Entry requirements

To enrol in the Diploma, you will need to have previously completed any bachelor's degree.

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 Graduate Diploma in Psychological Science or use the admission requirements checker.

You can apply online at myUC.

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

Subjects and courses

• PSYC375 Intermediate Research Methods and Statistics
• PSYC379 Introduction to Psychopathology

45 points from 300-level Psychology courses, with the remaining 45 points from 100-300 level Psychology courses.

Further study

UC offers a number of postgraduate programmes in psychology, including research degrees, clinical practice, and qualifications leading to registration as a practising psychologist in Aotearoa.

Career opportunities

Building psychological awareness onto your previous study background will give you meaningful insights into any career involved with analysing or working with people, as well as a personal skillset for lifelong learning and development.

This degree will also open new opportunities to go into psychology-specific pathways, including postgraduate programmes at UC that lead to registration as a practising psychologist in Aotearoa.

Career pathways could include:

• therapy practice or research
• youth, social, or human services
• professional coaching
• clinical psychology.

• Read what other UC postgraduate students have gone on to achieve in their studies and careers in our student stories.
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