AUT - Connecting with the Science community
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Connecting with the Science community
This page has information on how the school of science works with the science community. There are external links to other web pages and information on external industry partners, consultancy services and industry placements.
Collaborative Partnerships
Our courses are designed in consultation with industry and scientific research organisations. Programmes have been developed and delivered in association with advisory committees featuring leading reserachers from a variety of scientific backgrounds.
Our partners include:
- AsureQuality
- Auckland City Council – Environmental Health
- Auckland District Health Board – Health Protection
- Fonterra Research
- HortResearch New Zealand
- LabPLUS
- Middlemore Laboratory
- New Zealand Blood Service
- Tegel Foods Ltd
- Waitemata District Health Board
Tertiary Partners
In addition to being offered at the AUT city campus, the Bachelor of Science is available elsewhere nationally and internationally. |
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic In addition to being offered at the AUT city campus, the Bachelor of Science is available nationally through our affiliation with the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic (BOPP). |
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Shanghai Institute of Technology In addition to being offered in New Zealand, the Bachelor of Science can be completed through our co-managed programme with the Shanghai Institute of Technology (SIT) in China. |
Workplace Experience
The School of Applied Sciences is strongly focused on preparing students for rewarding careers in a wide array of industries and professions. Our close links with the scientific community ensure that your programme is applied and industry relevant, providing you with a transition between your studies and the working world.
- Research Project
In the final year of your degree Bachelor of Science students undertake a research project based on an issue faced by industry. The year-long project requires you to work on a specific development or improvement to an existing problem. You will investigate possible solutions through experimentation and research, and interpret and report the results.
Projects can be continued at postgraduate level where you may be working in conjunction with companies on research funded projects. Example of projects include:
- Third Year Chemisty students: Decontamination of Mapua site, Nelson (one of New Zealand's most heavily contaminated sites). Students investigate breaking down persistent organic pesticides and contaminants through the process of absorption of metals
Consulting services
Our Research Institutes welcome approaches from industry and business to develop commercial projects.
Biotechnology Research Institute
KODE Biotech is an intellectual property stronghold that licenses its KODE™ technology platform to market leaders, spin-out ventures and academia. We are strongly committed to maximizing the commercial potential of the KODE™ technology platform, and are interested in working with new commercial or research partners to achieve this.
Earth and Ocean Sciences Research Institute
Biodiversity and systematics are two of the most neglected cornerstones of resource management. Despite New Zealand being considered one of the top 35 biodiversity hotspots in the world, with the fauna and flora of large areas of land and sea comparatively unknown, systematics, trained systematists, and the study of biodiversity are fundamental to appropriate resource management.