Engineering
New Zealand needs more engineers. Currently, only 800 engineers graduate each year; similar countries to New Zealand graduate double this number. Increasing the number of engineers trained is seen as essential for our country’s growth in technology-related enterprises.
Career Opportunities
- Biochemical Engineer
- Electronic Engineer
- Materials Scientist
- Mechatronic Designer
- Product Design Engineer
- Software Engineer
The New Zealand industry needs engineering graduates who can not only run large-scale enterprises but who can also create and run small-scale enterprises. To meet this need, graduates of Waikato engineering degrees have the skills that are especially appropriate for solving problems in smaller-scale manufacturing industries. These industries make up the majority of New Zealand’s enterprises.
The Waikato engineering degrees will put you at the cutting edge of engineering. This is reflected in the programmes offered: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Materials and Process Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Software Engineering. All programmes are designed to prepare students for careers in the new economy and build on the expertise found in the major teaching departments involved with Science and Engineering at the University.
Students choose to study one of the following specified programmes within the Bachelor of Engineering:
Chemical & Biological Engineering
Chemical & Biological Engineering is concerned with producing and processing biochemicals and related materials, including the design and operation of bioreactors and bioseparation processes.
Electronic Engineering
Electronic engineering is concerned with the design, development, manufacture and application of electronic devices, circuits and systems.
Materials and Process Engineering
This discipline combines chemical, mechanical and materials engineering to produce professional engineers with a wide range of skills for the processing and manufacturing industries.
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering is an exciting and rapidly growing field at the University of Waikato. This programme is internationally recognized giving graduates access to a wide range of job opportunities overseas and in New Zealand.
Software Engineering
Software Engineers design the software that we increasingly rely on. Industrial robots, mobile phones, washing machines, energy networks - all of these are driven by software.
