Graduate Diploma In Business – Level 7 in New Zealand Institute of Business and Technology (NZIBT), New Zealand

Graduate Diploma In Business – Level 7 in New Zealand Institute of Business and Technology (NZIBT)

To study Graduate Diploma in Business (Level 7), you can choose from the following two options (Generic pathway Or Internship pathway).

Please note that both options have different entry requirements (see below).

To be awarded the Graduate Diploma in Business (Level 7), you must achieve all the courses for the chosen Option.

Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements - Generic pathway

Applicants for this programme must have:

– A Bachelor Degree, or Equivalent professional experience

– English Proficiency: IELTS academic score of 6.0 with no band less than 5.5 or equivalent (please see the table for detail)

Entry Requirements - Internship pathway

Students with a business/applied business/commerce or management undergraduate degree (or relevant work experience) will be interviewed by an NZIBT senior lecturer to ascertain whether they have the necessary background in marketing, finance, applied management and have the necessary English language skills, to be accepted into the Industry Project and Professional Practice Level 8 courses.

This pathway will see them complete three Level 7 courses:

71338: Managing Change
71340: Strategic Management
71353: Project Management

as their semester 1 programme of study (60 credits); and then proceed into the 2-x level 8 courses in semester 2 (60 credits).

English Proficiency: IELTS academic score of 6.0 with no band less than 5.5 or equivalent (please see table for detail)

Programme Aim and Outcome

The Graduate Diploma in Business is designed for people who have an undergraduate degree, from any discipline area, who want to develop knowledge and skills in business related fields of study.

The programme will give the student applied business education, within a New Zealand context. The programme will explicitly connect the student to the global business labour market need (especially New Zealand’s long-term skill shortage and skill migrant categories) in line with NZIBT’s stated strategy.

English Proficiency

Programme Level	Graduate Certificate or Diploma at Level 7
IELTS TEST	Academic score of 6 with no band score lower than 5.5
TOEFL Paper-based test (pBT)	Score of 550 (with an essay score of 5 TWE)
TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT)	Score of 60 (with a writing score of 20)
Cambridge English Examinations	FCE, or FCE for schools, or CAE, or CPE with a score of 169. No less than 162 in each skill OET at Grade C in all sub-tests
NZCEL a) Expiring b) Current	a) Level 4 (Academic) b) Level 4 (Academic)
Pearson Test of English (Academic)	PToE(Academic) score of 50
City & Guilds IESOL	B2 Communicator with a score of 66
LanguageCert	C1 Expert IESOL (LRWS) with PASS

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