Come to AUT in Auckland, New Zealand, as a Study Abroad student and you can choose from subjects across all of our study areas. You’ll meet the subject requirements of your home institution, while expanding your educational experience with courses that aren’t available at your home university.
You can customise your own semester by choosing to do a full-time semester of papers (courses), or you can choose to study papers and do an internship at the same time.
Choose a full-time semester load of papers from your major or area of specialisation. You can also choose elective papers. A typical full-time semester is AUT 60 points, which is equivalent to 4 papers.
The study-internship programme is a full-time, unpaid one-semester programme for international students at AUT. It gives you a full semester’s credit towards your home degree.
You will:
During your study-internship you will work in a business, government or community organisation environment.
You will spend 15 to 20 hours a week at your placement. You will also attend classes and complete assignments related to your placement.
We start securing your work placement once we have received your placement fee.
We can usually find placements in most fields (except for health/medical and education), depending on your study and work experience.
As soon as we confirm your work placement, we will let you know.
AUT offers a range of paper (course) options so you can customise your semester. You can mix and match papers from different subject areas to form your full-time semester.
From time to time we highlight some especially interesting and unique paper options, as below.
You can choose papers (courses) from AUT’s art and design programmes and combine them with papers from other AUT subject areas.
Through analysis and interpretation of existing sites and conditions students will work with what already exists – refitting, reusing, adapting, and attending to materials, surfaces, patterns, fabrication and connections to build a sense of place visualising immersive spaces and helping others to visualise space.
On successful completion of these papers, among other learning, students will be able to:
You can choose papers (courses) from AUT’s communication studies programmes and combine them with papers from other AUT subject areas.
Provides a framework for analysing intercultural communication within mediated and non-mediated contexts. Examines the social and historical context of intercultural communication in global spaces, emphasising intercultural and ethnic relations in Aotearoa New Zealand. Introduces practical concepts of collaborative work in a wider context of students’ work futures, that are underpinned by the guiding principles of tikanga and mātauranga Māori.
Explores also, the relationship between mass communication, digital media technologies, and society. Considers processes of media communication in relation to diverse practices, identities, and social relationships.
On successful completion of these papers, among other learning, students will be able to:
Complete education papers that align with the teacher education programme you're studying at your home university, while learning about the New Zealand education system and our unique Māori culture. You’ll also have an overseas adventure, and can experience New Zealand’s top tourist destinations and outdoor lifestyle.
The School of Education staff at AUT will support you to thrive with regular group meetings dedicated to your education experience and pastoral care. Contact the Study Abroad team for a list of papers (courses) you can choose from.
Student teacher placement opportunities are also available. You can complete workplace experience at an Auckland based school where you can observe, participate and, in some cases, lead teaching and learning activities as they are delivered in a typical New Zealand classroom.
You can choose papers (courses) from AUT’s engineering, computer and mathematical sciences programmes and combine them with papers from other AUT subject areas.
With these papers, students will understand the nature of intelligent systems and how such systems may be implemented. Students will know and understand fundamental and advanced aspects of language (especially text) and vision from an artificial intelligence perspective, focusing on practical algorithms, tools, and systems of text, vision intelligence, as well as their performance evaluation. The package also provides an overview of the fundamentals of nature-inspired computing (NIC), particularly in the fields of evolutionary algorithms, neural networks, swarm intelligence, artificial life, DNA computing, and quantum computing.
On successful completion of these papers, among other learning, students will be able to:
In the Māori culture and society programme, you will immerse yourself in New Zealand’s indigenous Māori culture. You'll share social customs and protocol with staff and students from Te Ara Poutama, our Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Development.
You'll also gain a deeper appreciation of Aotearoa (New Zealand) through Māori perspectives, by taking papers like:
This is one of the most popular papers with students in the Study Abroad programme. It teaches concepts you can apply to your daily life. You will:
If you want to bring about effective change, hope, aspiration and certainty, this is the ideal course.
This is a course for international students who also want to join in the cultural weekend stay at the AUT Marae (traditional Māori meeting place).
The Noho Marae is an unforgettable weekend of learning about Māori culture, traditions and protocol, followed by tutorials in the AUT Marae during the semester.
The Marae will be your classroom where you will study, experience and reflect about what it means to be Māori in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
This is an introduction to the Māori language with an emphasis on:
You don't need any knowledge of the Māori language.
This paper develops your awareness and general knowledge of New Zealand’s rich history, of major trends in the nation’s development, and the emergence of a national identity.
This weekend event is unique to AUT and a highlight for international students.
At the beginning of the semester you have the chance to stay on the AUT Marae (traditional Māori meeting place) for the weekend. You’ll:
There is a cost for this event, which includes food, accommodation, learning and resources. Places are limited.
As a Study Abroad student at AUT you can experience the outdoors in the clean, green environment of Aotearoa – New Zealand.
You can choose papers (courses) from AUT’s sport and recreation study area and combine them with papers from other AUT study areas.
Choose up to 60 points from these papers:
Examines the key leadership principles (of self and others) needed to effect change in the context of sport and the outdoors. Includes a three-day journey. Activities include hiking, sloop-sailing, small boat sailing, and sea kayaking. Locations include Tongariro National Park and the Hauraki Gulf.
Examines teaching and leading in both individual and team environments using a reflective, person- centred approach. Focuses on development and its impact on determining appropriate teaching and coaching pedagogy.
Develops understanding of the mountains and bush settings as places for recreation, education and personal growth. This is delivered as a two-week block course in Feb prior to Semester 1. This includes a two-day preparatory hike in the Waitakere Ranges in the first week and a 5 day mountain and bush journey in the second week.
Provides an opportunity for students to apply their knowledge and gain industry experience within a sport or recreation organisation in New Zealand. Students are required to negotiate and develop a learning contract and undertake a range of work activities with the selected organisation. Students will analyse the structure and activities of the organisation and critically reflect on their experience.
An introduction to the sport and recreation industry in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Examines the roles and relationships of key sport and recreation organisations and sectors.
Develops understanding of lake and river environments as places for recreation, education and personal growth. This is delivered as a two-week block course in the September mid-semester break. This includes two three-day field trips. One in the first week which will be lake based (canoes) and the other in the second week, which will be river based (kayaking).
Develops understanding of the coastal and marine environment as a place for recreation, education and personal growth. This will have preparatory lectures and workshops in the second half of Semester 2 with a five-day journey.
Provides an opportunity for students to apply their knowledge and gain industry experience within a sport or recreation organisation in New Zealand. Students are required to negotiate and develop a learning contract and undertake a range of work activities with the selected organisation. Students will analyse the structure and activities of the organisation and critically reflect on their experience.
Contact us if you have questions about the Study Abroad programme.
Email: studyabroad@aut.ac.nz