Bachelor of Aviation
Swinburne University of Technology · Hawthorn
Bachelor degree · 3 years · On campus
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About studying engineering
Engineering degrees combine mathematics and engineering science with design projects, and most include industry experience. A four-year degree accredited by Engineers Australia is the usual route to working as a professional engineer.
This describes the field in general, not this course. Check the university's page for what this course covers.
Getting into engineering courses
Selection is primarily ATAR-based. Units 3 and 4 English and mathematics are usually required, and physics or chemistry is often required or recommended. Accredited degrees are the ones that lead to professional registration.
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The lowest ATAR is the lowest rank that got an offer in 2026, not a cut-off or a guarantee. Next year's depends on how many places there are and who applies. How ATARs really work · Didn't get the ATAR you needed?
What this course asks for beyond your ATAR
Getting an offer also involves an interview. Your rank is not the whole decision here, so a course that looks out of reach on ATAR alone may not be, and one that looks safe may not be either.
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This course
Bachelor of Aviation at Swinburne, Hawthorn. These describe this course and nothing else.
- Lowest offer
- 54.70
- Median admitted
- 78.65
- Length
- 3 years
- Study mode
- On campus
- Campus
- Hawthorn
- TAC code
- 3400234511
Engineering at Swinburne
Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025Every engineering student at Swinburne, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for engineering.
National average: 76.6%
National average: 80.5%
National average: 75.1%
National average: 76.2%
- Median starting salary
- $75,700
- National, same field
- $74,000
All of Swinburne
Every student at Swinburne, across every subject. Nobody publishes them for one course or one study area.
Where graduates end up
Source: QILT, 2025 GOS-LQILT does not publish three-year outcomes at course level.
of supervisors would hire another Swinburne graduate. Employers of recent graduates, surveyed by QILT (ESS 2023-2025).
Do students stay and finish?
Source: Dept of Education, 2024Of students who started at Swinburne in 2016, nine years later:
- Finished a degree
- 52.9%
- Still studying
- 6.3%
- Left after returning
- 25.6%
- Never came back after first year
- 15.1%
More recently: of new Swinburne bachelor students in 2023, 19.8% didn't come back to study at any university the following year.
Students are followed if they move: finishing a degree at another university counts as finishing, and moving to another university doesn't count as leaving. Read these alongside the quality measures, not instead of them. Completion and attrition partly reflect who a university enrols – universities serving more regional, mature-age and part-time students naturally run higher attrition without being worse at teaching. What completion rates tell you
What it costs, next to what graduates earn
Total student contribution:3 years × $9,880/year ≈ $29,600Estimate
The Australian government sets this rate by field of study, so it is the same at every university in the country – Swinburne did not set it and cannot discount it. Your exact total depends on the subjects you pick. Paid through HELP once you're earning, not upfront. How HECS-HELP works
- Typical starting salary (this study area)
- $75,700
- Typical salary three years on (all Swinburne graduates)
- $93,000
Our arithmetic, from the fee and salary figures shown elsewhere on this page with their sources. It never affects how well this course fits you.
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