The Master of Engineering Studies (MEngSt) allows students with academic engineering backgrounds to expand their existing theoretical and practical skills.

What can you study in Computer Systems Engineering at the University of Auckland?

You’ll gain opportunities to tackle projects alongside world-class researchers, sometimes within well-known research groups in purpose-built laboratories, with real-world applications. 

Major topics may include:

• Control systems applied to bioprocess modelling, control of water treatment plants and nonlinear filtering design, active fault-tolerant control of nonlinear stochastic dynamical systems, and more
• Embedded systems, working with well-recognised researchers to investigate hardware/software co-design, real-time systems, low-power design, application-specific processors, system-level languages, wearable computing, smart sensors, intelligent transportation, medical devices, and the Internet of Things
• Industrial informatics and automation, focusing on distributed intelligent control architectures in industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, food processing
• Robotics, generally undertaken in the Centre for Automation and Robotic Engineering Science with an aim to create innovative technologies to improve social well-being; focusing on human-robot interaction, software systems and tools, and applications in the healthcare and primary sectors

Programme structure

Taught:

This is available as either a 120 (1 year full-time) or 180-point (18 months full-time) programme. 

The option you pursue generally depends on your prior study.

• Birth Certificate or Passport or Citizenship Certificate
• Official academic transcript
• Official program completion certificate
• Mark sheets
• Relevant course outlines
• Official translations of documents in a language other than English and the original language version
• English language proficiency

Taught 120 points:

You must have completed a four-year bachelor's degree in engineering at a recognized university (or similar institution), in a field similar to your intended specialization, which includes:

• 1_ Broad coverage in your first year of the foundational science topics that underpin engineering disciplines: mathematical modeling, chemical and materials science, electrical engineering theory, mechanics, programming, and engineering design.
• 2_ One year of postgraduate-level study
• 3_ A research project or dissertation comprising at least one-quarter of the final year.

You will need a GPE of 4.0 (65%-69.9%).

Taught 180 points:

You must have completed an undergraduate engineering degree at a recognized university (or similar institution), in a field similar to your intended specialization (Engineering, Construction, Architecture, or another similar discipline).

You will need a GPE of 4.0 (65%-69.9%).

Other pathways to study

If you do not meet the GPE requirement, you can still gain entry by passing 60 points toward the Postgraduate Certificate in Engineering with a GPA of 4.0.

In exceptional circumstances, the university will consider you for entry if you have completed an undergraduate degree and have three years of work experience in engineering.