The Graduate Diploma in Sport and Exercise will naturally sit alongside the Bachelor of Sport and Exercise programme to give opportunity for study in this discipline to those degree-level graduates from a relevant background, or those already working in the Sport and Recreation industries. Knowledge in anatomy and nutrition is a prerequisite to course entry.

Entry is open to degree graduates who have graduated successfully from a relevant bachelor degree programme or can demonstrate equivalent, relevant, practical professional or educational experience in a related discipline. Knowledge in anatomy, physiology and nutrition is required. Language Requirements Applicants from countries with an annual student visa approval rate of at least 80 per cent, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having passed an NZQA approved English Proficiency Assessment, or one of the following tests of English language competence in accordance with the NZQA rules below: IELTS Test: Academic Score of 6 with no band score lower than 5.5 TOEFL Paper-based test pBT Score of 550 (with an essay score of 5 TWE TOEFL Internet-based test iBT Score of 60 (with a writing score of 20) University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations FCE or FCE for schools or CAE or CPE with a score of 169.No less than 162 in each skill. Pearson Test of English Academic PToE Academic with score of 50 City & Guilds IESOL B2 Communicator with a score of 66 NZCEL Level 4 with the Academic endorsement