BCom/BE(Hons) - Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Conjoint

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This conjoint degree contains a strong practical focus, ensuring that you'll be ready for a career in engineering, business and leadership.
Your BCom starts with a two-course sequence in Business and Enterprise, which introduces the types of challenges that entrepreneurs and managers regularly face. Advanced courses will help to develop your specialist knowledge and skills.
The BE(Hons) provides you with the option to pursue one of nine specialisations available the Engineering faculty. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the technical, practical, and theoretical knowledge it takes to become an innovator in this exciting industry.
This programme provides you with a combination of business and engineering knowledge, a unique skillset highly desired by employers.

YYou will need to complete a total of 690 points, with 255 points from Bachelor of Commerce courses, 420 points from Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) courses and the 15-point Waipapa Taumata Rau first year course.

Programme structure differs depending on the Engineering specialisation you choose from Part II onwards. To find out more about how to structure your Engineering study, see conjoint degrees.

During your BCom study you will complete a set of six Stage I core courses, a Business Consulting course, and a Capstone course. After completing the Stage I core, you will choose a major with a focus on your future career. If you choose two majors for BCom component, you may exceed 255pts and prolong your degree completion.

BCom core courses

All students completing a conjoint are encouraged to contact Student Hubs to discuss their study options in terms of prerequisite requirements and the higher workload of conjoint courses.

You will need to maintain a Grade Point Average of 3.5 across your courses to continue with a conjoint degree.

Undergraduate students completing a BCom/BE(Hons) generally take nine courses per year, one more course than a non-conjoint bachelors programme.

In order to complete your conjoint in five years, you will have to undertake a full-time, heavier workload of 135 points a year.

Graduates from this programme have gone on to succeed in a wide variety of careers. Combine your engineering and business knowledge as a project manager or consultant for an engineering firm, or follow your passion into a career in business or engineering.

Accountant
Business analyst
Consultant engineer
Hardware and software developer
Quantity surveyor
Research and design engineer
Systems engineer

Once you become a student at the University, you can get help with planning and developing your career from Career Development and Employability Services.

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Fees are set in advance of each calendar year and will be updated on this website. Fees are inclusive of 15% GST, but do not include the Student Services Fee, course books, travel and health insurance, or living costs. Fees will be confirmed upon completion of enrolment into courses. For more information, please see Fees and Money Matters .

*Please note: amounts shown are indicative and estimates only.

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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.

Semester	Application Closing Date	Semester Start Date	Semester End Date
2025 Semester One	08 December 2024	03 March 2025	30 June 2025
2026 Semester One		02 March 2026	29 June 2026

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A student may substitute one or more other courses for one or more of the Bachelor of Commerce Schedule courses with the permission of Senate or its representative.
A student must complete BUSINESS 111 and either 112 or 113, or SCIGEN 201G, or another course approved by the BE(Hons) Programme Director as being equivalent to ENGGEN 303.
A student may substitute one or more other courses for one or more of the courses listed in the BE(Hons) component with the permission of the BE(Hons) Programme Director or nominee.
Where approved courses are listed in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Schedule, inclusion of these courses in this conjoint component must be approved by the Head of Department or nominee prior to enrolment.

Complete 690 points comprising:

255 points for Bachelor of Commerce Conjoint Component, and
420 points for Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Conjoint Component, and
15 points from Waipapa Taumata Rau Courses, and
1 item from Academic Integrity Course