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Manukau Institute of Technology

Manukau , Auckland ,New Zealand

Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Technologies (Level 8)

Are you looking to take the next-step in your IT career? Or want to enhance your IT knowledge and qualifications before you start working?

Upskill with our digital technologies postgraduate certificate in just 16 weeks.

You will gain specialist skills and knowledge so you can go confidently into the workforce or expand on your existing industry experience.

You can choose a specialist strand in:

  • Data analytics or
  • Cyber security.

This programme is designed in conjunction with industry experts so what you learn is relevant in the workplace.

Campus Information

Manukau

MIT Manukau is home to a number of our areas of study including Business, Digital technologies, Health and counselling, Nursing

Intakes

  • Feb
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  • July
  • Oct

Application Processing Time in Days: 20

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Opportunities for employment include:

Data analytics

  • Data insight analyst
  • Big data engineer
  • Project coordinator
  • Data scientist.

Cyber security

  • Security administrator
  • Developer/engineer
  • Incident handler
  • Security developer/engineer.

PSW Opportunity

  • 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.

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Academic requirements
To be admitted to this programme an applicant must meet the following requirements:

Applicants must have one of the following, or equivalent:

  • A recognised bachelor degree in a relevant discipline, with merit achievement, deemed to be an average grade of B- (65%) or higher in all level 7 courses*; or
  • A professional qualification in a relevant discipline recognised as being equivalent to merit achievement in a bachelor degree and documentary evidence of outcomes in the discipline work environment to demonstrate an ability to perform in the programme and commit to achieving its outcomes, including recommendations from employers or professional colleagues.

*For Data Analytics pathways, the candidate’s previous qualification should be in an area related to either Data Science, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Machine Learning, or Business Intelligence. Graduates of other disciplines may be accepted on a case-by-case basis and upon approval from the School of Digital Technologies.

English language requirements
Applicants must have sufficient competence in the English language to undertake this programme, which is taught and assessed in English.

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