Graduate study at UC could be your ticket to a more influential and interesting career. Whatever your life and career goals, UC has over 120 graduate and postgraduate qualifications on offer and support services to help you achieve. Why research at UC? Read on to find out.

Te Kura Tāura | UC Graduate School is a space where our graduate research students can access wraparound support at every stage of their journey, from initial enquiry through to graduation.

Find out what it is like to do research at UC, see what study options you have, and check out our current research projects.

Studying towards a research degree is demanding. It takes a lot of time and effort and it requires juggling competing priorities. Committing to this process might impact your social circles so it's wise to prepare for the unexpected. Your well-being is very important to UC. Check out our support for research students.

The team at Te Kura Tāura | UC Graduate School run events, workshops, and seminars throughout the year to support the development of our researchers. Check out the UC Graduate School events coming up in the next few months, and go to the events calendar to register and come along.

Are you wondering what it's really like to be a research student at UC? Check out some UC research student profiles.

Researcher development is a crucial aspect of the research journey at UC. Writing a thesis not only requires students to hone their research skills, they also need to navigate a number of milestones and associated processes during their time here.

Undertaking such a considerable research project requires a range of transferable skills such as project and time management, a high level of resilience and flexible thinking and a good understanding of the bicultural context that research takes place in here in Aotearoa. Furthermore, it is vital that students consider the different career pathways that their research degree enables them to pursue and how they can prepare for these.