Course details

Summary

Develop your leadership and management skills and learn what it takes to succeed in the New Zealand business sector with UCOL’s New Zealand Diploma in Business (Leadership and Management).

Contribute to the strategic objectives of any organisation by applying the skills learnt in UCOL's New Zealand Diploma in Business (Leadership & Management).
The business studies course offers you the opportunity to learn a wide range of leadership and management skills and knowledge that will enable you to move into team leader and management roles.
In just one year, you will gain an industry-valued business qualification that will also serve as an ideal stepping stone for further business degree studies. This diploma provides one year of credit toward UCOL’s Bachelor of Applied Management degree.

Career & Study Outcomes:

On completion of this programme you will be ready to take on a range of careers and will have the skills and knowledge to be employed in a variety of business entities in roles such as:

Team leader
Operations leader
General manager
Human resource manager
Management assistant
Middle management roles

Education pathway

Graduates who wish to further specialise can enrol in:
Bachelor of Applied Management

Accreditation

The programme is approved by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority under section 249 of the Education Act 1989, and Universal College of Learning (UCOL) Trading as Universal College of Learning (UCOL) is accredited to provide it under section 250 of the Act.

Entry criteria

NCEA Level 3 OR
Equivalent academic achievement OR
On a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the Executive Dean

International student applicants whose first language is not English must have an IELTS (or equivalent including TOEFL) score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5. IELTS scores used must be taken from a single IELTS Test Report Form (i.e. combining scores from more than one test is not permissible).

Under 20 years of age
For international applicants under 20 years of age who do not hold NCEA, International Academic Qualifications Entry Criteria apply.