Metallurgical Engineering

Overview

Overview

Metallurgical engineers have a key role 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 used in everyday life – including energy production, food production, housing and transportation.

This course will teach you how to design, develop, optimise and manage the operation of metallurgical processing plants. You’ll learn how to transform 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.

Following your Engineering Foundation Year, you can choose to complete your second year at either Curtin Perth or Curtin Kalgoorlie. You'll complete your third and fourth years at Curtin Kalgoorlie, where our specialist laboratories and industry connections will enrich your learning experience.

This course gives you the flexibility to study specialisations, to either deepen your knowledge in metallurgical engineering or broaden your expertise in other disciplines.

Double degrees

You can extend expertise and your career opportunities by studying Metallurgical Engineering as a double degree with Commerce (majoring in Management, Accounting, Economics or Finance) or Innovation.

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