Postgraduate Diploma in Music 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 43,243
(c. USD25,061.26)
Attendance
Full-time

Enhance the abilities gained during your bachelor's in music through a year of advanced study in your selected field. The Postgraduate Diploma in Music (PGDipMus) is a 120-credit program designed to refine your expertise and prepare you for professional success. As a performer, composer, or musicology scholar, you'll concentrate solely on your specialization while cultivating the critical thinking and creative abilities needed to excel in the field. Your PGDipMus curriculum varies based on your focus area, blending coursework with a culminating performance, thesis, or portfolio project to deepen your musical understanding and skills—equipping you for industry entry.


Destination of Study

Subjects of Study

Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.5

Qualification Requirements

You must have completed a Bachelor of Music (BMus) at the University of Auckland in the same field of study as you intend to undertake within the PGDipMus. You must have completed your degree within two years of starting the PGDipMus.

If you did not, then your application will be subject to the qualitative assessment of a portfolio applicable to the area of study being applied for within the PGDipMus.

Alternatively, you must have completed an undergraduate music degree at a recognised university (or similar institution) in the same discipline as the major you are applying for. You must also submit a portfolio applicable to your area of study.

IELTS (Academic): Overall score of 6.5 with no bands 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.

Tuition NZD 43,243

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