Graduate Study in the Faculty

Graduate Study | Nature of Graduate Study | Full-time or Part-time | Graduate Papers | Supervision

Graduate and postgraduate students form a significant group at Waikato and they contribute a feeling of diversity and life experience to the campus community. The University's qualifications also attract students from more than 60 nations, bringing together cultures and experiences from around the world.

We encourage our own graduates to pursue further study in their disciplines and we welcome enquiries from graduates of other universities.

There is, in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, a wide range of possibilities for graduate and postgraduate study. Many of our staff are recognised national and international experts in their research fields and the Faculty is proud of the academic reputation it has established. By careful selection of their programme, students can choose to study and research topics of relevance to the region, to New Zealand, and to the wider international community - or a combination of these.

If you are considering graduate or postgraduate study in the Faculty then we suggest that you contact the staff working in your areas of interest. The University of Waikato webpages contain information about all Waikato academic staff, their research interests and their publications.

Each department has a Graduate Adviser who can help you plan your programme of study or who can put you in touch with relevant staff. We encourage you to contact staff in the Faculty to find out more about the possibilities of further study. In some cases it is possible to design an appropriate programme of graduate study that includes papers from more than one department, or from other Schools of studies within The University of Waikato.