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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

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Requirements and Qualifications: Degree Courses

The New Zealand Institution of Engineers now prefers that those who seek membership should undertake full-time university studies rather than institutional examinations. Of the university courses available for the Bachelor of Engineering degree; chemical engineering takes five years, and civil, mechanical, electrical, and mining take four. The curricula for these may be found in the calendar for the universities where the engineering schools are situated.

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Percy Lyndon Laing, B.E.(CIVIL), M.I.C.E., Commissioner of Works, Wellington.