Postgraduate Diploma
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Postgraduate diplomas provide the opportunity for continuing professional development in the same area as an original degree. A postgraduate diploma can often lead to a masters degree.
Postgraduate diplomas generally comprise of a one-year full-time or extended part-time programme of graduate papers.
They build on attainment in a prior degree and demonstrated practical, professional or scholarly experience.
Key information
| Entry Requirements: | Entry usually requires a bachelors degree (or equivalent) and an advanced level of study in your subject area. |
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| Year: | 1.0 |
| Points: | 120 points |
| Study Locations: | Hamilton |
| Start Dates: | Trimester A (March) and Trimester B (July) |
| Estimated Fees* (International): | $34,085 - $43,575 per year |
| Entry Requirements: | Postgraduate International |
| Area of Study: | |
| *Tuition fees shown are indicative only and may change. There are additional fees and charges related to enrolment please see the Table of Fees and Charges for more information. You will be sent an enrolment agreement which will confirm your fees. | |
Degree Planner
Postgraduate Diploma Degree Planners
A postgraduate diploma can be taken in any of the subjects listed on this page. The following sample degree planners are available:
Choose a subject
- Accounting
- Agribusiness
- Anthropology
- Applied Linguistics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Counselling Studies
- Creative Practices
- Design
- Digital Business
- Disability and Inclusion Studies
- Earth Sciences
- Ecology and Biodiversity
- Economics
- Education
- Education and Society
- Educational Leadership
- Electronics
- Engineering
- English
- Environment and Society
- Environmental Planning
- Environmental Sciences
- Finance
- Geography
- Health, Sport and Human Performance
- History
- Human Development
- Human Resource Management
- International Management
- International Relations and Security Studies
- Language and Literacy Education
- Law
- Leadership Communication
- Marketing
- Materials and Processing
- Mathematics
- Mathematics Education
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Music
- Māori and Indigenous Studies
- Pacific and Indigenous Studies
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Population Studies and Demography
- Professional Writing
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Public Relations
- Science, Technology and Environmental Education
- Screen and Media Studies
- Security and Crime Science
- Social Policy
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Strategic Management
- Theatre Studies
- Tourism and Hospitality Management
Entry requirements
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PGDip candidates must have qualified for a bachelors degree of the University of Waikato or an equivalent qualification, and have completed study at an advanced level in the subject they wish to take.
Otherwise, candidates may demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Academic Board that they have adequate training, experience and ability, and have satisfied the prerequisites for graduate study in the subject(s) being taken for the Postgraduate Diploma.
In exceptional circumstances, candidates who don't meet the above requirements be considered for admission subject to the completion of any qualifying papers prescribed by the Academic Board. These papers could be completed either before, or concurrently with, the PGDip.
Scholarships and prizes
Visit our Scholarship Finder for information about possible scholarships
Regulations
To complete a PGDip requires an approved programme of study containing 120 points at 500 level or higher, including 90 points in one subject.
Contacts
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