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The MA provides diverse academic pathways. You can select between research-based or taught programs, with durations of one year or 18 months based on your qualifications, across over 40 disciplines. Your prior education might allow you to explore a field distinct from your previous focus. The research master's program presents a stimulating chance to advance your field's knowledge through a significant research endeavor guided by New Zealand's top academics. For taught master's students, you'll enhance your expertise in intimate classroom settings, benefit from direct faculty engagement, and undertake a more concise research component. Earning an MA effectively elevates both your specialized knowledge and versatile skills. Alumni have successfully applied their enhanced strategic analysis, critical reasoning, communication abilities, and cross-cultural competencies to professions in public service, global development initiatives, cultural institutions, and research-oriented roles.
Taught 120 points:
You need to have completed a postgraduate qualification, following an undergraduate degree, from a recognised university (or similar institution) in a similar discipline to your intended subject. You will require a GPE of 5.0.
Taught 240 points:
You need to have completed an undergraduate degree at a recognised university (or similar institution) in a similar discipline to your intended subject. You will require a GPE of 5.0.
Research 120 points:
You need to have completed a postgraduate qualification, following an undergraduate degree, from a recognised university (or similar institution) in a similar discipline to your intended subject. You will require a GPE of 5.0.
Research 240 points:
You need to have completed an undergraduate degree at a recognised university (or similar institution) in a similar discipline to your intended subject. You will require a GPE of 5.0.
IELTS (Academic): Overall score of 6.5 and no band less than 6.0; Internet-based TOEFL (iBT): Overall score of 90 and written score of 21; Paper-based TOEFL: Overall score of 68 and a writing score of 21; Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE): Overall score of 176 and no bands below 169; Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: Overall score of 58 and no PTE Communicative score below 50; Foundation Certificate in English for Academic Purposes (FCertEAP): Grade of B-; Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): 85.