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Timetable & Map
16 March 2026
HOW TO APPLY
Central Lecture Theatre
| C1 | C2 | C3 | |
| 9.30am - 10.20am | PSYCHOLOGY: What if nutrition could treat mental illness? | ECONOMICS: AI or UC? | CHEMISTRY: Exciting electrons! Energy and entertainment |
| 10.35am - 10.55am | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: Motion in action: discovering the world | ACCOUNTING: Spilling the beans: Why bean counters are full of beans! | PHILOSOPHY: Killer robots and killer hackers |
| 10.55am - 11.15am | MORNING TEA BREAK | ||
| 11.15am - 11.35am | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: Fast Fashion to fast trash: the environmental impact of clothing waste | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: You live in a global world. Why not study it? | LINGUISTICS: Language myth-tery |
| 11.50am - 12.10pm | CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Your future in justuce: learn, lead, change | INFORMATION SYSTEMS: From idea to reality: The superpower AI can't replace | ASTRONOMY: How astronomy can help save the planet |
| 12.10pm - 1.00pm | LUNCH BREAK | ||
| 1.00pm - 1.20pm | LAW: Why law matters | UNI UNLOCKED | CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING: When infrastructure starts talking back to us. |
| 1.35pm - 1.55pm | BIOLOGY: A day in the life of an impact biologist | FINANCE: Be your own bank: saving, investing & growing! | TEACHING: Inspire young minds through play: the art and science behind teaching |
Rātā
| E7 | E8 | E9 | |
| 9.30am - 10.20am | DIGITAL PRODUCT DESIGN: Design for a hostile environment | CIVIL ENGINEERING: How can civil engineers help Aotearoa achieve its 2050 net-zero goal? | COMMUNICATIONS: Ban the apps, ban the phone - or something else? |
| 10.35am - 10.55am | CHINESE/ JAPANESE: Amazing Asia - China, Japan and their languages | CHEMICAL FORMULATION DESIGN: The f-word: how to scientifically mix stuff! | MEDICAL PHYSICS: The power of radiation: how energy heals |
| 10.55am - 11.15am | MORNING TEA BREAK | ||
| 11.15am - 11.35am | SUSTAINABILITY: How YOUcan lead change! | INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT DESIGN: Would it stop a bullet? - A closer look at modern day body armour | DATA SCIENCE: Forecasting our future |
| 11.50am - 12.10pm | FORESTRY: The secret lives of trees | ENGLISH: It's alive, it's alive | ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING: Global climate change - electrifying hope |
| 12.10pm - 1.00pm | LUNCH BREAK | ||
| 1.00pm - 1.20pm | BIO CHEMISTRY: Solving big problems through biochemistry | GEOGRAPHY: Drive less, change more: transport, climate & cities | HISTORY: Governance in the age of Trump |
| 1.35pm - 1.55pm | SPEECH LANGUAGE THERAPY: The importance of human communication | LAW: Why law matters | ART HISTORY: Fakes and forgeries in art history |
North Arts
| A1 | A2 | A3 | |
| 9.30am - 10.20am | UNI UNLOCKED | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: Motion in action: discovering the world | UNI UNLOCKED |
| 10.35am - 10.55am | HEALTH: Time for a health check! | MARKETING: MarTech: marketing in the age of technology | GEOLOGY: Explore and preserve our changing planet: volcanoes, earthquakes and more |
| 10.55am - 11.15am | MORNING TEA BREAK | ||
| 11.15am - 10.35am | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING: How will chemical engineers save the world | COMPUTER SCIENCE & SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: The Golem revolution: living in the age of AI | CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Your future in justice; learn, lead, change |
| 11.50am - 12.10pm | SOCIOLOGY: A license to ask awkward questions (or how to annoy parents friends & whānau) | PSYCHOLOGY: What if nutrition could treat mental illness? | BIOLOGY: A day in the life of an impact biologist |
| 12.10pm - 1.00pm | LUNCH BREAK | ||
| 1.00pm - 1.20pm | POLITICAL SCIENCE: How can we change the world? | SOCIAL WORK: Exploring social work | DIGITAL SCREEN: Storytelling for the digital screen |
| 1.35pm - 1.55pm | MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS: Why so serious? Media and mental health | CLASSICS: From text messages to hieroglyphs: classical studies in the 21st century | GAMING/ ANIMATION: Digital art beyond the screen |
South Arts
| A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | |
| 9.30am - 10.20am | MANAGEMENT: be the challenger, and not challenging | MUSIC: Making music when the world is on fire | ||
| 10.35am - 10.55am | EDUCATION: You will never be the same | UC MĀORI | ||
| 10.55am - 11.15am | MORNING TEA BREAK | |||
| 11.15am - 11.35am | GRAPHIC DESIGN: Scratching the surface | UC PACIFIC | SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS: The business behind everything: how supply chains keep the world moving | |
| 11.50am - 12.10pm | INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Become an entrepreneur: choosing the right business structure | TOURISM MARKETING MANAGEMENT: A party is not for everyone... (but event jobs could be?) | ||
| 12.10pm - 1.00pm | LUNCH BREAK | |||
| 1.00pm - 1.20pm | MARKETING: Brainwashed? Or inspired? The truth about marketing | |||
| 1.35pm - 1.55pm | FILM: Any place, any time, one stage | TOURISM: Tourism is the golden goose that keep laying eggs. But are all "golden eggs" the same? | HUMAN SERVICES: Inequality and child poverty in New Zealand |
Puaka James Hight
| Undercroft 101 | Central Undercroft | |
| 9.30am - 10.20am | ANTHROPOLOGY: Witchcraft, magic and the dead | |
| 10.35am - 10.55am | JOURNALISM: Why do we even need journalists? | |
| 10.55am - 11.15am | MORNING TEA BREAK | |
| 11.15am | Fine Arts tour | SPORTS: Exploring sports technology for performance enhancement |
| 11.35am - 12.10pm | SPORTS: Exploring sports technology for performance enhancement | |
| 12.10pm - 1.00pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 1.00pm | UC Centre for Entrepreneurship experience. | SPORTS: Exploring sports technology for performance enhancement |
| 1.35pm- 1.50pm | MĀORI AND INDIGENOUS STUDIES: Ngāti Nāianei: Māori in the 21st century |
