Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing Science–PGCertNS 60 points Qualification regulations

1. (a) A candidate for the PGCertNS shall be a New Zealand registered nurse and, before enrolment, shall have:

(i) completed a degree of a tertiary institution in New Zealand; and

(ii) been accepted by the head of school as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

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

2. (a) A candidate who passes two approved courses from Part 1 of the MNS and does not proceed further may be awarded a PGCertNS.

(b) At the discretion of the head of school, a candidate who holds a PGCertNS or may subsequently credit those courses to the PGDipNS.

3. (a) A candidate for the PGCertNS shall normally be enrolled for at least one trimester and shall complete the certificate within two years of first enrolling for it.

3. (b) The associate dean may extend the maximum period in special cases. 

Transfer of credit

6. Where candidates have completed postgraduate study in nursing, health, or midwifery or equivalent at another New Zealand university or polytechnic, with an average grade of at least B, the Associate Dean may, on the recommendation of the head of school, permit transfer credit of courses credited to that qualification as follows: up to 30 points in the PGCertNS.