School of Mechanical & Mining Engineering

How to enrol in your thesis or final year project

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Do you want to enrol in your thesis or final year project?

This page outlines the difference between each course code, how to select a project and how to enrol.

The information below is a guide only. Students must refer to the relevant Course Profile for further information.

  1. Which course do I enrol in?
  2. How to select your thesis topic
  3. How to select a design project
  4. How to enrol
  1. Your thesis and confidentiality
  2. Thesis expectations
  3. Thesis format and submission instructions

1. Which course do I enrol in?

CourseProgramProjectStartDurationUnits
ENGG4600BE (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (all majors, no major)Individual ThesisSemester 1Year-long4
ENGG4601BE (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (all majors, no major)Individual ThesisSemester 2Year-long4
ENGG4552

BE (Hons) Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering (all majors, no major)

Group Design ProjectSemester 1Year-long4
ENGG7291BE (Hons)/MEIndividual ThesisSemester 1 Semester8
ENGG7340

MEngSci & MEngSci (Man)

(Only available to students in their final semester of enrolment. Students who have two (2) or more semesters remaining should enrol in a year-long thesis.)

Individual ThesisSemester 1 or 2Semester4
ENGG7341MEngSci & MEngSci (Man) & Master of EngineeringIndividual ThesisSemester 1Year-long4
ENGG7342MEngSci & MEngSci (Man) & Master of EngineeringIndividual ThesisSemester 2Year-long4

Note: ENGG7381 and ENGG7382 have been discontinued.

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Guidelines regarding expectations of students and duties of thesis advisor

The guidelines cover the most common form of a thesis for an undergraduate and coursework masters student.

Download guidelines (PDF, 577KB)