Bachelor of Design / Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Conjoint - Mechanical Engineering

The University of Auckland

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 ten 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. 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.Mechanical Engineering involves the design, development, installation, operation and maintenance of systems that shape our modern society. The fundamental principles of energy, materials, and mechanics are vital to the field of Mechanical Engineering. Science and technology are applied to ensure that complex structures and systems such as yachts, robots, sawmills, space vehicles, airplanes and heating systems remain sustainable and in motion.