Entry requirements

You will need to have completed an Aotearoa New Zealand bachelor's degree or a graduate diploma with an average B Grade Point Average or better, or have other approved qualifications of an equivalent standard.

If English is your additional language, you are also required to meet UC's English language requirements.

For the full entry requirements, see the Regulations for the Postgraduate Diploma in Youth and Community Leadership or use the admission requirements checker.

You can apply online at myUC.

See Admission and enrolment for all information on enrolling at UC.

While vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory for enrolment and completion of a Youth and Community Leadership qualification, many opportunities in the community sector include working with vulnerable populations.

We strongly encourage full vaccination to protect yourself, the vulnerable youth and communities we work with, and to allow you to access the full range of options available to you during and after your study.

Subjects and courses

Coursework includes collaborative learning, practical applications, and virtual site visits from local iwi and charitable organisations. You can also customise your Diploma to an area of your choosing, so you can work towards a career path that interests you.

All students complete these compulsory courses:

• EDEM670 Leadership as Partnering: Moving Beyond Boundaries
• YACL401 Youth and Community Leadership in Global Context

Plus choose at least 30 points from the following elective courses.

The remaining 30 points can also be chosen from the elective courses list, or from any postgraduate courses at UC.

Further study

You may go onto UC's leadership-focused degrees:

• Master of Education in Leadership
• Master of Māori and Indigenous Leadership

UC also offers a range of master's programmes that can take your leadership skills further and change your career direction, for example in Business Administration, Social Work, Policy and Governance, and more.

Career opportunities

Everything from business to social movements have need for leaders that can engage and give voice to global issues.

UC's programme will develop you into a leader who can raise awareness and action real change, and our focus on our bicultural nation will make your skills unique in Aotearoa and the global market.

Some career pathways could include:

• Youth or social work
• Activism
• Public policy and civic service.

• Read what other UC postgraduate students have gone on to achieve in their studies and careers in our student stories.
• Te Rōpū Rapuara | UC Careers can help you to achieve the career you want, connect with employers, or find a job.
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• Find out more about what can you do with a degree from UC.
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