The Master of IT offers advanced skills in a wide range of topics including cybersecurity, data analytics and IT management. Build on your current knowledge to enhance your expertise and career opportunities.
The Master of IT offers advanced skills in a wide range of topics including cybersecurity, data analytics and IT management. Build on your current knowledge to enhance your expertise and career opportunities.
Career & Study Outcomes
There are many opportunities in the fast-growing industry of Information Technology with a high demand for industry-ready graduates. Graduates from this programme will be able to work in areas such as:
The Master of Information Technology is a level 9 programme that requires successful completion of a minimum of 180 credits from level 8 and 9. There are two pathways for completing a Master of Information Technology (MIT). Both pathways require the completion of a significant research project.
The following structure is proposed for the two available pathways. All courses 15 credits unless stated otherwise.
First Pathway
This pathway provides in-depth knowledge of a topic in Information Technology and is suitable grounding work for higher studies at PhD level in New Zealand or overseas. The research produced can lead to scientific publication. This pathway enables the student to undertake significant independent research.
Second Pathway
This pathway requires a shorter research report than the Thesis path and more course work.
Plus 105 credits from electives courses.
Elective Courses
Industry Connections
Recent projects and internships on the Bachelor of ICT have been undertaken with:
Learning Facilities
Domestic Entry Requirements
An educational institution with a history dating back to 1896, UCOL Limited has a proud and well-earned reputation for supporting our community’s learning.
This connection with community is crucial to what we do, and it ensures that our programmes help students develop in-demand skills. Many of our lecturers are practitioners as well as teachers, and our partnerships with industry mean that the majority of our students get hands-on work experience.
As a modern Institute of Technology and Polytechnic, UCOL’s specialties include Applied Engineering and Trades, Health and Sciences, and Humanities and Business. Our environments have been designed to enhance student learning, supported by a relationship-based teaching approach. By studying with us, students learn valuable life skills and can make a difference.
As of 1 April 2020, UCOL Limited is a subsidiary of New Zealand’s national vocational skills and training Institute, Te PÅ«kenga. Acting as a parent organisation to our nation’s 16 vocational institutes and Industry Training Organisations, Te PÅ«kenga will create a strong, unified system that makes collaboration easier. While we foster relationships with other institutes, our mission remains the same - we exist to inspire students, businesses and communities to succeed.
Career Opportunities: The Master of Information Technology is aimed at IT professionals and recent graduates wishing to undertake an advanced programme of study in order to prepare for further study or to assist with obtaining a more senior position. Potential employment roles may include: business
The programme can be completed in one year full-time or up to four years part-time, depending on your previous study and experience and specific course preferences. It can act as an entry point into the masters degree if you do not initially meet the entry requirement .
The Master of Information Technology at the University of Waikato moves you beyond the theoretical through to supervised project-based learning and on-the-job experience with an industry partner.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Information Systems and Technology (PGDipIST) is an advanced qualification in Information Systems for specialist IT graduates.
The Master of Applied Information Technology enables students to undertake an extended study programme in their specialised information technology field. It requires 180 credits and has two pathways:
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