Executive Master of Business Administration–EMBA 180 points Qualification regulations

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the EMBA degree shall have:

(i) completed a Bachelor’s degree or the PGCertBusAdmin, and gained an average of B or better in the qualification; and

(ii) had at least five years of relevant work experience at a level acceptable to the EMBA director; and

(iii) been accepted by the EMBA director as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study. 

(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the Associate Dean (Students) of the Wellington School of Business and Government for a candidate who has had extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience of an appropriate kind. 

2. (a) Except as provided in (b) or in sections 4 and 5, the course of study for the EMBA shall courses worth 180 points, including:

Part 1: EMBA 501–507

Part 2: EMBA 508 or 509; 60 further points from the Schedule to the EMBA regulations, or approved 400- or 500-level substitutes

(b) A candidate who has sufficient mastery of the material contained in any required course, whether through appropriate professional or scholarly experience or through passing an equivalent course for a completed qualification, may be permitted by the director to replace it with a further elective from the Schedule to the EMBA Regulations.

3. At the discretion of the associate dean, a candidate who holds the PGCertBusAdmin, PGDipBusAdmin, PGDipHRM, PGDipMKT, or CertMS may subsequently credit those courses to the EMBA, provided the candidate abandons the certificate or diploma upon being awarded the EMBA.

4. (a) A candidate shall normally be enrolled for at least three trimesters and shall complete the degree within four years of enrolling in any course credited to the qualification. The director may extend the maximum period in special cases.

(b) A candidate who has failed two or more courses, or any course twice, may continue in the programme only with the permission of the associate dean.

6. The EMBA may be awarded with Distinction or Merit as described in the Assessment Handbook.