Bachelor (Honours)
Through a joint venture with Australian Maritime College (AMC), New Zealand students can now study maritime engineering in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree.
If you're studying maritime engineering, you'll become familiar with sophisticated maritime engineering and technology. Most of your first-year courses are shared between the majors in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and the Bachelor of Engineering Technology, making it easy for you to switch between our engineering degrees and majors.
A minimum of 12 weeks of planned supervised work placement is required prior to graduation on top of successful completion of 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.
Year 1Complete the following coursesYou transfer to the Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania for Year 3 and 4 where you study one of:
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Marine and Offshore EngineeringYear 3Covers a wide range of marine subjects such as mechanics, thermal energy, electrical powering systems.
Year 4Apart from the industry-based research project, you learn integrated process, applied control and maritime engineering design.
Naval ArchitectureYear 3Your study focuses on structural analysis, ship resistance, ship design and underwater vehicle technology.
Year 4Apart from courses on advanced ship structures and computational fluid dynamics, your focus will be on an industry-based research project.
Ocean EngineeringYear 3You study aquaculture, concrete structures, deep water and finite element analysis.
Year 4Covers coastal and subsea engineering as well as design of offshore structures. You also undertake an industry-based research project this year.
Workplace experienceWorkplace experience is a key component of the maritime engineering degree, and you gain exposure to the maritime industry in companies like:
Read more about workplace experience in AUT programmes, how it works and why it's so beneficial when you start your career.
Workplace experience in AUT programmes
If you started your studies in this programme before 2024, the courses you need to complete are a little different. Updated study plans for current students in this programme will be available on Canvas. If you have questions about your study plan and what courses you should take, email engineer@aut.ac.nz