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Postgraduate
study

Advance your career and invigorate your creative practice.
Browse our postgraduate study options and find which is right for you.

Jason O'Hara

Where Memories Sleep, Jason O'Hara, MDes 2019.

Master of Design

Produce innovative and responsive design work that is thoroughly grounded in design research methodologies in a qualification closely developed in partnership with industry and focussed on society and the environment.

  • 12–18 months full time
  • Full-time or part-time study
  • Wellington-based
  • Starts February or July 
  • Apply by 30 November (February start) or 15 May (July start)

Apply for the Master of Design →

Rebecca Mooney, MFA

Long-Breath-Out, Rebecca Mooney, MFA, 2019.

Master of Fine Arts

Challenge and extend your creative practice in this research-driven, trans-disciplinary, critically engaged two year programme. The MFA can be awarded in Fine Art, Design or without a specialisation.

  • 2 years full time
  • Full-time or part-time study
  • Wellington-based
  • Starts February  
  • Apply by 30 November  

Apply for the Master of Fine Arts →

MMVA

Hally Gallo, MMVA, 2018.

Master of Māori Visual Arts

Challenge and extend your creative practice, grounded in kaupapa Māori or your indigenous cultural contexts, at Toioho ki Āpiti. Embrace customary practice alongside contemporary art methods.

  • 2 years full time
  • Full-time or part-time study
  • Manawatū-based or by distance
  • Starts February 
  • Apply by 30 November  

Apply for the Master of Māori Visual Arts →

PhD

Pelagic States—Towards a Nomadic and Oceanic Practice, Sam Trubridge, PhD, 2018.

PhD

Produce a sustained piece of advanced research work in a creative arts discipline. A PhD makes an original contribution to the field through creative and written outputs.

  • 3–4 years full time
  • Full-time or part-time study
  • Wellington or Manawatū-based, or by distance in New Zealand
  • Starts February and July
  • Apply anytime

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BCommMusHons

Bachelor of Commercial Music (Honours)

Refine your specialist music skills with a one-year research-driven independent project. Explore your place in the ever-changing music industry, whether you’re a performer or work in the music industry.

  • 12 months
  • Full-time study
  • Wellington-based
  • Starts February
  • Apply by 15 February  

Apply for the Bachelor of Commercial Music (Honours) →

Ivan Vegar, Master of Design Weta Workshop School

Childhood's End adaptation, Ivan Vegar, MDes (Weta), 2019.

Master of Design—Wētā Workshop School

Please note, this programme is currently closed. If you are interested in this area of study, we suggest applying to our Master of Design which can be tailored to entertainment/concept design.

MCE

ether, Kaysha Bowler, MCE, 2019.

Master of Creative Enterprise

Please note, this programme is currently closed. If you are interested in this area of study, we suggest applying to our Master of Design which can be tailored to your study needs. Alternatively, please fill out the query form below and we can advise you on further study options.

Apply for the Master of Creative Enterprise →

Go to the registration form.

Te Ara Toroa — Rere Ki Uta, Rere Ki Tai
The flight of the albatross — Venturing into the unknown
Design by Ngataiharuru Taepa, Kaihautu Toi Māori—Director of Māori Arts

Toi Rauwhārangi
College of Creative Arts
Wellington, Aotearoa

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