Bachelor of Teaching

Summary

Inspire, transform, and foster imagination as a teacher with a Bachelor of Teaching from the University of Waikato. Our programme graduates are skilled and reflective teachers, who are in high demand both in Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world.

Teachers are influential community members, making a difference to young people and their learning, knowledge and skill acquisition. They play a major role in helping their students develop their independence and success in their lives.

You can study the Bachelor of Teaching in Early Childhood or Primary either full-time or part-time.

As a graduate of the Bachelor of Teaching degree, you will be among the best-prepared teaching graduates and highly regarded by education employers, within NZ and overseas. You'll have the understanding, skills and academic requirements to be an early childhood, primary or secondary teacher. You'll be eligible to apply for a provisional practising certificate, and after two years of full-time teaching be granted a full practising certificate with the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand.

One of the Top Schools for Education

We consistently place in the top 300 for education in the international QS subject rankings, which assesses more than 800 universities across the world.

Our staff are dedicated to inspiring the next generation of teachers and improving classroom practice and conducting research inquiry of their own in their specialist areas.

We have:

• 50+ years of teacher education
• a wide variety of programmes
• a small student to staff ratio
• school experience from the first day of your degree, right through until your final year
• Strong partnerships with schools and work in schools designed to meet both the needs of the schools and curriculum requirements
• high-quality staff and teaching
• flexibility to find a study pathway that suits your lifestyle - whether that's on campus in Hamilton or Tauranga or online (our online study option involves being on campus in Hamilton for two one-week blocks per year)
• access to the latest research via Institutes attached to the School of Education
• international partnerships and exchange programmes with the National Institute of Education, Singapore and VIA University College, Denmark

Practical Experience Practical experience

From year 1 of your Bachelor of Teaching degree you will be exposed to the classroom environment.