Programme details

Postgraduate Diploma in Youth and Community Leadership

The Postgraduate Diploma in Youth and Community Leadership at UC facilitates the enhancement of your leadership skills and the development of crucial management and entrepreneurial competencies, which you can utilize to benefit your communities.

Course description

The Postgraduate Diploma in Youth and Community Leadership is one of the few postgraduate programs available in Aotearoa that focuses on fostering leaders equipped to address the needs of youth, community, and global contexts. This Diploma is designed to enhance your leadership skills, building on your existing knowledge, while also providing support for current leaders to refine their management and entrepreneurial skills for the benefit of their communities.

Immigration benefits

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

This course qualifies for 4 points if applying for residency under the Skilled Migrant Category.

Career Prospects

Leadership is essential across various domains, including business and social movements, as it enables individuals to address and articulate global challenges. The University of Canterbury’s program is designed to cultivate your leadership abilities, empowering you to promote awareness and effect meaningful change. Our emphasis on biculturalism will equip you with distinctive skills that are highly valued both in Aotearoa and the international arena.

Potential career paths may encompass youth or social work, activism, and public policy or civic service.

Entry requirements

Candidates are required to have completed an Aotearoa New Zealand bachelor’s degree or a graduate diploma with an average B Grade Point Average or better, or have other approved qualifications of an equivalent standard.

If English is your additional language, you are also required to meet UC’s English language requirements. University recognises the following English Language tests and courses:

International English Language Testing System Academic (IELTS Academic) – including online and One Skill Retake
Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test (TOEFL iBT) – including Home Edition and Paper Edition #
CCEL English for Academic Purposes Level 2 (EAP Level 2) – including online
Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE)
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE) – including online
New Zealand Certificate in English Language (NZCEL)
FluentIQ (*FluentIQ should be used where IELTS Indicator or TOEFL cannot be used)
LanguageCert
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE)
Duolingo English Test (DET)