Water Treatment and Desalination Murdoch University

This course will prepare you for a professional career in the water industry. When you graduate from this course, you'll be able to design, engineer, operate and troubleshoot broad spectrum and specialised water treatment processes, not only for conventional potable water and wastewater quality applications, but also for more targeted industrial, agricultural and resource recovery needs.

As part of the course, you will address water treatment engineering to meet decentralised and developing population demands. You'll cover the new emphasis on integration of renewable energy, minimisation of non-beneficial residuals, and increased resilience and sustainability of water supplies.

You'll build a strong grounding in the fundamentals of water engineering and learn how to apply this knowledge within industry, through the professional practice element within the course.

As a graduate, you will be skilled in the use of tools, algorithms, hardware and software and state-of-the-art approaches for water purification.

Entry requirements

Minimum English Requirements

For admission into Murdoch you must be able to provide evidence of competency in the English language. This is usually achieved through one of the following:

• A scaled score of 50% or more in ATAR English, English Literature or English as a Second Language (or interstate equivalent).
• An Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) overall score of 6.0 (with no band below 6.0) or equivalent scores for the Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic, TOEFL iBT or the Occupational English Test (OET).
• Successful completion of a University enabling course (e.g. OnTrack, FlexiTrack).
• A score of 140 or more in the Written English component of the STAT test
• Successful completion of either a Diploma (AQF Level 5 or higher) OR two University-level units (AQF Level 7 or higher).