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Successful economies are underpinned by a strong, vibrant fraternity. This requires a faculty with world-class research and teaching to attract the brightest students.

Aotearoa New Zealand is now investing heavily in developing its infrastructure. Well-trained engineers, a world-class teaching environment, and high calibre students are key to efficiently delivering this investment. 

One of the faculty’s strategic goals is “to be recognised unequivocally as one of the leading engineering schools in the world for quality of teaching programmes and research”. The Faculty of Engineering and Design is committed to meeting this goal, and your contribution — either through your time or via financial means — will help us confront the challenges of tomorrow.

Your contribution to our faculty will help us to further strengthen our quality of teaching and research, to encourage the best students, and in turn, to train very capable professional engineers.

There are several ways for you to contribute to our faculty. You can additionally specify how your donation is to be used, such as through scholarships, fellowships, naming rights, or equipment. Financial donations can be either one-off or regular. We encourage you to contact our Development Manager if you wish to discuss this.

Find out more about our principal funds, targeted funds and how you can contribute at our Giving page.

Remember: no donation is too small.

Cristina has worked in the philanthropy space and relationship fundraising since 2018. Over 9 years of experience engaging, building, and maintaining long-lasting and meaningful relationships with a diverse client portfolio.

She's been involved in various causes, from supporting livelihood & development programmes in vulnerable communities to climate change and nature-based solutions in New Zealand and internationally.

Some of our key faculty initiatives include:

• Increase and promote student diversity, access, and gender equality for the next generation of students.

• Grow the number of Māori, Pacific people, and young women studying engineering.
  
  • Our Apollo Programme aims to support, seek to connect, inspire, and provide pathways to success for Māori and Pacific high-school-level students so they can succeed in their journey to becoming engineers.   
  
  • Our Women in Engineering Programme aims to increase the number of young women studying Engineering. We provide a comprehensive programme of high school outreach activities and on-campus events, supported by a strong network of women students, alumni, industry sponsors, and professional engineers.

• Support the Faculty Research Centres in their visionary, forward-thinking efforts to find engineering solutions to the very present challenges that our society faces, from enabling circular economy solutions to innovative robotic technologies to improve social well-being.

• Provide financial and other assistance to under-represented students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

• Support student leadership programmes and student clubs, such as the Dean's Leadership Programme, the Formula SAE racecar design and build programme, the Auckland Programme for Space Systems Programme, the Bruce McLaren Automotive & Racing Internships, and more.