Find Master Study in New Zealand University
Masters Degrees are constituted in one discipline or coherent programme of study. They may be undertaken by taught courses or research, or by a combination of both.
Masters Degrees usually build on a Bachelor Degree, Bachelor Degree with Honours or a Postgraduate Diploma. They may also build on extensive professional experience of an appropriate kind. They are demonstrably in advance of undergraduate study, and require students to engage in scholarship and/or research.
Entry
Providers of courses leading to masters qualifications are responsible for establishing entry requirements. The minimum entry qualification for a 240-credit Masters Degree is a Bachelor Degree or equivalent. For a Masters Degree of fewer than 240 credits, normally the minimum entry qualification is a Bachelors Degree with Honours or a Postgraduate Diploma.
Admission as a candidate for a Masters Degree is based on the evaluation of documentary evidence (including the academic record) of the applicant's ability to undertake postgraduate study in a specialist field of enquiry or professional practice. The candidate must have attained, through formal study, professional or other experience, a high order of knowledge about the principal subject(s), and have demonstrated interest in, and an aptitude for, scholarship.
An applicant who holds either a Bachelor Degree with Honours or a Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma may be exempted from all or some of the taught courses.
Outcomes
A graduate of a Masters Degree programme is able to:
show evidence of advanced knowledge about a specialist field of enquiry or professional practice
demonstrate mastery of sophisticated theoretical subject matter
evaluate critically the findings and discussions in the literature
research, analyse and argue from evidence
work independently and apply knowledge to new situations
engage in rigorous intellectual analysis, criticism and problem-solving.
If a Masters Degree includes a substantial component of supervised research, then the results of that research will normally be embodied in a thesis, dissertation, substantial research paper or creative work.
The research should be completed to internationally recognised standards and demonstrate that the graduate has a capacity for independent thinking.
Credit requirements
The Masters Degree is at least 240 credits, except where it builds on 4 years of prior study at Bachelor Degree level or above, in which case it can be fewer than 240, but no fewer than 120, credits.
The Masters Degree must comprise a minimum of 40 credits at level 9 with the remainder at level 8.
Relationship with other qualifications
A person who holds a Masters Degree that includes a substantial component of research may be considered for admission to a programme of advanced study and /or original research leading to a Doctoral Degree.
Masters Degrees are constituted in one discipline or coherent programme of study. They may be undertaken by taught courses or research, or by a combination of both.Masters Degrees usually build on a Bachelor Degree, Bachelor Degree with Honours or a Postgraduate Diploma. They may also build on extensive professional experience of an appropriate kind. They are demonstrably in advance of undergraduate study, and require students to engage in scholarship and/or research.
Entry
Providers of courses leading to masters qualifications are responsible for establishing entry requirements. The minimum entry qualification for a 240-credit Masters Degree is a Bachelor Degree or equivalent. For a Masters Degree of fewer than 240 credits, normally the minimum entry qualification is a Bachelors Degree with Honours or a Postgraduate Diploma.
Admission as a candidate for a Masters Degree is based on the evaluation of documentary evidence (including the academic record) of the applicant's ability to undertake postgraduate study in a specialist field of enquiry or professional practice. The candidate must have attained, through formal study, professional or other experience, a high order of knowledge about the principal subject(s), and have demonstrated interest in, and an aptitude for, scholarship.
An applicant who holds either a Bachelor Degree with Honours or a Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma may be exempted from all or some of the taught courses.
Outcomes
A graduate of a Masters Degree programme is able to:
show evidence of advanced knowledge about a specialist field of enquiry or professional practice
demonstrate mastery of sophisticated theoretical subject matter
evaluate critically the findings and discussions in the literature
research, analyse and argue from evidence
work independently and apply knowledge to new situations
engage in rigorous intellectual analysis, criticism and problem-solving.
If a Masters Degree includes a substantial component of supervised research, then the results of that research will normally be embodied in a thesis, dissertation, substantial research paper or creative work.
The research should be completed to internationally recognised standards and demonstrate that the graduate has a capacity for independent thinking.
Credit requirements
The Masters Degree is at least 240 credits, except where it builds on 4 years of prior study at Bachelor Degree level or above, in which case it can be fewer than 240, but no fewer than 120, credits.
The Masters Degree must comprise a minimum of 40 credits at level 9 with the remainder at level 8.
Relationship with other qualifications
A person who holds a Masters Degree that includes a substantial component of research may be considered for admission to a programme of advanced study and /or original research leading to a Doctoral Degree.
