Doctor of Professional Practice

Entry requirements

• IELTS6.5 overall

Prerequisites

The Doctor of Professional Practice is a competitive entry programme, with a limited numbers of candidates accepted in any one year. Academic requirements Prospective candidates must have: a Master’s qualification at the standard of Excellence or Credit, or the equivalent (eg A or B grade, Honours 1 or 2), and evidence to the satisfaction of the Research and Post-Graduate Committee to demonstrate: extensive professional experience of an appropriate kind, relevant to the stated field of practice (for example 7-10 years) ability and willingness to successfully undertake a self-managed academic process; an established professional relationship and/or employment/self-employment with the opportunity to undertake projects, inquiries or other work-based activity; demonstrated academic writing and researching skills at postgraduate level. Additionally, acceptance as a doctoral student will be after developing a research proposal and undertaking an interview with representatives of the Doctor of Professional Practice programme committee. It will also depend on the availability of academic mentoring in the area of the candidate’s research interests. International equivalence To enter Otago Polytechnic's undergraduate certificates, diplomas and degrees, you need to have achieved a secondary school qualification that is equivalent to New Zealand's NCEA levels (National Certificate of Educational Achievement). This information is available by country on our Equivalent academic entry requi