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Master of Engineering (CESARE)

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Enhance your knowledge and research skills in the various areas of building and fire safety, and risk engineering. You will learn the various formats and settings of communication and professional ethics.

The Master of Engineering (CESARE) enables you to focus on practical skills of specific research area.  The course is normally undertaken purely by research on a topic that is agreed between the student and supervisor and is endorsed through university process.

The Centre for Environment Safety and Risk Engineering (CESARE) has earned a world-renowned reputation for enhancing knowledge in:

  • smoke and flame growth and propagation;
  • numerical modelling of fire dynamics;
  • developing innovative techniques for risk assessment of fire safety systems;
  • developing a greatly improved smoke alarm;
  • predicting structural behaviour in fire; and
  • understanding various aspects of human behaviour.

Many of these research activities have been conducted in collaboration with Australian fire and building regulatory bodies, local industry partners and the US based Fire Protection Research Foundation. 

Course Essentials

How to apply

Applications have closed for this course.

Already a VU student?

You can transfer into this course through our internal transfer process.

For more info contact the
College of Engineering and Science

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Careers

  • fire safety researcher
  • fire safety professional
  • PhD
  • research assistant
  • research technician

Learn more about your career options on the Australian government's Career Information and Resources website.

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Course Objectives

This Course is designed to enhance the students' range of knowledge in various research fields relating to building and fire safety and risk engineering and to enable a focusing of practical skills into the specific research area. It is normally undertaken purely by research on a topic that is agreed between the student and supervisor and is endorsed through university process.

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Units and electives

The course normally requires two years of full-time study.

What's a unit?

A unit or 'subject' is the actual class you'll attend in the process of completing a course.

Most courses have a mixture of compulsory 'core' units that you need to take, and optional 'elective' units that you can choose to take based on your area of interest, expertise or experience.

Credits

Each unit is worth a set amount of study credits based on the amount of time you study. Generally, 1 credit is equal to 1 hour of study per week.

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Admission Information

  • International: An IELTS (Academic Module) result with an overall score of 6.5 (no band less than 6) and a four year bachelor degree in Engineering, Building Surveying, Computer Science, Physics or Chemistry or an equivalent combination of qualifications and experience.
  • Mature: A four year bachelor degree in Engineering, Building Surveying, Computer Science, Physics or Chemistry or an equivalent combination of qualifications and experience.
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How to apply for this course

Applications have closed for this course.

Please contact the College of Engineering and Science for the next course intake date.

You can also contact us directly:

  • Ring us on +61 3 9919 6100
  • Find answers and ask questions at GOTOVU

Get in touch

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Ring us on +61 3 9919 6100

Find answers and ask questions at GOTOVU

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