Programme overview
Develop your career further with Unitec’s Graduate Diploma in Business (Human Resource Management). This one-year programme is ideal if you want to continue to build your expertise in HR, have a degree in another field and are looking to broaden your knowledge or have significant work experience and want to gain practical HR skills.
Strengthen your knowledge of organisational behaviour and develop the tools to solve HR challenges. Apply your knowledge in a hands-on Industry-Based Learning (IBL) placement, gaining valuable experience in the workplace.
Programme Highlights:
- Practical Learning: Focus on applied business skills you can use in the workplace. Gain hands-on experience with an Industry-Based Learning (IBL) course.
- Versatile Exposure: Suitable for roles in profit, non-profit, and public sector organisations.
- SME Expertise: Emphasis on HR management for small to medium enterprises.
- Supportive Environment: Small classes with dedicated support and online resources.
- Flexible Options: Study part-time with a mix of on-campus classes, online learning, and self-directed study.
- Postgraduate Pathway: Provides a pathway into postgraduate programmes, including the Master of Business.
Programme structure
The Graduate Diploma in Business (Human Resource Management) is a 1-year full-time (duration for part-time study will vary), 120-credit programme. Please read the study plan carefully for the programme specific requirements, required credits at each level, and to see which courses are compulsory or elective courses.
Download a copy of the Graduate Diploma in Business (Human Resource Management) study plan here.
Admission requirements
For this programme, you will need the following:
1. A recognised degree, a professional qualification in a relevant discipline or the ability to demonstrate competencies equivalent to the above
2. If you're a graduate of Unitec's Bachelor of Business, you cannot be admitted to the Graduate Diploma in Business in the same specialisation in which you majored in the degree
3. A minimum of 8 credits at NCEA Level 2 in English (4 in reading, 4 in writing)
4. If English is your second language, you are required to have one or more of the following:
- Have achieved NCEA Level 3 and New Zealand University entrance
- Pearson Test of English (Academic): 50 with no score lower than 50
- Be able to provide evidence you satisfy our criteria for existing English proficiency
- Have achieved at least one English proficiency outcome in the last two years
Don't meet the requirements? We also accept:
- Provide sufficient evidence to be eligible for special or discretionary admission; or
- If you're seeking entry based on work experience, you will be required to demonstrate, in a written application, CV and attestation from suitable referees, that you have substantial professional experience in activities related to this programme, and/or be able to demonstrate equivalent competencies.
For more information download the programme regulations:
Courses and timetables
For more details on the courses, please click on the course names below. Please note that our systems are updating with new course timetable information for 2025; please check back again soon.
| Courses | Credits | Aim |
|---|---|---|
| Business Functions (BSNS5003) | 15.0 credits (0.125 EFTS) | The aim of this course is to develop knowledge, skills, and competencies relevant to the core business functions of accounting, operations, human resource management, marketing and sales. |
