Electrical and Electronic Engineering Major - Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

Study the Electrical and Electronic Engineering major in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree and develop the skills for a rewarding engineering career.

Electrical and electronic engineers work for industries that focus on creating tomorrow’s solutions for everything from must-have leisure gadgets to new power and energy sources, and medical and lifesaving equipment. The field of electrical and electronic engineering is a multi-billion dollar industry with limitless career opportunities.


This is part of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours).

If you’re studying electrical and electronic engineering, you’ll learn to solve complex problems.

You also need to complete 800 hours of planned, supervised work experience to graduate, in addition to completing all your courses. This experience exposes you to common engineering industry practices and helps you gain knowledge of engineering procedures, engineering responsibilities, and health and safety practices.

Workplace experience

Your industry-based research project in Year 4 is your opportunity to gain real-life industrial experience in an electrical and electronic engineering environment, under the guidance of an experienced supervisor.

Organisations you could work with include:

  • Mighty River Power
  • Genesis Energy
  • Contact Energy
  • Fisher & Paykel Appliances
  • Spark
  • Auckland Airport

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  • Electronic engineer
  • Embedded system engineer
  • Power engineer
  • Engineering consultant
  • Electrical engineer
  • Telecommunications engineer/ICT consultant
  • Software engineer
  • Aeronautical engineer
  • Aerospace engineer
  • System engineer
  • Automation engineer
  • Research engineer
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Electrical & Electronic Engineering Careers

Key features
  • Develop a wide-ranging skill base
  • Workplace experience with successful engineering companies
  • Career opportunities in multiple industries
See yourself as
  • A problem-solver and technically oriented
  • Able to work well under pressure
  • An excellent communicator and leader
  • Able to work well independently and in a team
Daniel Ruwangalegedara
Sophie Hergot
Kaisar Nurkhal
Sean Mascarenhas

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