Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Physics

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Develop specialist knowledge in quantitative measurement and the evaluation of safe radiation exposure for patients and staff.

Medical physicists are employed in the fields of radiotherapy, medical imaging, nuclear medicine and associated research and regulatory divisions of non-hospital institutions.
You’ll develop the skills to critically evaluate and optimise the performance of medical equipment and procedures and use your problem-solving abilities to analyse outputs, diagnose problems and provide quality assurance for patient treatments.

Using specialist knowledge in instrumentation, and quantitative measurement you will optimise the safe and effective use of radiation for patient care.

Using your initiative together with a high degree of independence, you’ll be instrumental in the evaluation and implementation of new technologies and in the translation of research into professional practice.

Medical physicists are important advisors to their team of professionals who often include oncologists, radiologists, therapists, technologists, biomedical engineers, allied health professionals and safety advisers.

Through our deep industry connections, you will gain valuable legal experiences that prepare you to contribute in a rapidly changing world.
Our practical and applied learning format incorporates law and technology to prepare you for an evolving legal system and society.

As a graduate of this degree, you will possess an understanding of the fundamental areas of legal knowledge, the Australian legal system and its underlying principles and concepts (including international and comparative contexts), the broad theoretical basis of the law and its social context, the principles and values of justice and ethical practice in a technology impacted, evolving legal system.

In this honours degree, you will have the opportunity to expand your fashion design knowledge, refine your vision, further research your design practice, and pitch your work to industry.

We seek to imagine future commercial contexts, create ethical design propositions, and use cross-disciplinary design strategies to drive global and competitive fashion design practices. You will extend your design, communication and presentation methods and strategies for fashion garments, products, accessories, objects, artefacts, materials, spaces and experiences of and for the body.

You will graduate with a portfolio of practice, development and research to prepare you for your career. Additionally, you will work with academic staff and industry experts to produce a digital publication, showcasing your graduate outcomes globally.

Fashion at RMIT has a global reputation for excellence. This degree has a stellar record of students and graduates winning major fashion design awards and scholarships, and receiving the invitation to participate in national and international showcase events.

In the Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology - Electrical, you'll learn to design, validate, and evaluate electrical equipment and systems, as well as provide technical advice and sales.

Electrical engineers design and maintain electrical systems to improve the production and distribution of energy. As our society increasingly depends on electrical and electronic devices, electrical engineers are in high demand.

In your career as an electrical engineer, you will design and maintain electrical systems in areas like aerospace, power utilities, mining, oil and gas, wind and solar food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, data centres, transport and logistics, and many others.

You’ll gain skills in electrical design, programmable logic controllers, supervisory control and data acquisition systems, industrial data networking, and motor control. Following graduation, you’ll be qualified to work in the electrical industry.

RMIT's Bachelor of Science offers you the flexibility and choice to complete a degree tailored to your interests.

With major and minor options that span the breadth of physical and natural sciences and allied disciplines, this science degree is embedded with Industry Partnered Learning and focuses on skills development to support your future science career.

Your science degree begins with a suite of introductory subjects in which you will learn and explore core science concepts across physical, life, data and mathematical science disciplines and develop and strengthen key scientific and transferable skills, providing a transformative learning experience that will underpin your future studies and careers.

You can then choose your areas in which to specialise from a suite of complementary majors and minors across the breadth of sciences, including:

• Biological Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Food Science and Technology
• Mathematics
• Nutrition Science
• Physics
• Statistics.

These majors can be complemented by an extensive choice of generalist minors within these and additional areas, offering further flexibility or the opportunity for further specialisation.

This degree will stimulate your critical thinking and problem-solving skills to help you to be competitive across all science-led disciplines.

Develop your advanced research skills and contribute to new developments in food sciences.

RMIT's clinical and experiential research projects contribute to the growth and development of food sciences in Australia.

Under expert supervision, you will join researchers already active in:

• Application of nanotechnology to food products
• Bioprocessing
• Biosensors, food microbiology and safety
• Encapsulation of micronutrients, enzymes, probiotics and essential fatty acids
• Food, nutrition and health (nutrigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics, nutritional immunology)
• Emerging technologies for improving cheese flavour functionality of dietary fibre from agricultural byproducts and native foods
• Gut microflora, probiotics, prebiotics and health
• Non thermal technologies for added value

Structure-function relationships of dairy proteins for food products

This master degree may be undertaken in a project or thesis mode.

The School of Science is renowned for our technical expertise and understanding of the commercial realities and needs of different industry sectors. RMIT partners with industry leaders and works collaboratively with experts from other disciplines, shaping a range of solutions to real-world problems.

Develop the knowledge to implement new technologies, operating practices and systems in process, automotive, manufacturing, mining, energy and infrastructure-oriented businesses.

Studying in the heart of Melbourne, the Master of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) will help you gain specialist knowledge in:

• Advanced CAE
• Advanced dynamics
• Advanced control
• Advanced solid mechanics
• Advanced thermo fluids

You’ll also build high-level technical knowledge and appropriate professional skills such as management, leadership and business enterprise. And, with a focus on project-based and multi-disciplinary learning, you'll develop your professional engineering competencies in teamwork, leadership, problem solving, communication and research.

Upon graduation, you’ll be ready to step up as a project leader, consultant or manager in the mechanical engineering space.

Develop your advanced engineering skills and contribute to industry-focused research projects, identifying solutions to existing and emerging chemical engineering problems.

You can select from existing applied research projects that are well supported by industry. These projects will deliver fundamental research leading to innovative new products, processes and knowledge.

Research opportunities are in the fields of rheology, advanced and functional materials, water and wastewater, energy, complex liquid flow, microfluidics, and surface science.

You will be expertly supervised while you work on a project in one of the following areas:

• Anaerobic digester hydrodynamics
• Biochemical engineering
• Biodegradable polymer nanocomposites
• Biomass utilisation and conversion
• Chaos and mixing
• Colloids science
• Corrosion and materials degradation
• Drinking water treatment
• Flow process and mixer analysis of complex fluids and multiphase mixtures
• Life cycle analysis of processes
• Microfluidics
• Nanodroplets, nanobubbles and nanocatalysts
• Polymer processing
• Rheology of polymers and sludge
• Surface science
• Water quality and wastewater treatment

This masters degree may be undertaken in a project, thesis with publication or thesis mode. Prospective candidates should discuss these modes of submission with their potential supervisor.

Our primary research activities are conducted within these related research centres:

• Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials (CISM)
• Water: Effective Technologies and Tools (WETT) Research Centre
• MicroNanomedical Research Centre

The School of Engineering has excellent laboratory facilities for rheology, materials characterisation, polymer processing, and water quality and treatment. We also have facilities for the conduct of lab and pilot scale investigations which are complemented by a comprehensive range of general and specialist analytical equipment. You will also have the opportunity to use RMIT’s state-of-the-art, multi-million dollar MicroNano Research Facility.

Chemical engineering at RMIT has received recognition for world class research that is well supported by competitive grants, Australian Research Council grants, and industry funding. In the 2015 QS World University Rankings, chemical engineering at RMIT was ranked among the top 100-150 universities in the world based on academic reputation, research citations and employer satisfaction.

In this program you will develop advanced skills in order to critically analyse information, synthesise knowledge, and communicate your research findings effectively for a variety of career settings.

This master degree may be undertaken in a project or thesis mode.
You can specialise in:

Economics

• Empirical microeconomics
• Innovation economics
• Development economics
• Health economics
• Cultural economics
• Applied economic modelling
• Behavioural economics
• Experimental economics
• Corporate governance/social responsibility.

Finance

• Capital markets and financial institutions
• Financial instruments
• International finance
• Macroeconomics.

Marketing

• Branding
• Product innovation
• Social marketing
• Electronic marketing
• Services marketing
• Macro marketing
• Integrated marketing communications
• Sponsorship
• Business-to-business marketing
• Consumer behaviour
• Buyer behaviour
• Word of mouth
• Customer relationship management
• Consumer psychology
• Service quality.

Further develop your creative practice and hone your photography skills in this practical, industry-led diploma.

In the Diploma of Photography and Digital Imaging, you will have the opportunity to further develop your artistic practice and hone your creative skills. 

Designed to build practical and highly transferrable skills across a range of industry contexts, including commercial, advertising, documentary, editorial, institutional and fine art photography, this qualification will teach you to:

• Interpret photo imaging assignment briefs
• Consult with clients to refine objectives of photo imaging assignments
• Select the appropriate tools to capture images, including types of camera, image recording media, lighting, post-capture processing and outputs
• Work from a studio or in a range of locations
• Employ aesthetic, conceptual, compositional and technical skills to realise photo imaging outcomes, and 
• Utilise a range of traditional, contemporary and emergent technologies in the capture, preparation and distribution of images.

As a graduate of this diploma, you will have a sound theoretical and practical knowledge base, and the skills to use a range of specialised and technical skills to plan, execute and evaluate photography and photo imaging services.