Programme details

Master of Education – MEd

Enhance your professional experience and expand your expertise in the field of education through postgraduate studies.

Course description

Elevate your degree and professional experience to become an expert in your chosen area of education.

This program offers an excellent opportunity for educators, policymakers, and professionals in related fields to pursue a postgraduate qualification tailored to their specific interests and designed to fit around work commitments.

Customize your studies to align with your career goals and personal schedule. Choose from a diverse array of courses covering topics such as multicultural and international education, educational policy and leadership, youth development, and Māori, Pacific, and Indigenous education. You might also delve into sustainability and environmental issues in education, evaluation and assessment, or the skills needed for teaching bilingual students in mainstream settings. Additionally, you have the option to focus on a major.

Complete the Master of Education either through coursework alone or through a combination of coursework and a thesis or dissertation.

Immigration benefits

This course qualifies for 5 points if applying for residency under the Skilled Migrant Category.

This course may qualify for the following visa rights:
In-study work rights
Partner visitor rights
Partner work rights
Post-study work rights

Career Prospects

Graduates of a Master of Education program can pursue careers as educational administrators, curriculum developers, instructional coordinators, policy analysts, education consultants, academic advisors, higher education instructors, training and development specialists, educational researchers, and community education directors.

Entry requirements

– A bachelor’s degree with a major in Education, Psychology, Teacher Education, or a related discipline, or an approved teacher education degree, or a bachelor’s degree and teaching qualification approved by the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
– To be accepted by the associate dean (academic) as being capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study

EL requirement (any one of the following)
– IELTS (Academic): Minimum overall score of 6.5, with no sub-score below 6.0
– TOEFL (Internet-based test): Minimum score of 90, with at least 20 in writing
– Pearson Test of English: Minimum score of 58, with a ‘Communicative’ score of no less than 50
– EAP: Minimum final scores of 4, 4, 5, 5
– Cambridge English Qualifications: C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency with a score of 176 or higher, with each skill score no less than 169
– New Zealand Certificates in English Language (NZCEL): Level 5 (Academic)
– NZAPA: English New Zealand Accredited Pathway Assessment Level 3, with no skill lower than Level 2

Credits
180

Duration
1.5 years

Intakes

February, July

International fees
52,150

Location

Qualification Type

Study level