Course Overview

This programme is designed to give those that have engineering qualifications a chance to gain technical knowledge in highway engineering and general knowledge of applied management. The goal is to provide the technical and management skills to function at middle management level.

Graduates will be able to:

• apply advanced technical knowledge in a highway design or construction environment.

• innovatively apply and modify practices in the field of highway engineering.

• creatively plan, design, control, budget and prioritise highway construction and maintenance programmes to stand ards required by the engineering profession.

• provide managerial input into highway engineering projects and activities.

• implement and complete projects without direct supervision.

• undertake a wide range of support activities, including organization, management, liaison and public relations.

• analyse and evaluate technical and economic options.

• display substantial personal and professional communication skills, both verbal and written.

• exercise responsibility for the work of others, including cost effective allocation of resources.

• maintain individual quality standards.

• continue studies towards higher professional or managerial qualifications.

General Eligibility

The applicant must:

• have an appropriate (e.g. engineering, science, geology, or similar) degree or higher tertiary qualification, and:

• satisfy the Programme Manager, with advice from academic staff, that they have sufficient knowledge of mathematics to ensure successful completion of the programme.

Part Time Work Details

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Language Requirement

• 1. IELTS: an overall proficiency score of 6.0 (academic version), with no sub-test score lower than 5.5; or

  2. TOEFL 550 together with TWE of 5.0; or

  3. Pearson Test of English (Academic) PToE (Academic) score of 50; or

  4. Provide evidence of having passed other tests of English language competence, as approved by the WITT Te Pūkenga Academic Board.