Our teaching staff have extensive business experience, combined with excellent academic backgrounds and strong links with the professions, while our programmes have a strong practical and applied focus. We know that our programmes will challenge you, but that you will feel supported by us and excited about your future once you decide to study with us. Our business staff are passionate about teaching and enjoy working with students of all ages and from different cultures. We have strong links with local businesses and focus on creating opportunities whereby our students can obtain real world experience before they graduate.

Applicants must have obtained at least an undergraduate degree in any discipline or be a mature student aged at least 20 years and supply evidence of at least three years relevant work experience. Each mature applicant must provide their curriculum vitae detailing any relevant work experience and academic achievements. The Programme Manager will use this information to assess whether the applicant is likely to successfully complete the graduate diploma programme. Language Requirements Applicants from countries with an annual student visa approval rate of at least 80 percent, 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 English Examinations – FCE, or FCE for schools, or CAE, or CPE with a score of 169. No less than 162 in each skill NZCEL – Level 4 with the Academic endorsement Pearson Test of English (Academic) – PtoE (Academic) score of 50 City and Guilds IESOL – B2 Communicator with a score of 6