School Students
Key facts
Aruhiko PEET provides secondary school students with:
- outreach opportunities to participate in STEM programmes such as EVolocity (Note: Aruhiko PEET is a Kilowatt sponsor of the EVolocity programme)
- outreach opportunities to visit the laboratories at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Canterbury
- scholarships to undertake the Engineering BE(Hons) First Year course as a pre-requisite for the BE(Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering at University of Canterbury .
A power engineering career
Power Engineering is a discipline within Electrical Engineering that deals with everything in the power industry from electric power generation, distribution, and transmission, right through to energy management, electricity markets, renewable energy, electric vehicles and process electrification. Power Engineering professionals are highly sought out globally, with numerous opportunities and potential for a career for life.
Check out careers.govt.nz to see information about being an electrical engineer in NZ, and see the Electricity Authority website to learn about how electricity works and for a description of the New Zealand electricity sector.
Advice for teachers and students
School leavers interested in a career in the power industry could consider a BE(Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree with an emphasis on power engineering.
The entry requirements for Engineering First Year of BE(Hons) for University of Canterbury can be found here and for Part I of BE(Hons) for the University of Auckland here.
NCEA resources
Check out the fun educational videos for High School physics students available on the EPECentre website, introducing some key concepts in Electric Power Engineering, including electromagnetic induction, capacitors, superconductors and more!
Scholarships for school leavers at UC
Aruhiko PEET offers up to twelve scholarships of $2,000 for incoming First-Year applicants at the University of Canterbury.
Incoming First-Year applications close 15 August and are awarded for the following year of study (applications open approximately 8 weeks before this date).
See general information about Incoming First-Year scholarships at UC or learn more about the Aruhiko Power Engineering Excellence Trust Incoming First-Year Scholarship (Incoming First-Year Scholarship) with the button below.
