| Qualification: | Postgraduate Certificate |
| Level: | 8 |
| Dates: | 2026 Semester 1: 09 February to 26 June 2026 Semester 2: 06 July to 20 November |
| Duration: | 20 weeks full-time |
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| Credits: | 60 |
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ choose 4 papers from the list below.
*Subject to scheduled papers
IT801 Managing ICT Projects and Systems
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ will develop knowledge and skills in managing ICT projects and systems. They will also research into established frameworks that are relevant to current industry trends.
IT802 Researching ICT Issues and Trends
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ will critique and undertake research, assessing social impacts of ICT and analysing ethical issues in ICT practice.
IT811 Business Analysis
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ will analyse the structure and function of organisations in order to improve efficiency and productivity using ICT.
IT812 Business Intelligence
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ will analyse the strategic use of data warehousing, data mining and data analysis in order to obtain business intelligence.
IT813 ICT Infrastructure
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ will develop knowledge about various aspects of ICT infrastructure, including emerging digital technologies.
IT814 ICT Quality
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ will learn to apply methods and techniques used in ICT quality assurance and testing.
IT815 ICT Security
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ will investigate the impact of security on an ICT infrastructure, research into the ethical and legal implications of ICT security and cybercrime, and identify appropriate investigation strategies in the light of emerging digital technologies.
IT816 Mobile Application Development
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ will develop knowledge and skills required to create, market and deploy a mobile application.
IT817 Web Application Development
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ will learn the skills required to develop web services and applications
IT818 Special Topic
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ will critically examine current developments and emerging issues in a specified topic area.
This programme is eligible for the Zero Fees Scheme.
International Fees can be found here.
The Postgraduate Certificate in Information Technology is primarily aimed at IT professionals wishing to undertake a short programme of study in order to upgrade their qualifications, knowledge and advance their careers.
Potential roles may include:
ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥ will have completed all requirements of a bachelor's degree or graduate diploma in information technology or related subject, with at least a B grade average at Level 7.
Special Admission
Notwithstanding the above admission criteria, in exceptional circumstances, a mature aged applicant who can show evidence of ability to succeed in the programmes may be considered for admission, provided the applicant has successfully completed an approved course or programme, or has relevant industry experience which is deemed to meet the required standard for entry.
Provisional Part-time Admission
An applicant, who does not meet academic criteria, may be provisionally admitted to enrol in one or more papers. Upon successful completion of the paper(s), the student may apply for special admission or admission by mature entry.
English Language Requirements
Applicants, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having achieved one of the following:
NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or
an International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A- level qualification for which the teaching and assessment was conducted in English; or
Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), or Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL); or
Successful completion of all primary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand primary school years 1 to 8) and at least three years of secondary education (being the equivalent of three years from New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, AustraliaÂ, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States one of the countries listed in Rule 18.5 where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or
Successful completion of at least five years of secondary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or
Successful completion of a Bachelor ‘s Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters’ Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States or
Successful completion of one of the following internationally recognised proficiency tests listed below to the level required of the programme of study and with all scores achieved in a single test during the two years preceding the proposed date of enrolment.
Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma at Level 8
The head of faculty will determine the maximum number of students permitted to enrol in the postgraduate programmes.
All enrolments in the Postgraduate Certificate in Information Technology are approved at the discretion of the programme manager in consultation with the head of faculty and teaching staff as required.
To be awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Information Technology students will have been credited with 4 chosen papers as specified in the programme schedule to the value of 60 credits. The total credit value of the Postgraduate Certificate in Information Technology is 60 credits.
(Please note: students failing to attend for 80% of timetabled programme hours will forfeit their Zero Fees entitlement.)
Classes are held at our Invercargill campus, on weekdays from 9am - 4pm.
Each paper has one scheduled class per week