Thesis coursework information
Most students from the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, both undergraduate and postgraduate, will undertake an individual capstone thesis course in the final year of their program (degree).
Follow these step-by-step instructions to enrol, select your thesis topic, and submit your thesis correctly.
1. How to enrol in your thesis
The available courses are shown in the table below.
Click on the course code to see the UQ official description of the course along with a link to the latest course profile.
| Program | Units (#) | Single Semester Project | Year Long Project (start Sem 1) | Year Long Project (start Sem 2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE | 4 | ENGG4805* | ENGG4811 (was ENGG4801) METR4911 (Mechatronic, was METR4900) | ENGG4812 (was ENGG4802) METR4912 (Mechatronic, was METR4901) |
| BE/ME | 8 | ENGG7290 (Placement) | ||
| BInfTech | 4 | CSSE3006* (not offered after 2020) | ||
| BInfTech (Hons) BCompSc (Hons) BSc (Comp Sc)(Hons) | 8 | REIT4881 | REIT4882 | |
| MCompSc MCompSc (Man) | 4 | COMP7840* | COMP7811 (was COMP7801) | COMP7812 (was COMP7802) |
| 6 | COMP7860* | COMP7861* | COMP7862* | |
| 8 | COMP7880* | COMP7881* | COMP7882* | |
| MEng MEngSc MEngSc (Man) | 4 | ENGG7802* # | ENGG7813 (was ENGG7803) | ENGG7814 (was ENGG7804) |
| 8 | ENGG7806* # | ENGG7817* (was ENGG7807) | ENGG7818* (was ENGG7808) | |
| MInfTech MInfTech (Man) MIDes | 4 | CSSE7306* (not offered after 2020) | ||
| 6 | DECO7860* | DECO7861 | DECO7862 |
* = Only available by permission or in exceptional circumstances. A competitive selection process (with interview) may apply for placement projects.
# = Not available for Master of Engineering students.
Courses requiring permission to enrol
Courses marked with an asterisk (*) above require permission to enrol.
- Placement project courses require confirmation of an industry project and academic project supervision. When these are confirmed, the academic supervisor and/or course coordinator will contact the ITEE coursework studies office and ask that you be permitted to enrol.
- Other restricted courses - single semester offerings or larger than normal projects (e.g. #8) - are only available in exceptional circumstances. Enrolment will not be permitted until a project is allocated and the supervisor has agreed that the project is suitable for such enrolment. The ITEE coursework studies office will permit enrolment when you are signed-up to a suitable project in the project database and/or the academic supervisor or course coordinator has approved that you be permitted to enrol.