Graduate Diploma in Science - Chemistry in Auckland New Zealand | University of Auckland

University of Auckland | Auckland New Zealand
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Qualification
Postgraduate Diploma
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
NZD 50,810
(c. USD29,530.47)
Attendance
Full-time

The Graduate Diploma in Science builds upon the foundation established in your Bachelor of Science, allowing you to expand your academic horizons. This program lets you select a secondary major, deepen your existing field of study, or explore another scientific discipline at the undergraduate level. Serving as a bridge to postgraduate education, the GradDipSci prepares you for advanced study. With science being crucial to solving contemporary and future challenges, this qualification unlocks diverse career possibilities. For those returning to academia, it offers a chance to catch up with recent advancements in your specialization.

Chemistry drives innovations like semiconductors, advanced materials, pharmaceuticals, and polymer technologies. This discipline provides fundamental knowledge about matter's chemical properties and hands-on laboratory experience. As a highly interdisciplinary field, chemistry's intersection with other sciences profoundly shapes modern life and technological progress. You'll examine chemical principles ranging from elemental properties and compound behaviors to molecular interactions, energy dynamics, bonding theories, and equilibrium concepts.


Destination of Study

Subjects of Study

Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.0

Qualification Requirements

You must have completed an undergraduate degree in science at a recognised university (or similar institution) and passed first-year courses in your intended specialisation.

A GPA/GPE of at least 3.0 is strongly recommended

You can still gain entry if you have gained the equivalent level of competence through work experience or a professional qualification.

IELTS (Academic): Overall score of 6.0 and no bands below 5.5; Internet based TOEFL (iBT): Overall score of 80 and a written score of 21; Paper-based TOEFL: Overall score of 60 and a writing score of 21; Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE), Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE): Overall score of 169 and no bands below 162; Foundation Certificate in English for Academic Purposes (FCertEAP): Grade of C-; Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: Overall score of 50 and no PTE Communicative score below 42; Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): 80.

Tuition NZD 50,810

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