2021-22 Summer Studentships


Thanks for your interest in our Good Health Design Summer Studentships. We have now filled up all our summer studentship positions for the year.

Please check in again next year for the next round of summer studentship opportunities. These are usually posted as early as August. Follow us on our social media @goodhealthdesign to find out as soon as our summer studentships are open for applications.

If you are interested or curious about postgraduate studies and what it can offer, feel free to check out our past Master's projects here or get in touch with us at [email protected] for a chat. Our team is highly experienced in supervising real-world applied design projects with external partners, and can match students to great Master's projects that align with where they want to be in the future.

2023-24 Summer Studentships


This year, AUT's Good Health Design is switching things up with our summer studentships. We are looking to offer summer studentships to students keen on enrolling into the Master of Design (for the 2025 intake) on a case-by-case basis. That is, we are looking to match invested students who are interested in pursuing a masters in the design for health and wellbeing space with a number of our existing and upcoming research projects, based on the skills the students bring and the direction they want to be heading. In this way, summer studentships are tailored for the student and provide a meaningful stepping stone to their masters research.

How to apply.
To apply for a summer studentship, send your CV, portfolio (if applicable), and a statement about why you are interested in design for health and wellbeing and doing a summer studentship with us to [email protected].

Potential applicants will be contacted for a short interview to get to know you better, your intentions for the Masters research and what skills you can offer through the summer studentship.

The details.
Summer studentships are 10-weeks full time (37.5 hours per week). They are completed over the summer break from November to February (with a 2 week close down period over Christmas from late December to early January). This is a paid opportunity – summer studentships are paid a stipend (tax-free) of $7,500. This is paid in four installments over the course of the summer studentship.

Supervision Team.
All projects will be supervised by staff at Good Health Design, and on occasion co-supervised with an external partner (where necessary for the research project).

Your Role.
You will be working closely with the supervision team to carry out your assigned design/research project (project opportunities as outlined below). This role will require you to work at Good Health Design (at AUT) for the duration of the summer studentship and be part of a cohort with other summer students. You will need to document your research and design process throughout the project, and produce a report/presentation at the end of your role.

Requirements.
  • We are looking for passionate students with an interest in design for health and wellbeing. You should be a critical thinker, and ideally have human-centered design skills and be a visual communicator.
  • You need to be in your final year of your undergraduate degree and be enrolling in AUT’s postgraduate programme in 2025.
  • You must be eligible to work in New Zealand.
See past summer studentship projects below.
View projects completed by our Masters students here.

Past Summer Student Projects

Below are projects by summer students who have worked with us previously. Several of these projects have gone on to win or become finalists in the Best Design Awards.