Engineering intensives

Intensives include practical activities, laboratory investigations and project work for assessment tasks. You’ll be using Deakin’s state-of-the-art facilities and may visit industry sites and engage with industry guest speakers.

You will complete on-campus activities linked to assessment requirements. These activities are also a requirement to fulfil course accreditation requirements, as specified and administered by Engineers Australia.

Engineering intensives are held at Deakin’s $55 million engineering precinct at the Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus. These state-of-the-art facilities and lab spaces include some of the most advanced and future-focused technologies and systems in Australia, including:

Each trimester, intensives are scheduled over a four-week period. You will be required on campus for two to four days over one week, depending on which units you're enrolled in. Generally, intensive activities for units are scheduled for:

• first-year units in week 8
• second-year units in week 7
• third-year units in week 6.
  

How many days am I required to attend?

The number of days you're required to attend depends on the units you’re enrolled in and whether you study full or part time. Most, but not all, units have intensive activities. Typically, if you are studying online full time, you'll attend around four days of intensive activities in your first year, four to six days in your second and third years, and two days in your fourth year.

The closest accommodation options are in Waurn Ponds. However, you can choose to stay in the Geelong CBD and catch the free Deakin intercampus bus, which runs all day between the Geelong Waterfront Campus and the Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus. There are also local buses from the Geelong CBD that require you to pay with a Myki card. Visit the PTV website for more information.