About New Zealand Diploma In Engineering (mechanical Engineering Major) in Southern Institute of Technology

The aim of the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering is to provide skilled and competent engineering technicians who:

• Apply engineering theory to practice, and competently perform technical operations to high standards, including ethical and professional responsibilities required by the engineering profession
• Have a knowledge sufficient to permit informed, rational decision making in the specialist field of engineering and to implement these decisions
• Will work collaboratively with construction workers, clients, authorities, agencies, industry and other professionals, to provide a comprehensive engineering service in the relevant specialist area, and
• Have an understanding of different cultures, in particular an awareness and clear understanding of the tangata whenua and implications of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Resource Management Act

Career Opportunities

On achievement of this qualification, graduates should:

• Be work ready and able to be employed in a relevant engineering environment to work towards the achievement of the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering Practice (NZDEP) and to meet the minimum standard of competence to practise competently to the standard expected of a reasonable Engineering Technician

  It is expected that graduates will attain the educational underpinnings and work ready attributes defined in the IPENZ Graduate Profile for Engineering Technicians.  The graduate profile defined by IPENZ is benchmarked internationally to the exemplar graduate attributes for graduates of technician education programmes recognised under the Dublin Accord

  Be work ready and able to be employed in a relevant engineering environment to work towards the achievement of the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering Practice (NZDEP) and to meet the minimum standard of competence to practise competently to the standard expected of a reasonable Engineering Technician
• It is expected that graduates will attain the educational underpinnings and work ready attributes defined in the IPENZ Graduate Profile for Engineering Technicians.  The graduate profile defined by IPENZ is benchmarked internationally to the exemplar graduate attributes for graduates of technician education programmes recognised under the Dublin Accord

For entry to this programme, applicants are required to have:

• A minimum total of 48 credits at Level 2 in four subjects including at least 12 credits in mathematics, or
• Equivalent qualifications (eg. International Baccalaureate, Cambridge), or
• Equivalent credits from appropriate trades training and/or demonstrated skills and experience
• Minimum of eight literacy credits at Level 1 or higher including four reading and four writing

Language Requirements 
Applicants whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, must meet the English Proficiency Outcomes in accordance with the NZQF Programme Approval and Accreditation Rules 2013 as below

Applicants from countries with an annual student visa approval rate of at least 80 per cent, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having passed an NZQA approved English Proficiency Assessment, or one of the following tests of English language competence in accordance with the NZQA rules below:

• IELTS test - Academic score of 6.0 with no band score lower than 5.5
• TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) – Score of 550 (with an essay score 5 TWE)
• TOEFL Internet- based test (iBT) – Score of 60 (with a writing score of 20)
• University of Cambridge English Examinations – CAE or CPE with a score of 169.  No less than 162 in each skill.
• NZCEL – Level 4 with the Academic endorsement
• PToE (Academic) – score of 50
• B2 Communicator with a score of 66

Applicants from countries with an annual student visa approval rate below 80 per cent, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, must provide evidence that they:

1. Have gained NCEA Level 3 and met New Zealand University Entrance requirements or

2. Hold a Bachelors degree of at least three years from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa or United States of America or

3. Have achieved a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults, CELTS or

4. Have achieved one of the English Language competence tests specified above.

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New Zealand Living Expenses

You'll require between $20,000 and $25,000 a year ($380–480 per week) for housing/rent, food, transportation, phone bills, internet usage, and entertainment, in addition to your tuition and insurance fees. The average living expense will be the same for everyone, regardless of their tuition or course price. Please keep in mind that these are only suggestions; the Immigration New Zealand requirement is $15,000 per year including return travel or an additional $2,000.