For graduates who know they want to become business leaders, SIT's Master of Applied Management can be a way to start achieving your career goals more quickly.  This Master's programme will give you the tools to advance your management, decision-making and problem-solving skills so you can move into senior managerial positions.

The variety of sectors and organisation types this qualification is able to be applied to is huge. Almost every type of organisation has scope for management careers. Graduates may opt to become self-employed practitioners, or pursue domestic and/or international professional careers in roles such as: strategic manager, change manager, general manager, operations manager, international manager, human resource manager, marketing manager, or management consultant.

Graduates of the Master of Applied Management will be able to:

Design, carry out and communicate the results of significant research projects in the field of management studies and relate the findings to professional and research literature
Analyse and critique professional and research publications in management studies and related subject areas, identify practical applications and relate findings to their own research
Evaluate the positive and negative impacts of business and management practices on society and address related ethical and professional issues
Demonstrate mastery of complex concepts and theories in the field of management studies and their application in solving practical problem
Apply their analytical, managerial and research capabilities to unfamiliar situations involving the application of management practices
Think critically and act responsibly when confronted with academic or professional challenges
Demonstrate high levels of skill in a management or research role in an organisation.

• During study, all students on a student visa can work up to 20 hours per week during semester and full time during vacations.
• After completing Level 7 Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Qualification, a student will get a three years open post-study work visa.
• After completing Level 8 Post Graduate courses of 1 year, students get 1 year PSW.

• IELTS test - Academic score of 6.5 with no band score lower than 6
• TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 590 (with an essay score 5.5 TWE)
• TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 79 (with a writing score of 21)
• Cambridge English Examination –C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency with a score of 176.  No less than 169 in each skill.
• OET - Minimum of Grade C+ or 300 in all sub-tests
• NZCEL - a) Expiring Level   b) Current:
• Level 5 (Academic) or (Professional) b) Level 5
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) – PTE (Academic) score of 58 with no band score lower than 50
• Language Cert - C1 Expert International ESOL Written (LRW) HIGH PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS or C2 Mastery International ESOL Written (LRW) PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS
• Trinity ISE – ISE III with no less than pass in any band