The Postgraduate Certificate programme at Waikato is designed for health professionals who wish to advance their clinical reasoning and critical thinking capabilities.

Students studying a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Science will undertake papers that reflect their practice setting and professional development pathway.

Combining Waikato’s high academic standards with real healthcare settings, our programmes are unique and customisable. They have been developed to allow registered nurses to better meet the needs of the people in the Midlands region, with a focus on improving equity for Māori and Pacific peoples, particularly in mental health and addictions and in both urban and rural settings.

Māori and Pasifika nurses are also able to undertake study that supports and develops their clinical and cultural practice and leadership development using indigenous worldviews.

In addition to an academic qualification, we offer professionally accredited pathways leading to eligibility to apply for endorsement or registration with the Nursing Council of New Zealand.