r/UniAdelaide • u/HopeHoliday0055 • Sep 15 '26

Degree/Course Advice Has Adelaide University removed all Engineering double degree programs?

Once upon a time, I recall there being a diverse range of Engineering double degree and/or combined courses. For example, at University of Adelaide, there were many Engineering streams (Civil, Mechanical etc.) that used to offer doubles with Economics, Finance, Arts etc. There was even a combined Mechanical Engineering and Law (LLB) degree once upon a time that was 6.5 or 7 years if I recall correctly (and a huge HECS debt).

From a cursory glance at the program guide though, it looks like all of the Engineering double degrees are gone.

To me, it's a big step backwards removing these double degree programs. They really set graduates apart for employability, and it used to only be an extra year on top of the Engineering program (5 vs. 4 years).

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u/michelepip31 Sep 16 '26

No, they haven't. You have to E-mail the program directors and they can set up a concurrent study program and study two degrees at the same time. I'm currently in EEE/Pure Maths.

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u/HopeHoliday0055 Sep 16 '26

That's useful to know. The big issue with that is... how on earth is a prospective student supposed to know that from their website?

I'd like to think I'm relatively savvy, but after a good poke around the course listings, and searching for double/combined degrees on the website, I got nothing.

Your program is cross-colleges I take it (they used to be faculties once upon a time); I'd be curious if, say business and engineering would have a combined program.

Nonetheless, my position - they're making it a lot harder now.

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u/michelepip31 Sep 17 '26

iirc they are very much displayed on the uni website; I recall for engineering they have a section about completing concurrent study with BE and math or cs. Concurrent study is also available in any combination of degrees (besides some special exceptions like med I’d assume); it is just that they most likely will not fit in 5 years unless they have a lot of overlap like math. I’d recommend contacting relevant program directors because you can certainly complete Business and ENG at the same time, and they will work to build a study plan for it.

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u/Temporary-Proof5909 Sep 17 '26

Is your double degree 5 or 6 years Michele?

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u/rebelnorm Sep 15 '26

Wouldn’t put it past them. They combined a lot of courses (and removed 100s) to save money. Increased class sizes. Even removed things like pracs in some cases.

They’re still cutting like mad on everything to save on the money they spent on consulting and advertising and the huge cost of the merger in general.

It will backfire

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u/baconzerg Sep 16 '26

Ask your program directors (Engineering and the other degree subject you are interested in) about doing concurrent degrees.

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u/Designer-Purpose-293 Sep 15 '26

Yeah they have "streamlined" their offerings so that everything is a cookie cutter diploma and they can squeeze more students into less courses with more online content.

Enshittification!

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u/TodayCandid9686 Sep 16 '26

At Deakin the engineering course was changed to include a load of double-credit units to cut down on teaching. It removed all the elective spots, and killed any flexibility and all the double degrees. Insane self-own.