Postgraduate Study
Advance your career, develop your knowledge or make a career change with research that matters in our communities. With postgraduate study options in Māori and indigenous studies, education, counselling, community leadership, environmental studies, creative arts, Māori performing arts and more.
From postgraduate certificates and postgraduate diplomas to masters and doctorate degrees including the Doctor of Philosophy (Phd) and Professional Doctorate programmes, there are diverse pathway options to meet your postgraduate study goals.
Professional doctorate degrees
Doctor of Māori Development and Advancement and the Doctor of Indigenous Development and Advancement are designed specifically for students in professional areas. These are degrees that consider the working experiences of its student body and encourages them to consider how their research can contribute to the tribal, community and indigenous organisations within which they are located.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral Degrees are the highest supervised degree offered by Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. The PhD is awarded for a thesis that demonstrates a candidate’s ability to carry out independent research and analysis at an advanced level of study in a particular discipline and/or field.
Master's degrees
The master’s degrees provide a friendly and supportive learning environment for students through the (mostly) noho delivery model. After completing a minimum of four papers either part time or full time, students opt for either a dissertation or thesis.
Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Mental Health and Addiction Counselling
The Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Mental Health and Addiction Counselling (Level 8) is a new and innovative programme designed to support the development of the mental health workforce within whānau, hapū and iwi, and other communities and industries.
Postgraduate Diploma in Māori Performing Arts
An opportunity for undergraduates with Māori performing competencies and emergent research to a pathway of applied studies at postgraduate level
Postgraduate Diploma in Mātauranga Māori and Indigenous Studies
Develop skills and knowledge in Māori and Indigenous studies at a postgraduate level with pathways to Masters degrees.
Postgraduate Certificate in Mātauranga Māori and Indigenous Studies
Develop skills and knowledge in Māori and Indigenous studies at a postgraduate level with pathways to Masters degrees.
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