Both Design and Engineering are focused on finding the best solutions for current challenges and potential futures. In the BDes/BE(Hons) conjoint, you can bring the two disciplines together to better prepare yourself to respond to our changing world.
Find your niche in one of nine specialisations within Engineering. Tackle real-world and imagined issues in Design, using digital, material and emerging technologies.
The combination of these two fields gives you a solid foundation in appropriate technologies and sustainable solutions for future realities.
Programme structure
The BDes/BE(Hons) is a five year (10 semester) degree if you are studying full time. You will be required to complete 690 points:
- 420 points from BE(Hons) courses
- 255 points from BDes courses:
- 165 points from BDes core courses
- 90 points from BDes elective courses
- 15 points from General Education
Your exact programme structure will depend on your chosen specialisation for the BE(Hons) side of your conjoint.
In the BE(Hons), you must complete a common first year of required core courses before selecting your specialisation.
Conjoint planners are available for each Engineering specialisation to ensure that you enrol in the courses required to complete your programme over the subsequent years. As per the requirements for the BE(Hons), you will also have to complete a 40-hour workshop practice course in your second year and 800 hours of practical experience over the course of your degree.
In your BDes component, alongside design foundation courses and studio practice, you will build your own study plan of six elective courses from our four design themes:
- Design and Local Community Practices
- Design and Global Challenges
- Design and Business
- Design and Emerging Technologies
In your final year, you will undertake a capstone design research project, working from the initial discovery phase right through to testing and implementation.
You need to maintain a Grade Point Average of 4.0 each year to continue with your conjoint.
Subjects available in this programme
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Systems Engineering
- Design
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Engineering conjoint degrees
- Engineering Science
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Structural Engineering
Where could this programme take you?
Your Engineering specialisation, Design skills and personal interests can impact what you pursue. With technical skills, a creative problem-solving approach and strategic design methods, you’ll easily adapt to the technologically-driven nature of many industries. Many organisations are adding designers to the engineering teams and vice versa to ensure all projects are thoroughly tested, revised and correctly implemented, with full consideration of their socio-cultural impact.
Jobs related to this programme
- Consultant engineer
- Developer
- Experience designer
- Interaction designer
- Prototyping manager
- Research and design engineer
- Simulation designer
- Systems engineer
2020 entry requirements
Secondary school qualifications
If you’re joining us from secondary school, here’s what you need to enter the programme.
You are guaranteed entry to this programme if you meet these requirements.
- First, you must meet the University Entrance (UE) standard.
- You must also meet the rank score for this programme.
- You may need to have studied certain subjects or achieved credits in particular subjects.
- Some programmes have additional requirements, such as an interview, portfolio or references.
Guaranteed rank score, subject and other requirements
If your rank score is slightly lower than the guaranteed score, we encourage you to still apply. We will consider your application if places are available. If you don’t meet the requirements, you may be able to apply under our Undergraduate Targeted Admission Schemes.
- QualificationNCEANational Certificate of Educational AchievementScore required275
- 17 external Level 3 credits in Calculus
- 16 external Level 3 credits in Physics
- QualificationCIECambridge International ExaminationsScore required330
- Mathematics and Physics at A Level
- QualificationIBInternational BaccalaureateScore required36
- Mathematics and Physics at HL Level
Read more about entry requirements for New Zealand secondary school applicants.
Tertiary qualifications
If you’ve studied at a tertiary institution, here’s what you need to enter the programme.
You can transfer from another tertiary institution, or another University of Auckland qualification, if you meet these requirements.
Minimum grade requirements
These are the likely grades required, but they do not guarantee entry. Applicants may require higher grades to gain entry to this programme.
- Grade required GPA Grade Point Average 5.0
- Grade required GPE Grade Point Equivalent 5.0
Further requirements
You must have completed one semester of successful bachelors degree study from a New Zealand tertiary institution, or one year of successful study as part of an acceptable sub-degree qualification from a New Zealand tertiary institution.
Other pathways to study
You could be eligible for another programme, or check out these alternative pathways:
- See if you meet the criteria for the Undergraduate Targeted Admission Scheme (UTAS).
- Bridge your educational gap with a preparation and foundation programme.
- If you are under 20, have no formal University Entrance (UE) qualification, and are a New Zealand or Australian citizen or permanent resident you can apply for discretionary entrance.
- If you can demonstrate outstanding academic achievement and maturity, we offer admission to applicants under 16.
Key dates
Please note: We will consider late applications if places are still available. International students should start the application process as early as possible to allow sufficient time to apply for a visa.
Application closing dates
Semester One 20218 December 2020
Start dates
Here are the start dates for the programme.
| Semester One | Starts – 2 March |
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| Ends – 29 June |
| Semester One | Starts – 1 March |
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| Ends – 28 June |