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Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in Applied Management
HB4041 (60 credits) and HB4036 (120 credits)
Course details
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Feb 2025Jul 2025
- Varies
- Full-time or Part-time
- Fee dependent on modules selected
- Level 8
- Available for International Students. International Fee Guideline
- Hamilton City Campus
Summary
Broaden your applied management expertise with a postgraduate certificate or diploma. This flexible, multi-layered programme is designed to extend, deepen and consolidate your future at the forefront of business and management.
You will gain specialised business knowledge and skills and the ability to apply business knowledge by building on existing qualifications and experience, resulting in a comprehensive understanding, professional competence and leadership skills in modern business and management. Elective courses aim to provide options that complement a range of professional experiences and career aspirations.
With flexible study options, you can study full or part-time, with a blended learning delivery designed to work around your current employment and whānau commitments.
These qualifications are a pathway to our Master of Applied Management programme.
What you will learn
Postgraduate Certificate
Delivered full-time over one semester, with part-time options available, you will study a total of 60 credits that cover:
- critical issues in management
- design thinking and innovative entrepreneurship
- managing a digital world
- leadership and managing talent.
Postgraduate Diploma
Delivered full-time over one year, with part-time options available, you will study a total of 120 credits that cover the above subjects with additional specialisations in:
- business analytics
- healthcare management.
View programme modules
Level 9
| Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGST9.100 | Special Topics | ||||
| PGCC9.200 | Communicating Complex Concepts | ||||
| PGAC9.300 | Applied Capstone | ||||
| PGGOV9100 | Global Governance | ||||
| PGISP9.40 | Independent Scholarly Project | ||||
| PGAP9.500 | Integrated Project | ||||
| PGRR9.600 | Applied Research Report | ||||
| PGPR9.700 | Extended Integrated Project | ||||
| PGRD9.800 | Applied Research Dissertation | ||||
| PGRT9.900 | Applied Research Thesis | ||||
| PGPP9.480 | Te Aka Niwhaniwha: Community Work-based Project | ||||
| PGART9902 | Thesis |
Please note that some modules may not be available every semester due to staff availability and class sizes. We appreciate your understanding and flexibility in this matter.
Career and further options
Graduates will be equipped to enter professional management careers within various industries and agencies in areas such as:
- domestic and international markets
- financial management
- managing people and businesses
- understanding different cultures and how to do business in a multi-cultural environment
- strategic planning and strategic management
- corporate planning
- managing and controlling different types of technology
- innovation and entrepreneurialism
- consultancy
- product and services marketing
- operations and business in the global world
- sustainable business
- research in industry and business
- business analytics.
You may also choose to further develop and pursue the Master of Applied Management.
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Entry criteria
General admission
Applicants are required to have:
- a bachelor degree in business management from a New Zealand Institution or an approved and accredited overseas institution; or
- an undergraduate degree in a related field with a minimum of the equivalent to a B average (subject to assessment by the Programme Coordinator); or
- evidence of equivalent practical, professional or educational experience, as approved by the Dean or authorised nominee.
English language requirements
Applicants who have English as a second language are required to have an overall academic International English Language Test System (IELTS) score of 6.5, with no individual band score lower than 6.0 achieved in the last two years; or equivalent.
Do not meet the entry criteria or need more information?
Pathways
To check what you need to gain direct entry to a course, review the entry criteria available on each programme page. These assist you in understanding what qualifications or experience are typically required to gain entry. You can contact our team at info@wintec.ac.nz or 0800 2 Wintec at any time for further guidance.
Your first day
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Semester 1 2025
Date: Thursday 13 February 2025
Time: 9am-12pm
Venue: Events Room 1, The Hub, City Campus
Semester 2 2025
Date: Thursday 10 July 2025
Time: 9am-12pm
Venue: Events Room 1, The Hub, City Campus
Returning learners
Please check your timetable for your first day.
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