Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences PGDipHSc

Entry criteria

You must have completed either a relevant undergraduate degree, or health professional qualification at a recognised university (or similar institution), or at least five years of relevant practical, professional, or scholarly experience and complete an interview with the Associate Dean Academic.

If you have completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences, you may, with approval, credit the courses passed in that programme to the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences.

If your GPA or GPE is below a 3.0 it is recommended that you start in a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences as a pathway towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences.

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, and Youth Health: you must be a health professional currently working in these service areas.
• Digital Health: you must have a background in computer science, or an undergraduate degree in health sciences from a recognised university (or similar institution).
• Cardiac Sonography, Nuclear Medicine, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Ultrasound: you must have completed an undergraduate degree in medical imaging (or similar qualification) in a biomedical science related field, or allied health profession. You must also confirm that you have secured continuous employment in a clinical training position for the duration of your enrolment.
• Medical Imaging: you must have completed an undergraduate degree in Medical Imaging and hold current registration with the New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board, or hold evidence of the right to work as a Medical Imaging Technologist in your home country.
• 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.

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