.5% in 2001 to 55.8% in 2017. In 2017, these completions increased by 4.1%. The long term completion growth of post-graduate courses was 7.9% per year and the share of these courses increased from 25.2% in 2001 to 38.1% in 2017. Consistent with trends already discussed in 2017, post-graduate course completions increased by 11.0%.
The number and shares of overseas students completing university engineering courses have both increased over the past 17 years. In 2017, overseas students accounted for 35.2% of entry level completions, 66.8% of post-graduate course completions and 49.9% of all course completions.
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6 Composition of Entry Level Completions
Completions of entry level courses in engineering by domestic students is the main source of “home-grown” increases in the supply of qualified engineers in Australia. This section examines these statistics in more detail to establish trends for the three components of the engineering team (professional engineers, engineering technologists and associate engineers) and to establish trends in the main specialisations of engineering education.
It is important to bear in mind that engineers specialise during their professional formation, an on-the-job process which begins once they have completed their entry level qualification and have begun their first job in engineering.
The statistics covered in this section relate only to completion of university qualifications. TAFE and other vocational education and training colleges also conduct courses that lead to advanced diplomas in engineering which qualify individuals to become associate engineers. Updated statistics for the completions of these courses have not yet been obtained.
Completion of a three-year degree in engineering qualifies an individual to become an engineering technologist. Completions of these qualifications by domestic students are shown in Table 10. There have been large annual fluctuations in the completions of three year degrees in engineering. In 2001, there were 629 completions; these increased to a peak of 847 in 2006 and since then have fluctuated between 500 and 600. In 2017, there were 545 completions. Most completions have been in aerospace engineering or in other engineering and technology. In 2017, aerospace completions accounted for 46.8% and other engineering completions for 27.8%. Remaining completions were distributed widely across other fields.
On average, 18.9% of completions have been by women. This share has been as high as 25.3% in 2010, but in 2017 it had fallen back to 16.5%.
Completion of a four-year degree in engineering enables an individual to become a professional engineer. The most common route to this end is the conventional four-year degree and Table 11 shows the relevant statistics. Some students combine this degree with other studies in double degree programs and statistics for completions of these courses are shown in Table 12.
In 2017, there were 5,132 completions of four year degrees in engineering, down 3.2% on the previous year and bringing to an end six years of growth since 2011. It is important to note that during the build-up phase of the high demand for engineers before the GFC, 2001 to 2006, these completions fell by an average 2.0% per year.
Universities have continued to allocate most completions to “engineering and related technologies not further defined” and “other engineering and related technologies”, impairing analysis. In 2017, these categories accounted for 15.9% and 22.1% of completions. Beyond that civil engineering (1,074 or 20.9%), electrical and electronic engineering (594 or 11.6%), mechanical and industrial engineering (658 or 12.8%) and process and resource engineering (404 or 7.9%) were the largest groups of completions. There were also substantial completions in aerospace (177 or 3.4%) with smaller numbers in maritime engineering (57 or 1.1%), manufacturing engineering (49 or 1.0%) and automotive engineering (24 or 0.5%).
On average, 14.1% of completions of four year degrees in engineering have been by women. This share has fallen over time; during the five years 2001 to 2005, the women’s share was 16.4% compared to 13.2% during the last five years.
In 2017, there were also 1,752 completions of four year degrees in engineering as part of double degree programs. The numbers of completions of these courses grew unevenly from 2001 through to a peak of 2,022
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in 2015. There was a large fall to 1,561 in 2016 and a recovery to 1,752 in 2017. Once again universities have catalogued most completions to the two “general” categories mentioned above. In 2017, 72.3% of completions were in these groups. Remaining numbers were distributed across the traditional categories of civil, mechanical, process and resources and electrical and electronic engineering.
The proportion of women completing double degrees has been higher than completing conventional four year degrees in engineering. On average, 18.2% of double degree completions were by women compared to 14.1% for the four-year program.
Table 13 aggregates the statistics for completions of entry level degrees in engineering irrespective of duration. These completions equate to increases in the supply of professional engineers and engineering technologists. The period 2001 to 2007 was essentially one of static completions with growth averaging contraction of 0.3% per year. Between 2008 and 2013, completions of degrees in engineering increased by an average 3.4% per year. The last three years has seen a return to the earlier situation with contraction once again averaging 0.3% per year.
The final set of statistics is in Table 14 and covers completions of associate degrees and advanced diplomas in engineering which enable individuals to become associate engineers. Although completions of these qualifications have increased from 135 in 2001 to 493 in 2017, they remain very small compared to the number of degree completions. Over two-thirds of completions were in “other engineering and technologies” and the proportion of women has been particularly low: 7.3% in 2017.
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INEE
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ERAT
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INEE
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Tabl
e 10
: Dom
estic
Stu
dent
s C
ompl
etin
g Th
ree
Year
Bac
helo
rs D
egre
es in
Eng
inee
ring
Men
ASC
EDSp
ecia
lisat
ion
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
0300
Engi
neer
ing
& R
elat
ed T
echn
olog
ies
6659
6462
6359
4554
4220
169
810
1230
803
01M
anuf
actu
ring
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y18
143
35
45
0<
5<
5<
5<5
6<5
00
003
03Pr
oces
s &
Res
ourc
e En
gine
erin
g43
2732
1819
5419
2323
1724
1516
1628
107
0305
Auto
mot
ive
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y0
00
00
00
19
< 5
6<5
<5<5
0<5
603
07M
echa
nica
l & In
dust
rial E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
3449
3021
2235
913
< 5
66
5<5
<50
1220
0309
Civ
il En
gine
erin
g14
137
1923
3913
1812
5<
50
<5<5
<50
003
11G
eom
atic
Eng
inee
ring
4265
7548
2322
1718
2616
3124
2232
<5<5
<503
13El
ectr
ical
& E
lect
roni
c En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
124
106
102
110
159
203
130
112
7361
3128
2312
1222
2703
15Ae
rosp
ace
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y79
102
111
109
147
175
140
171
130
127
139
189
196
245
180
217
208
0317
Mar
time
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y2
34
26
02
1<
5<
5<
5<5
<525
269
2903
99O
ther
Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y10
910
296
9694
100
110
9111
584
115
142
119
142
154
135
128
03To
tal
531
540
524
488
561
691
490
502
439
346
377
419
400
488
415
465
455
Wom
en03
00En
gine
erin
g &
Rel
ated
Tec
hnol
ogie
s18
412
715
37
1<
55
< 5
0<5
<5<5
<5<5
0301
Man
ufac
turin
g En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
23
54
1310
823
2944
4329
5681
<5<5
<503
03Pr
oces
s &
Res
ourc
e En
gine
erin
g18
2014
10<1
031
1220
107
711
<510
96
803
05Au
tom
otiv
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
00
00
00
00
< 5
00
00
00
00
0307
Mec
hani
cal &
Indu
stria
l Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y3
32
12
21
10
00
00
00
0<5
0309
Civ
il En
gine
erin
g0
24
04
120
<10
00
00
00
00
003
11G
eom
atic
Eng
inee
ring
1024
1617
1214
912
115
9<5
5<5
<5<5
003
13El
ectr
ical
& E
lect
roni
c En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
129
618
5241
3424
2921
138
5<5
<5<5
<503
15Ae
rosp
ace
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y14
2219
2328
2931
3925
2532
3128
4139
4747
0317
Mar
itim
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
11
00
10
00
00
00
<50
<5<5
<503
99O
ther
Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y20
1310
87
145
97
1011
1514
1924
1924
03To
tal
9810
188
8813
915
610
913
011
611
711
799
112
155
8285
90
All d
omes
tic g
radu
atio
ns03
00En
gine
erin
g &
Rel
ated
Tec
hnol
ogie
s84
6376
6978
6252
5546
2518
99
1112
308
0301
Man
ufac
turin
g En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
2017
87
1814
1323
3048
4731
6283
00
003
03Pr
oces
s &
Res
ourc
e En
gine
erin
g61
4746
2819
8531
4333
2431
2619
2637
1615
0305
Auto
mot
ive
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y0
00
00
00
110
< 5
6<5
<5<5
00
603
07M
echa
nica
l & In
dust
rial E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
3752
3222
2437
1014
< 5
66
5<5
<50
1220
0309
Civ
il En
gine
erin
g14
1511
1927
5113
1812
5<
50
<5<5
00
003
11G
eom
atic
Eng
inee
ring
5289
9165
3536
2630
3721
4028
2734
00
003
13El
ectr
ical
& E
lect
roni
c En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
136
115
108
128
211
244
164
136
102
8244
3628
1312
2227
0315
Aero
spac
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
9312
413
013
217
520
417
121
015
515
217
122
022
428
621
926
425
503
17M
ariti
me
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y3
44
27
02
1<
5<
5<
5<5
<525
269
2903
99O
ther
Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y12
911
510
610
410
111
411
510
012
294
126
157
133
161
178
154
152
03To
tal
629
641
612
576
700
847
599
632
555
463
494
518
512
643
497
550
545
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ce: D
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supp
lied
by D
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are
the
resu
lt of
the
Dep
artm
ent's
con
fiden
tialit
y po
licy
and
do n
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dd in
to to
tals
. Tot
als
are
corr
ect.
19
ENG
INEE
RS A
UST
RALI
A |
AU
STRA
LIA’
S N
EXT
GEN
ERAT
ION
OF
ENG
INEE
RS
Tabl
e 11
: Dom
estic
Stu
dent
s C
ompl
etin
g Fo
ur Y
ear B
ache
lors
Deg
rees
in E
ngin
eerin
g
Men
ASC
EDSp
ecia
lisat
ion
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
0300
Engi
neer
ing
& R
elat
ed T
echn
olog
ies
9813
490
5921
524
628
627
335
632
154
563
868
275
876
173
170
603
01M
anuf
actu
ring
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y13
1016
2319
1721
128
< 5
< 5
<512
2825
2749
0303
Proc
ess
& R
esou
rce
Engi
neer
ing
410
332
285
319
281
271
346
378
413
441
401
355
367
333
330
301
301
0305
Auto
mot
ive
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y0
00
319
2022
2228
2819
2120
168
1624
0307
Mec
hani
cal &
Indu
stria
l Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y50
355
652
855
347
552
757
461
056
056
759
959
663
155
462
462
260
403
09C
ivil
Engi
neer
ing
585
574
554
502
488
448
573
706
712
746
845
803
849
873
956
1079
930
0311
Geo
mat
ic E
ngin
eerin
g11
811
394
117
113
120
128
121
106
9079
8871
806
<5<5
0313
Elec
tric
al &
Ele
ctro
nic
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y10
0799
211
3611
1110
6279
681
170
362
153
545
649
047
646
851
644
653
103
15Ae
rosp
ace
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y12
411
811
715
116
913
016
519
015
817
217
618
717
618
517
713
415
903
17M
artim
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
1112
223
1123
1316
1410
2419
3620
5092
5703
99O
ther
Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y54
047
245
044
145
858
147
861
767
771
580
186
186
696
498
410
2394
403
Tota
l 34
0933
1332
7233
0233
1031
7934
1736
4836
5336
2639
4540
6141
8642
7944
3745
9844
36
Wom
en03
00En
gine
erin
g &
Rel
ated
Tec
hnol
ogie
s9
2623
1146
3441
3644
5477
133
127
134
9690
110
0301
Man
ufac
turin
g En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
53
52
23
50
-<
50
0<5
<5<5
<5<5
0303
Proc
ess
& R
esou
rce
Engi
neer
ing
135
137
128
126
9998
106
110
116
120
123
104
110
105
8797
103
0305
Auto
mot
ive
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y0
00
00
2<1
00
< 5
< 5
< 5
<50
0<5
0<5
0307
Mec
hani
cal &
Indu
stria
l Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y56
5766
5844
3243
5155
4850
4746
4749
4654
0309
Civ
il En
gine
erin
g14
012
290
9889
8188
102
120
9413
412
211
414
516
119
914
403
11G
eom
atic
Eng
inee
ring
2220
1529
1823
1322
1812
10<5
55
8<5
<503
13El
ectr
ical
& E
lect
roni
c En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
140
143
181
180
150
101
7953
4849
4444
4443
4256
6303
15Ae
rosp
ace
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y19
2423
2030
1618
2415
2129
2119
2020
2218
0317
Mar
itim
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
00
01
01
02
-<
50
0<5
55
5<5
0399
Oth
er E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
169
124
132
111
126
137
112
123
135
140
129
150
160
152
170
179
192
03To
tal
691
656
663
636
604
528
506
523
552
542
595
624
627
659
641
705
696
All d
omes
tic g
radu
atio
ns03
00En
gine
erin
g &
Rel
ated
Tec
hnol
ogie
s10
716
011
370
261
280
327
309
400
375
622
771
809
892
857
821
816
0301
Man
ufac
turin
g En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
1813
2125
2120
2612
8<
5<
5<5
1331
2527
4903
03Pr
oces
s &
Res
ourc
e En
gine
erin
g54
546
941
344
538
036
945
248
852
956
152
445
947
743
841
739
840
403
05Au
tom
otiv
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
00
03
1922
2222
2930
2022
2016
816
2403
07M
echa
nica
l & In
dust
rial E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
559
613
594
611
519
559
617
661
615
615
649
643
677
601
673
668
658
0309
Civ
il En
gine
erin
g72
569
664
460
057
752
966
180
883
284
097
992
596
310
1811
1712
7810
7403
11G
eom
atic
Eng
inee
ring
140
133
109
146
131
143
141
143
124
102
8992
7685
140
003
13El
ectr
ical
& E
lect
roni
c En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
1147
1135
1317
1291
1212
897
890
756
669
584
500
534
520
511
558
502
594
0315
Aero
spac
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
143
142
140
171
199
146
183
214
173
193
205
208
195
205
197
156
177
0317
Mar
itim
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
1112
224
1124
1318
1411
2419
3725
5597
5703
99O
ther
Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y70
959
658
255
258
471
859
074
081
285
593
010
1110
2611
1611
5412
0211
3603
Tota
l 41
0039
6939
3539
3839
1437
0739
2341
7142
0541
6845
4046
8548
1349
3850
7853
0351
32So
urce
: Dat
a su
pplie
d by
DET
Note
: Cel
ls <
5 ar
e th
e re
sult
of th
e D
epar
tmen
t's c
onfid
entia
lity
polic
y an
d do
not
add
into
tota
ls. T
otal
s ar
e co
rrec
t.
20
ENG
INEE
RS A
UST
RALI
A |
AU
STRA
LIA’
S N
EXT
GEN
ERAT
ION
OF
ENG
INEE
RS
Tabl
e 12
: Dom
estic
Stu
dent
s C
ompl
etin
g Fo
ur Y
ear D
oubl
e B
ache
lors
Deg
rees
in E
ngin
eerin
g
Men
ASC
EDSp
ecia
lisat
ion
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
0300
Engi
neer
ing
& R
elat
ed T
echn
olog
ies
136
162
261
320
481
372
375
400
406
502
495
488
561
594
649
563
649
0301
Man
ufac
turin
g En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
2728
2840
2-
1311
2252
3226
1517
911
803
03Pr
oces
s &
Res
ourc
e En
gine
erin
g63
129
120
151
8313
212
412
813
013
014
614
314
910
210
812
817
203
05Au
tom
otiv
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
00
00
00
00
00
00
0<5
0<5
<503
07M
echa
nica
l & In
dust
rial E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
207
126
125
115
6476
8982
100
146
131
9288
117
132
126
157
0309
Civ
il En
gine
erin
g13
575
126
102
8666
7487
8614
217
113
421
118
420
223
020
603
11G
eom
atic
Eng
inee
ring
22<1
0<1
012
<10
6<1
05
< 5
915
109
80
00
0313
Elec
tric
al &
Ele
ctro
nic
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y38
825
227
133
732
032
529
818
213
214
611
488
114
123
122
152
175
0315
Aero
spac
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
2614
230
3661
3749
4859
3663
5975
5256
5203
17M
artim
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
00
00
00
00
00
0<5
3117
2916
1203
99O
ther
Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y14
114
614
017
216
122
119
919
919
520
018
431
028
232
432
635
938
003
Tota
l 11
0090
010
5112
1511
9511
9211
6510
8210
6913
4813
2413
5515
1915
6216
2912
9214
32
Wom
en03
00En
gine
erin
g &
Rel
ated
Tec
hnol
ogie
s30
2851
4911
779
7369
7488
7970
9390
154
9912
403
01M
anuf
actu
ring
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y2
43
40
01
0<
5<
5<
5<5
<50
<50
<503
03Pr
oces
s &
Res
ourc
e En
gine
erin
g24
5528
5533
6469
5233
3460
5254
4959
5866
0305
Auto
mot
ive
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y0
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
0307
Mec
hani
cal &
Indu
stria
l Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y37
2119
2213
1519
1326
2424
1511
2526
3020
0309
Civ
il En
gine
erin
g30
2330
2227
2228
1923
3639
4248
4450
4957
0311
Geo
mat
ic E
ngin
eerin
g<1
00
0<1
0<1
00
0-
06
< 5
<5<5
<50
00
0313
Elec
tric
al &
Ele
ctro
nic
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y56
4356
6145
4024
2225
1417
2012
1913
1313
0315
Aero
spac
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
<10
<10
<10
<10
<10
9<1
012
138
610
109
515
1103
17M
ariti
me
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y0
00
00
00
00
00
00
<5<5
00
0399
Oth
er E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
6245
6659
5270
6772
4653
6610
381
111
8312
011
403
Tota
l 23
821
123
325
127
528
027
424
723
425
829
731
131
134
939
326
932
0
All d
omes
tic g
radu
atio
ns03
00En
gine
erin
g &
Rel
ated
Tec
hnol
ogie
s16
619
031
236
959
845
144
846
948
059
057
455
865
468
480
366
277
303
01M
anuf
actu
ring
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y29
3231
442
-14
1126
5535
2916
179
118
0303
Proc
ess
& R
esou
rce
Engi
neer
ing
8718
414
820
611
619
619
318
016
316
421
118
520
315
116
718
623
803
05Au
tom
otiv
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
00
00
00
00
00
00
0<5
00
003
07M
echa
nica
l & In
dust
rial E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
244
147
144
137
7791
108
9512
617
016
010
799
142
158
156
177
0309
Civ
il En
gine
erin
g16
598
156
124
113
8810
210
610
917
821
317
625
922
825
227
926
303
11G
eom
atic
Eng
inee
ring
220
012
06
05
< 5
1522
1110
90
00
0313
Elec
tric
al &
Ele
ctro
nic
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y44
429
532
739
836
536
532
220
415
716
013
110
812
614
213
516
518
803
15Ae
rosp
ace
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y26
142
3036
7037
6161
6746
7369
8457
7163
0317
Mar
itim
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
00
00
00
00
00
0<5
3118
2916
1203
99O
ther
Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y20
319
120
623
121
329
126
627
124
125
329
241
336
343
540
947
949
403
Tota
l 13
3811
1112
8414
6614
7014
7214
3913
2913
0316
0616
2116
6618
3019
1120
2215
6117
52So
urce
: Dat
a su
pplie
d by
DET
Note
: Cel
ls <
5 ar
e th
e re
sult
of th
e D
epar
tmen
t's c
onfid
entia
lity
polic
y an
d do
not
add
into
tota
ls. T
otal
s ar
e co
rrec
t.
21
ENG
INEE
RS A
UST
RALI
A |
AU
STRA
LIA’
S N
EXT
GEN
ERAT
ION
OF
ENG
INEE
RS
Tabl
e 13
: Dom
estic
Stu
dent
s C
ompl
etin
g B
ache
lors
Deg
rees
in E
ngin
eerin
g irr
espe
ctiv
e of
Dur
atio
ns
Men
ASC
EDSp
ecia
lisat
ion
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
0300
Engi
neer
ing
& R
elat
ed T
echn
olog
ies
300
355
415
441
759
677
706
732
804
843
1056
1135
1251
1362
1422
1324
1363
0301
Man
ufac
turin
g En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
4937
4051
4541
5224
160
00
3159
5054
9803
03Pr
oces
s &
Res
ourc
e En
gine
erin
g51
648
843
748
838
345
748
953
756
658
857
151
353
245
146
643
948
003
05Au
tom
otiv
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
00
03
1920
2223
3728
2521
2016
816
3003
07M
echa
nica
l & In
dust
rial E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
744
731
683
689
561
638
672
721
660
719
736
693
719
671
756
760
781
0309
Civ
il En
gine
erin
g73
466
268
762
359
755
366
082
881
089
310
1693
710
6010
5711
5813
0911
3603
11G
eom
atic
Eng
inee
ring
182
178
169
177
136
142
145
139
132
115
125
122
102
120
60
003
13El
ectr
ical
& E
lect
roni
c En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
1519
1350
1509
1558
1541
1324
1239
1027
826
742
601
606
613
603
650
620
733
0315
Aero
spac
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
229
234
230
290
352
341
342
415
336
358
351
439
431
505
409
407
419
0317
Mar
time
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y13
156
2517
2315
1714
1024
1967
6210
511
798
0399
Oth
er E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
790
720
686
709
713
902
787
923
987
999
1100
1313
1267
1430
1464
1517
1452
03To
tal
5040
4753
4847
5005
5066
5062
5072
5329
5161
5320
5646
5835
6105
6331
6481
6355
6323
Wom
en03
00En
gine
erin
g &
Rel
ated
Tec
hnol
ogie
s57
5886
6717
811
612
111
111
814
715
620
322
022
425
018
923
403
01M
anuf
actu
ring
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y9
1013
1015
1314
2329
4443
2956
810
00
0303
Proc
ess
& R
esou
rce
Engi
neer
ing
177
212
170
191
132
193
187
187
159
161
190
167
164
164
155
161
177
0305
Auto
mot
ive
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y0
00
00
2<5
<5<5
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0307
Mec
hani
cal &
Indu
stria
l Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y96
8187
8159
4963
6681
7274
6257
7275
7674
0309
Civ
il En
gine
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g17
014
712
412
012
011
511
612
414
313
017
316
416
218
921
124
820
103
11G
eom
atic
Eng
inee
ring
3244
3146
3037
2234
2923
190
105
80
003
13El
ectr
ical
& E
lect
roni
c En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
208
195
243
259
247
182
137
103
102
8474
7261
6255
6976
0315
Aero
spac
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
3346
4243
5845
4977
5354
6762
5770
6484
7603
17M
ariti
me
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y1
10
11
10
20
00
00
55
50
0399
Oth
er E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
251
182
208
178
185
221
184
207
188
203
206
268
255
282
277
318
330
03To
tal
1027
968
984
975
1018
964
889
923
902
917
1009
1034
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1162
1116
1059
1106
All d
omes
tic g
radu
atio
ns03
00En
gine
erin
g &
Rel
ated
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ogie
s35
741
350
150
893
779
382
784
392
699
012
1413
3814
7215
8716
7215
1315
9703
01M
anuf
actu
ring
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y67
6260
7641
3453
4664
103
8260
9113
134
3857
0303
Proc
ess
& R
esou
rce
Engi
neer
ing
693
700
607
679
515
650
676
724
725
749
766
670
699
615
621
600
657
0305
Auto
mot
ive
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y0
00
319
2222
2339
3026
2220
168
1630
0307
Mec
hani
cal &
Indu
stria
l Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y84
081
277
077
062
068
773
578
774
179
181
575
577
674
383
183
685
503
09C
ivil
Engi
neer
ing
904
809
811
743
717
668
776
952
953
1023
1192
1101
1222
1246
1369
1557
1337
0311
Geo
mat
ic E
ngin
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g21
422
220
022
316
617
916
717
316
113
815
113
111
312
814
00
0313
Elec
tric
al &
Ele
ctro
nic
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y17
2715
4517
5218
1717
8815
0613
7611
3092
882
667
567
867
466
670
568
980
903
15Ae
rosp
ace
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y26
228
027
233
341
038
639
149
238
941
242
250
148
857
547
349
149
503
17M
ariti
me
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y14
166
2618
2415
1914
1124
1968
6811
012
298
0399
Oth
er E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
1041
902
894
887
898
1123
971
1130
1175
1202
1348
1581
1522
1712
1741
1835
1782
03To
tal
6067
5721
5831
5980
6084
6026
5961
6252
6063
6237
6655
6869
7155
7493
7597
7414
7429
Sour
ce: D
ata
supp
lied
by D
ENo
te: C
ells
<5
are
the
resu
lt of
the
Dep
artm
ent's
con
fiden
tialit
y po
licy
and
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to to
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. Tot
als
are
corr
ect.
22
ENG
INEE
RS A
UST
RALI
A |
AU
STRA
LIA’
S N
EXT
GEN
ERAT
ION
OF
ENG
INEE
RS
Tabl
e 14
: Dom
estic
Stu
dent
s C
ompl
etin
g As
soci
ate
Deg
rees
and
Adv
ance
d D
iplo
mas
in E
ngin
eerin
g at
Uni
vers
ities
Men
ASC
EDSp
ecia
lisat
ion
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
0300
Engi
neer
ing
& R
elat
ed T
echn
olog
ies
1311
<10
1314
<10
1120
2435
5565
3361
6560
3803
01M
anuf
actu
ring
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y<1
0<1
0<1
00
00
00
00
00
0<5
<50
003
03Pr
oces
s &
Res
ourc
e En
gine
erin
g0
00
130
00
0<
5<
5<
5<5
<55
<5<5
003
05Au
tom
otiv
e En
gine
erin
g &
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hnol
ogy
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
003
07M
echa
nica
l & In
dust
rial E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
1421
10<1
0<1
0<1
0<1
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014
16<
557
6461
368
803
09C
ivil
Engi
neer
ing
1815
13<1
012
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1124
8314
915
210
244
5203
11G
eom
atic
Eng
inee
ring
14<1
015
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<10
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<10
0<
50
00
<50
00
0313
Elec
tric
al &
Ele
ctro
nic
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y21
2414
1513
1011
117
1610
1440
2825
726
0315
Aero
spac
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
24<1
0<1
00
00
00
275
1817
3419
159
2103
17M
artim
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
<10
1622
2632
3128
2432
3346
48<5
<5<5
<5<5
0399
Oth
er E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
2211
<10
<10
<10
2251
8214
816
614
218
911
511
726
535
831
1To
tal
135
122
9092
8783
121
155
254
285
300
475
437
445
515
488
457
Wom
en 0300
Engi
neer
ing
& R
elat
ed T
echn
olog
ies
00
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00
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00
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< 5
5<5
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86
0301
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ufac
turin
g En
gine
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g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
00
<10
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
0303
Proc
ess
& R
esou
rce
Engi
neer
ing
00
00
00
00
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00
0<5
<50
00
0305
Auto
mot
ive
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y0
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
0307
Mec
hani
cal &
Indu
stria
l Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y0
<10
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00
00
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50
0<5
0<5
<5<5
003
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ivil
Engi
neer
ing
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<10
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00
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511
1415
138
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eom
atic
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inee
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00
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00
00
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0313
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tric
al &
Ele
ctro
nic
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y0
<10
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00
00
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rosp
ace
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y<1
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00
00
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ariti
me
Engi
neer
ing
& T
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y<1
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00
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< 5
< 5
<50
00
00
0399
Oth
er E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
0<1
0<1
00
<10
<10
<10
1616
2722
2017
2528
3123
Tota
l <1
0<1
014
<10
<10
<10
1220
2435
2740
3558
5055
36
All d
omes
tic g
radu
atio
ns03
00En
gine
erin
g &
Rel
ated
Tec
hnol
ogie
s13
110
1314
011
2024
3857
7037
6765
6844
0301
Man
ufac
turin
g En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
00
00
00
00
00
00
0<5
00
003
03Pr
oces
s &
Res
ourc
e En
gine
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g0
00
130
00
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5<
5<
52
<56
00
003
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tom
otiv
e En
gine
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g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
003
07M
echa
nica
l & In
dust
rial E
ngin
eerin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
1421
100
00
00
1616
< 5
5964
6536
88
0309
Civ
il En
gine
erin
g18
1513
012
00
0<
511
2694
163
167
115
5252
0311
Geo
mat
ic E
ngin
eerin
g14
015
00
00
00
< 5
00
0<5
00
003
13El
ectr
ical
& E
lect
roni
c En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
2124
1415
1310
1111
717
1015
4129
257
2603
15Ae
rosp
ace
Engi
neer
ing
& T
echn
olog
y24
00
00
00
030
618
1736
2515
921
0317
Mar
itim
e En
gine
erin
g &
Tec
hnol
ogy
016
2226
3231
2824
3336
4749
<5<5
00
003
99O
ther
Eng
inee
ring
& T
echn
olog
y22
110
00
2251
9816
419
316
420
913
214
229
338
933
4To
tal
135
122
104
9287
8313
317
527
832
032
751
547
150
356
554
349
3So
urce
: Dat
a su
pplie
d by
DE
Note
: Cel
ls <
5 ar
e th
e re
sult
of th
e D
epar
tmen
t's c
onfid
entia
lity
polic
y an
d do
not
add
into
tota
ls. T
otal
s ar
e co
rrec
t.
23
ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA | AUSTRALIA’S NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS
A summary view of how completions of the various qualifications in engineering have contributed to the growth of the supply of engineers in Australia since 2003 is shown in Table 15. In 2003, 87.9% of the output of universities was four year degrees in engineering with 10.3% being engineering technologists and 1.8% associate engineers. Reflecting earlier discussion, growth in completions was slow through to 2007, averaging just 0.7% per year. This was followed by eight years of growth, averaging 3.7% per year, culminating in a peak of 8,162 completions in 2015.
Annual completions increased by 2,227 between 2003 and 2015. There was no contribution from completions of engineering technologist qualifications, indeed these completions contracted. About 20% of the increase was from completions of associate engineer qualifications and the bulk of the annual increase was completions of four year degrees which contributed 84%. The last two years have seen annual completions contract by an average 1.5% per year to just over 7,900.
Note that, in this section, entry level courses have been defined as bachelor degrees, associate degrees and advanced diplomas. Some universities have moved to a new education structure in which students study a first degree in science, the humanities or business and then proceed to a professional qualification. In engineering this second qualification is a masters degree in engineering. Completions of such courses are not covered by the discussion in this section. These completions are part of the coursework masters statistics reported in Table 3. The Department of Education and Training has advised that it is not possible to distinguish between coursework masters degrees completed in two degree arrangements and conventional coursework masters programs.
Table 15: Additional Supply of Engineers from Domestic University Course Completions in Engineering
Source 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017MenAssociate Engineers 90 92 87 83 121 155 254 285 300 475 437 445 515 488 457Engineering Technologists 524 488 561 691 490 502 439 346 377 419 400 488 415 465 455Professional Engineers Four year degree 3272 3302 3310 3179 3417 3648 3653 3626 3945 4061 4186 4279 4437 4598 4436 Four year double degree 1051 1215 1195 1192 1165 1082 1069 1348 1324 1355 1519 1562 1629 1292 1432 Sub-total 4323 4517 4505 4371 4582 4730 4722 4974 5269 5416 5705 5841 6066 5890 5868Total completions 4937 5097 5153 5145 5193 5387 5415 5605 5946 6310 6542 6774 6996 6843 6780
WomenAssociate Engineers 14 <10 <10 <10 12 20 24 35 27 40 35 58 50 55 36Engineering Technologists 88 88 139 156 109 130 116 117 117 99 112 155 82 85 90Professional Engineers Four year degree 663 636 604 528 506 523 552 542 595 624 627 659 641 705 696 Four year double degree 233 251 275 280 274 247 234 258 297 311 311 349 393 269 320 Sub-total 896 887 879 808 780 770 786 800 892 935 938 1008 1034 974 1016Engineering Team 998 975 1018 964 901 920 926 952 1036 1074 1085 1221 1166 1114 1142
TotalAssociate Engineers 104 92 87 83 133 175 278 320 327 515 472 503 565 543 493Engineering Technologists 612 576 700 847 599 632 555 463 494 518 512 643 497 550 545Professional Engineers Four year degree 3935 3938 3914 3707 3923 4171 4205 4168 4540 4685 4813 4938 5078 5303 5132 Four year double degree 1284 1466 1470 1472 1439 1329 1303 1606 1621 1666 1830 1911 2022 1561 1752 Sub-total 5219 5404 5384 5179 5362 5500 5508 5774 6161 6351 6643 6849 7100 6864 6884Engineering Team 5935 6072 6171 6109 6094 6307 6341 6557 6982 7384 7627 7995 8162 7957 7922
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