Master of Science

Entry criteria

Entry requirements

You must have completed one of the following:* Bachelor of Science

• Bachelor of Science with Honours
• Bachelor of Speech and Language Pathology with Honours
• Postgraduate Diploma in Science
• Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering Geology
• or any bachelor's degree and a qualifying programme.

One or more courses in this degree may also require vaccinations. Check each course page for more details.

If English is your additional language, you are also required to meet UC's English language requirements.

For the full entry requirements, see the Regulations for the Master of Science or use the admission requirements checker.

Notes:

• Students who have qualified for a Bachelor of Science with Honours or Postgraduate Diploma in Science can complete the MSc by Part II only (thesis-only) in their subject.
• For the Biotechnology major, you can have instead completed the Bachelor of Engineering with Honours.
• The Child and Family Psychology major has other requirements – see the website for more information on the application process required to enrol into this major programme.
• For the Water Science and Management major, you can register your interest to enrol by contacting waterways@canterbury.ac.nz
• For the Industrial and Organisational Psychology major, you will need to meet specific English language requirements - an IELTS (Academic) average of at least 7.0, with no score lower than 6.5.

How to apply

See more information on how to enrol into the Master of Science.

See Admission and enrolment for all information on enrolling at UC.