The exponential growth in communication networks in recent years has totally changed the way we work and play. We now demand instant communication with anyone via voice, text and video, and immediate access to all kinds of information and services. The networks that make this possible involve a wide range of engineering challenges.
They employ different technologies—wireless, wired and fibre optics—which must be seamlessly interconnected and have to work in a highly robust and efficient manner. This requires complex designs incorporating different protocols that govern how information flows over the networks and how the networks respond to faults.
The study of networking includes the network elements, applications, content and the distributed systems that make up the service-enabling technologies. The Network Engineering major will give students an understanding of the full range of modern communication technologies, network protocols and middleware required for modern networks. It will equip them with the expertise to design, build, configure and test modern networks and networked services.
This programme is unique within New Zealand and builds on the long established expertise in computer networks and distributed systems at Victoria.
Network Engineering can be taken as a specialisation in the Bachelor of Engineering with Honours BE(Hons).