Summer Start for Engineering students

If you’re a Year 13 student intending to start a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) with us in Semester One, 2025, you may be able to take one course from the University of Auckland’s Summer Start programme. This allows you to experience university life and get started on your degree early. You can get more general information and requirements for Summer Start on their webpage.

In Summer Start, ENGSCI 111 and ENGGEN 131 are only available to students who have accepted offers into the BE(Hons) or conjoint programmes. Non-Engineering students should take courses from other faculties. Students who do not satisfy entry criteria will have their enrolments dropped. 

Registrations for 2025 are now open. 

The following are the Faculty of Engineering's course recommendations for Summer Start based on your potential study needs.

In 2024, we will offer MATHS 102 and PHYSICS 102 over Summer Start to help students meet the necessary entry requirements to apply for a BE(Hons).

You may consider taking MATHS 102 or PHYSICS 102 if:

• You need this course to meet entry requirements for the BE(Hons): If you don’t meet our entry requirements, or are not sure if you’ll pass the required standards, we will accept passing MATHS 102 with an A- or higher as equivalent to meeting the Mathematics requirement, and passing PHYSICS 102 with an A- or higher as equivalent to meeting the Physics requirement.
• You need this course to get into the BE(Hons): You can take MATHS 102 or PHYSICS 102 in Summer Start and take your other courses during Semester One as part of the Alternative Pathway via Science. 

Please note that:

• School leavers can only enrol in one Summer Start course
• If you do not receive an offer to study Engineering, MATHS 102 or PHYSICS 102 also count towards a Bachelor of Science degree

Develop an understanding of mathematical modelling, including differentiation and integration (polynomials, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic, and rational functions) and more.

This is only available for Engineering students with a Fast Track offer who are either starting a BE(Hons) conjoint degree, or who have completed MATHS 199 (Max) at the University of Auckland with a B+ or higher.

This course is appropriate for students who have achieved Merit or Excellence in Level 2 Mathematics externals, i.e. Achievement Standards 91261 (2.6 Algebra) and 91262 (2.7 Calculus), and expect to pass all Level 3 Calculus externals (91577, 91578, and 91579) with Merit or Excellence, or have a B or higher in AS Mathematics and expect to attain C or higher in A2 Mathematics, or equivalent. Students who do not have this preparation should take ENGSCI 111 in Semester One.

Most school leavers are not eligible to enrol in Engineering Part I courses over summer. Conjoint students however, can enrol in ENGSCI 111 over summer and then take ENGSCI 211 during Semester One. This may help you complete your conjoint degree more quickly. 

Please note that you will only be permitted to take a single course in the Summer Start programme; there are no exceptions and students will be dropped from any additional courses they enrol in.

Learn about problem solving in engineering through the use of the software package MATLAB, and the programming language C.

This is only available for Engineering students with a Fast Track offer who have achieved a B+ average or higher in one of the following:
University of Canterbury STAR: MATH 199 (Advancing in Mathematical Sciences),
University of Waikato Unistart: ENGEN 101+ENGEN 102, or MATHS101+MATHS 102
Massey University Accelerate+: 160.101+160.102

Students satisfying these conditions should contact the Student Hubs for more information. Students who do not meet the entry requirements listed will be dropped from the course. 

Summer Start includes a range of courses that can help you become better prepared to study Engineering. The following are some recommendations. Note that none of these replace any Engineering courses or act as substitutes for our degree requirements — you’ll still need to complete all the Engineering courses associated with your BE(Hons) in the usual way.

For conjoint students however, they may contribute to the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Advance Science portion of your conjoint. If you're doing a conjoint with an Arts or Commerce degree, you may also want to refer to the full Summer Start course list.