Programme overview
The Postgraduate Diploma in Business provides you with a broad range of skills to take your business accumen and your career to the next level. Explore the tools to improve business performance and practice, and develop a sound knowledge of business strategy and processes, relationships in business organisations, and the business environment. You gain an understanding of the nature of the new business environment in which you'll be working.
Highlights
- Developed with input from national and international business leaders
- A multi-disciplinary perspective
- Flexibility: select those courses that are most relevant to your business career. Choose from a number of electives, covering business communication, information technology, business management, marketing, and organisational theory and behaviour
- Highly qualified staff with strong links to the business community
- Classes are a mixture of weekly, weekend, evening and distance learning formats
- Cross-credits towards the Master of Business
What next?
Once you've successfully completed this programme, you could continue your studies with the Master of Business
Admission requirements
For this programme, you will need the following:
1. A recognised Bachelor’s degree in the same or similar discipline, with a minimum of one year appropriate work experience; OR
2. A recognised Bachelor’s degree in an unrelated discipline, or equivalent, with a minimum of three years of appropriate work experience AND demonstrate an ability to succeed in the programme by providing:
- Recommendations from employers or professional colleagues; and
- Evidence of outcomes in the discipline work environment.
3. Able to contribute to group learning outside of class time.
4. 8 credits at NCEA Level 2 in English (4 in reading, 4 in writing).
5. If English is your second language, you are required to have one or more of the following:
- Have achieved NCEA Level 3 and New Zealand University entrance
- Be able to provide evidence you satisfy our criteria for existing English proficiency
- Have achieved at least one English proficiency outcome in the last two years
Don’t meet the requirements? We also accept:
- Provide sufficient evidence to be eligible for special admission.
For more information download the programme regulations:
Courses and timetables
For more details on the courses including timetables, please click on the course names below.
| Courses | Credits | Aim |
|---|---|---|
| Business and Organisational Strategy (APMG8099) | 30 credits (0.25 EFTS) | This course of study provides students with an enhanced capability to analyse the impacts of the global business environment on the development and implementation of strategy by small and medium business enterprises. It aims to develop the capabilities necessary for those small to medium business organisations to successfully compete in the contemporary business environment. |
| Organisations and Leadership (APMG8100) | 30 credits (0.25 EFTS) | This course of study enables students to develop a critical view of organisations and their structure and functioning as well as the management of people in organisational contexts. It aims to develop generic capabilities for leadership in business contexts. |
Disclaimer
The 'Key Information for Students' below does not reflect any international student information.
Please take this information as a guideline only. For example, you will often see a difference between these tuition fees and our estimate above. This is because there are a number of variables, such as the specific courses chosen within a programme.
The national graduate outcomes information is for all tertiary New Zealand providers including Unitec. This information is provided by the New Zealand Government and is derived from a national database that links educational and income information.
Key Information for Students
Entry requirements
Minimum requirements
: A relevant degree with 1 years' work experience or a recognised degree with 3 years' work experience and proof of work plus English language requirements. Special admission also accepted.Detailed requirements: See the above "Admission requirements" section for more information about entry to this progrogramme.
Duration
Tuition Fees | Annual | Total Qualification |
| Student fees: | $7,028 | $7,028 |
| Government tuition subsidy: | $7,743 | $7,743 |
| Total: | $14,771 | $14,771 |
Compulsory Student Services Fee
Student loan information available at StudyLink.
Student Success
National graduate outcomes
| (3 years after completion) | |
| Median earnings | $58,710 |
| Earnings range | $46,056 - $70,743 |
| In employment | 74% |
| In further study | 19% |
| On a benefit | 1% |
Note:All KIS information is the most recent available relating to domestic students only. Click here for more information about the Key Information for Students.
