Graduate Diploma in Engineering Management
Enhance your Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (BE(Hons)) with critical skills and expertise in management, business, innovation and leadership to unlock doors into future senior management roles as a professional engineer.
The Graduate Diploma in Engineering Management (GradDipEM) was previously called the Diploma in Engineering Management (DipEM). The GradDipEM is open for enrolments to new students from 2025.
If you have any questions, please email contact-hecs@waikato.ac.nz
120 points, 4 years
30 points cross credit
Hamilton
Trimester A (March) and Trimester B (July). Work experience often occurs over the summer period.
Why study the Graduate Diploma in Engineering Management?
The Graduate Diploma in Engineering Management (GradDipEM) is an additional qualification available to Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (BE(Hons)) students that includes the 800 hours of required work experience, while equipping graduates with enhanced business management expertise in preparation of rapid progression into management and leadership positions.
The Graduate Diploma in Engineering Management includes two points-bearing work placement papers, two 500 level management papers (delivered by the Waikato Management School) and two papers cross-credited from the BE(Hons) degree.
Career Opportunities
- Chief Engineer
- Chief Technology/Information Officer
- Project Manager
- Team Leader
- Technical/Engineering Lead
120 points, 4 years
30 points cross credit
Hamilton
Trimester A (March) and Trimester B (July). Work experience often occurs over the summer period.
Degree information
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Domestic tuition fees
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Relevant as of 27 November 2024.
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Graduates of the GradDipEM will have advanced knowledge and abilities in management, leadership, and professional interaction and skill self-assessment. All students should be able to:
evaluate the business model, innovation, and sustainability of an engineering workplace through both management and technical lenses,
evidence understanding of how teamwork, culture, and leadership impact on workplaces, and of strategic management approaches to organising and enhancing a workplace,
show understanding of the expectations of their role as a professional engineer in the workplace and in society,
demonstrate an understanding of their health and safety responsibilities in an engineering workplace, and
apply engineering knowledge and skills in an authentic place of practice (e.g., workplaces, community projects, professional associations).
Practical engineering experience
Work placements are a major feature of the Graduate Diploma in Engineering Management programme and you will complete 800 hours of relevant work experience during your degree.
Our Work-Integrated Learning team actively seeks and oversees your work placement, ensuring a good fit for your area of study and career goals, and supporting you throughout your work experience.
By the time you graduate you will have the credibility of paid experience to take with you as you start your career.
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What our engineering students are saying
Every internship gave me a wide range of experience even if it wasn’t in the subfield I wanted to work in, and each one taught me something I use almost every day in my job.Rhys ComptonBachelor of Engineering with Honours
