Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences PGDipHSc

Entry requirements

• IELTS6.5 overall

Prerequisites

You must have completed either a relevant undergraduate degree, or health professional qualification at a recognised university (or similar institution), or at least five years of relevant practical, professional, or scholarly experience and complete an interview with the Associate Dean Academic. If you have completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences, you may, with approval, credit the courses passed in that programme to the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences. If your GPA or GPE is below a 3.0 it is recommended that you start in a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences as a pathway towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences. The following specialisations have more specific eligibility requirements: Advanced Nursing and Mental Health Nursing: you must have current registration with the Nursing Council in New Zealand, and hold a current New Zealand practising certificate. Alcohol and Drug Studies, Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Palliative Care, and Youth Health: you must be a health professional currently working in these service areas. Digital Health: you must have a relevant undergraduate degree in health sciences from a recognised university (or similar institution). Students with a background in computer science require 2 years of relevant work experience in a health setting. Cardiac Sonography, Nuclear Medicine, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Ultrasound: you must have completed an undergraduate degree in medical imaging (or simil