Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Law

Course Details

This dual degree allows you to gain professional qualifications in both Engineering and Law. The program is suited to legal practitioners who may wish to add a strong technical dimension to their training or potential engineers who wish to become more aware of the legal and social aspects of the engineering profession, and skilled in technical management. In Law you will study areas critical to your engineering practice like intellectual property, contracts and litigation, making you highly sought-after by employers. In Engineering you can specialise in one of nineteen areas of engineering from the traditional areas such as construction and civil engineering to rapidly expanding fields like photovoltaics and solar energy engineering.

Qualification: Bachelor Degree (Pass)

Course structure: Total 312 UOC required which is made up of: Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC; Law prescribed course - 6 UOC; Law elective courses - 42 UOC; Engineering courses - 168 UOC

Your Law dual degree will open up a wide range of career opportunities in myriad fields. The skills you will gain at UNSW Law are highly transferrable. Employers seek out our graduates for their critical thinking and analytical skills. When it comes to your career, there will be any number of options available to you. Employment opportunities exist with a range of medium to large and specialist legal firms and with national and multinational engineering and construction corporations.