BDes/BE(Hons) - Bachelor of Design / Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Conjoint

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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.

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 Waipapa Taumata Rau core course

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.

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.

Consultant engineer
Developer
Experience designer
Interaction designer
Prototyping manager
Research and design engineer
Simulation designer
Systems engineer

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*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 must complete DESIGN 220 or 221 or 222, 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 Design Conjoint Component, and
420 points for Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Conjoint Component, and
15 points for all Waipapa Taumata Rau Course, and
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