Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences PGCertHSc

Entry criteria

For entry in to the programme, you will need:

• A relevant Bachelors degree

OR

• A relevant health professional qualification, and
• a minimum of two years' relevant professional experience

OR

• At least 5 years of relevant practical, professional or scholarly experience

If you have met the requirements for the Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences for a particular specialisation, you may, with the approval of the Associate Dean Academic, meet the requirements for another specialisation also.

Further programme requirements

The following specialisations have more specific eligibility requirements:

• Advanced Nursing and Mental Health Nursing: you must have current registration with the Nursing Council in New Zealand and hold a current New Zealand practising certificate.
• Alcohol and Drug Studies, Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Palliative Care, Women's Health, and Youth Health: you must be a health professional currently working in these service areas.
• Digital Health: you must have a relevant undergraduate degree in health sciences from a recognised university (or similar institution). Students with a background in computer science require 2 years of relevant work experience in a health setting.
• Medical Imaging: you must have completed a qualification in Medical Imaging (or similar) at a recognised university (or similar institution) and have registration with the Medical Radiation Technologists Board in the Medical Imaging Technologist practice; or have evidence of your right to work as a Medical Imaging Technologist in your home country.
• Mammography: you must have completed a qualification in Medical Imaging or Radiation Therapy at a recognised university (or similar institution) and have registration with the Medical Radiation Technologists Board in Medical Imaging Technologist or Radiation Therapist practice; or have evidence of your right to work as a Medical Imaging Technologist or Radiation Therapist in your home country. You must also confirm that you have secured continuous employment in a clinical training position approved by the Programme Director for the duration of your enrolment.
• Pharmaceutical Science: you must have completed a degree in chemistry, medicinal chemistry, pharmacy, pharmacology, or an undergraduate degree in science at a recognised university (or similar institution) that includes advanced-level courses in chemistry.
• Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography: you must have completed an undergraduate qualification in Medical Imaging, or an otherwise approved degree from a biomedical science-related field, or allied health profession such as nursing or physiotherapy. You must also have secured a clinical training position approved by the Programme Director for the duration of your enrolment.

You will require an IELTS Academic score of 6.5 with no bands less than 6.0.