Journalism Courses in New Zealand

Major academic institutions that offer professional programmes in Journalism and Journalism Studies in New Zealand include the renowned names of Waikato Institute of Technology, Massey University, Wellington Institute of Technology, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, Waiariki Institute of Technology, AUT University and Southern Institute of Technology.

Massey University conducts several Journalism programmes of high reputation for international students. Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Graduate Diploma in Journalism Studies are two highly preferred Journalism diploma programmes because of the short period of study, i.e. one year and industry-oriented course curriculum.  Three year duration degree programme, Bachelor of Communication-Journalism is also available at the Massey University. More information about these study programmes is available on university’s official website http://www.massey.ac.nz

Wellington Institute of Technology offers an Introductory Certificate in Small Screen and Media Production, course length of which is about six months and one year long National Certificate programme in Film and Television while Whitireia Community Polytechnic Institute conducts two, one year duration programmes, Whitireia Certificate in Publishing Certificate in Creative Writing and National Diploma in Journalism. WINTEC (Waikato Institute of Technology) also offers a National Diploma in Journalism of the same course duration.

An Advanced Graduate Diploma in Journalism is available for all interested overseas candidates at the Waiariki Institute of Technology and the AUT University. The duration of this diploma programme is about one year. The official websites of these institutes, http://www.waiariki.ac.nz and http://www.autuni.ac.nz can be visited to know more about these academic programmes.

Another reputed New Zealand institution in the field of Journalism Studies is, Southern Institute of Technology. National Diploma in Print Journalism and Certificate in Radio and Journalism are the two major programmes offered by the institute. Course duration of National Diploma in Print Journalism is anything between one and two years while Certificate in Radio and Journalism programme takes about six months to one year for course completion. More details are available on http://www.sit.ac.nz.