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 Tahatū Career Navigator 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. ​

Check out these short videos by one of our Premium Members, Transpower, to learn about the electricity system in New Zealand and its future.

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.

Entry requirements for BE(Hons)
​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!

Apply for a Scholarship

If you're interested in a career in the power industry, you could start your journey with an Incoming First Year scholarship to help you study for a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours at the University of Canterbury. There are further scholarship opportunities throughout the undergraduate degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

​If you are thinking about studying for a BE(Hons) at the University of Auckland, there are scholarship opportunities in the third and fourth year of study.

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