Program Overview

Curtin's Bachelor of Engineering offers you an industry-connected university experience in which you will learn how to create solutions to societal challenges, to improve the quality of life for communities around the world.

Your studies will begin with the Engineering Foundation Year (EFY). Designed in extensive consultation with industry, the EFY will teach you the fundamental concepts and skills required by all areas of engineering. Importantly, the EFY allows you to explore Curtin's range of engineering majors before choosing your preferred major.

Major: Metallurgical Engineering
Metallurgical engineers work substantially in converting raw metals and minerals into more useable formats, such as converting iron ore and coal into steel. They extract, refine and recycle resources that are used in everyday life – including energy production, food production, housing and transportation.

In this course, you will learn to design, develop, optimise and manage the operation of metallurgical processing plants, transforming low-value raw materials into high-value mineral and metal products in an efficient and environmentally responsible way.

You’ll gain a thorough grounding in chemical and physical engineering; economic, environmental and sustainability principles; and the extraction of metals from ores.

This course also has a strong management component.

After your Engineering Foundation Year at Curtin Perth, you can transfer and complete your studies at Curtin Kalgoorlie or study your second year in Perth and complete your third and fourth years in Kalgoorlie.

What you'll learn

• Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of fundamental science, mathematics, data analytics, information science, and computing underpinning the broad field of engineering, GC1
• Solve complex metallurgical engineering problems of industrial and societal significance through the application of discipline-specific and integrated bodies of knowledge, design and sustainability principles, GC1
• Make decisions related to the design and implementation of solutions to engineering problems in a safe, ethical, and climate-responsible manner adhering to legal and professional standards and through respectful partnerships with local First Peoples and other diverse cultures as globally responsible citizens, GC4, GC5
• Apply systems thinking for innovative solutions to global metallurgical engineering challenges, discern knowledge and undertake applied research in a discipline of metallurgical engineering, GC2
• Select and use current and emerging technologies to develop and communicate effective and innovative engineering solutions to complex problems, GC3
• Demonstrate lifelong learning habits, teamwork and leadership abilities, project management skills, and the ability to identify opportunities for career-wide professional growth, necessary for advancing a career in engineering and beyond, GC6