Please note
Engineering as a subject is only available for the qualifications listed on this page. For a list of programmes available for the Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, please go to BE(Hons).
New Zealand needs more professional engineers working in the economy. Currently, fewer than 1,000 professional engineers graduate each year. Countries with similar populations to New Zealand have more than double that number of engineering graduates.
As a trained engineer, you will be in-demand and essential for New Zealand’s growth in technology-related enterprises. Our close links with New Zealand industry ensures you will be work-ready and able to apply your engineering skills and scientific knowledge to solve real-world, industrial and societal problems.
Qualifications
Study Engineering in any of these qualifications
Papers
100 level
| General Physics and Maths for Engineers | ENGEN100 | 15.0 Points |
| Engineering Computing | ENGEN103 | 15.0 Points |
| Engineering Mechanics | ENGEN110 | 15.0 Points |
| Electricity and Electronics | ENGEN111 | 15.0 Points |
| Materials Science and Engineering | ENGEN112 | 15.0 Points |
| Engineering and Society | ENGEN170 | 15.0 Points |
| Foundations of Engineering | ENGEN180 | 15.0 Points |
| Linear Algebra and Statistics for Engineers | ENGEN183 | 15.0 Points |
| Calculus for Engineers | ENGEN184 | 15.0 Points |
200 level
| Fluid Mechanics | ENGCB223 | 15.0 Points |
| Heat and Mass Transfer | ENGCB224 | 15.0 Points |
| Process Engineering Design 1 | ENGCB280 | 15.0 Points |
| Structural Engineering 1 | ENGCV212 | 15.0 Points |
| Water Engineering 1 | ENGCV223 | 15.0 Points |
| Geotechnical Engineering 1 | ENGCV231 | 15.0 Points |
| Highways and Transportation | ENGCV241 | 15.0 Points |
| Construction 1 | ENGCV251 | 15.0 Points |
| Civil Design Challenge 1 | ENGCV280 | 15.0 Points |
| Electromagnetics | ENGEE211 | 15.0 Points |
| Circuit Theory | ENGEE231 | 15.0 Points |
| Analog Electronics | ENGEE232 | 15.0 Points |
| Digital Systems | ENGEE233 | 15.0 Points |
| Electronics Design | ENGEE280 | 15.0 Points |
| Engineering Mathematics 2 | ENGEN201 | 15.0 Points |
| Engineering Professional Practice 1 | ENGEN270 | 15.0 Points |
| Engineering Thermodynamics | ENGME221 | 15.0 Points |
| Dynamics and Vibration | ENGME251 | 15.0 Points |
| Design and Manufacturing 1 | ENGME280 | 15.0 Points |
| Materials 1 | ENGMP211 | 15.0 Points |
| Mechanics of Materials 1 | ENGMP213 | 15.0 Points |
300 level
| Special Topic in Engineering | ENGG301 | 20.0 Points |
| Engineering for Technology | ENGG302 | 20.0 Points |
| Engineering Statistics | ENGG381 | 20.0 Points |
| Engineering Modelling | ENGG386 | 20.0 Points |
| Thermofluids | ENME323 | 20.0 Points |
400 level
| Control Theory and Image Processing | ENGG401 | 20.0 Points |
| Honours Research and Management Project | ENGG492 | 60.0 Points |
Prescriptions for the GradCert(Eng) and GradDip(Eng)
A Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma is available to graduates who have not included Engineering at an advanced level in their first degree.
For further details, contact the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
| Master's Capstone Project | ENGEN508 | 60.0 Points |
| Control Theory and Image Processing | ENGG501 | 30.0 Points |
Prescriptions for the PGCert(Eng), PGDip(Eng) and ME
To complete an ME, students must complete the equivalent of 120 points at 500 level, including either ENGG593 or ENGG594.
Prescriptions for the MPhil
The Master of Philosophy is a one year research-based degree in which students undertake a programme of approved and supervised research that leads to a thesis which critically investigates an approved topic of substance and significance, demonstrates expertise in the methods of research and scholarship, displays intellectual independence and makes a substantial original contribution to the subject area concerned, and is of publishable quality.
| Engineering MPhil Thesis | ENGG800 | 120.0 Points |
Prescriptions for the PhD
The Doctor of Philosophy is a three year research-based degree in which students undertake a programme of approved and supervised research that leads to a thesis which critically investigates an approved topic of substance and significance, demonstrates expertise in the methods of research and scholarship, displays intellectual independence and makes a substantial original contribution to the subject area concerned, and is of publishable quality.
| Engineering PhD Thesis | ENGG900 | 120.0 Points |
Scholarships and prizes
School of Engineering Postgraduate Study Scholarship
For students who qualify to enrol at the University of Waikato, and are intending to study part or full-time in semester B 2016 in the School of Engineering in either a masters degree 90 or 120 point thesis or the first year of a PhD degree.
Closing Date: 2016-07-18 23:59:00Science and Engineering Masters Fees Awards
For students enrolling full-time in the first year MSc (research), MSc, MSc (Tech) ME or MEnvSci programme in the faculty of Engineering. Part-time applicants may be considered but any scholarship awarded will be on a pro-rata basis. The Scholarship will have a value of up to $2,000.
Closing Date: 2017-03-15 23:59:00University of Waikato Doctoral Scholarship
For students intending to enrol full-time in a PhD, DMA, EdD or SJD at the University of Waikato. Students will be asked to indicate whether they wish to be considered for a UoW Doctoral Scholarship on the Application to Enrol form. Applications will be considered in three rounds a year (1 March, 1 July and 1 November).
Closing Date: 2018-03-01 23:59:00Waikato Graduate Women Educational Trust Masters Study Award
For female students who are New Zealand Citizens or permanent residents for at least the last 5 years, who at the time of the application are enrolled fulltime in a masters thesis worth at least 90 points. The scholarship will have a value of $2,000.
Closing Date: 2017-04-30 23:59:00Waikato Graduate Women Educational Trust Merit Award for Doctoral Study
For females who have been New Zealand Citizens or permanent residents for more than 5 years, and who have been accepted by the Postgraduate Studies Committee of the University of Waikato for confirmed enrolment fulltime for a doctoral degree. The scholarship has a value of $3,000 a year for up to 3 years.
Closing Date: 2017-04-30 23:59:00Waikato Graduate Women Educational Trust Dame Jocelyn Fish Award
For female students who have been New Zealand Citizens or permanent residents for at least the last 5 years, and are enrolled full-time in the second year or above of a first degree, majoring in a non-traditional field for women (e.g. computer science, engineering, mathematics, The value of the award is $1,000 and is tenable for the course of the degree up to a maximum of three years.
Closing Date: 2017-04-30 23:59:00Contacts
Faculty of Science & Engineering
Phone: +64 7 838 4625 / 0800 438 254
Email: science@waikato.ac.nz
Website: sci.waikato.ac.nz
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