The in at is is designed for students who wish to pursue an interdisciplinary programme of study underpinned by science that delivers versatile skills relevant to multiple end-users. Optional paths are available that emphasise commercialisation, workplace-based projects or independent study.

Electronics is a rapidly changing area, and is a major growth industry worldwide. It includes electronic communications technologies such as radio and lasers, large-scale integrated electronics systems, and the software that governs the application of this technology.

Career opportunities?

There are countless research and commercial career opportunities in New Zealand and overseas for our graduates and their technical expertise.?

New Zealand?s involvement in the Square Kilometer Array radio telescope (SKA) provides exciting opportunities for electronics graduates to become part of an international research project to explore the fundamental nature of the Universe. Graduates also work as electronics professionals in the rapidly evolving business climate of new electronic technologies, including communications. Examples are radio and optical systems, commercial or industrial control systems, consumer goods, entertainment products, computers and peripherals, scientific and medical equipment, wireless applications or research and development.