Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration–PGDipBusAdmin 120 points Qualification regulations

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

(i) completed a Bachelor’s degree; 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 that provides equivalent preparation.

2. The course of study for the PGDipBusAdmin shall consist of courses worth 120 points, including 90 points from EMBA 501–507, and a further 30 points from the Schedule to the EMBA Regulations.

3. (a) A candidate for the PGDipBusAdmin shall normally be enrolled for at least two trimesters, and shall complete the diploma within three years of first enrolling in any course credited to the qualification.

(b) The director may extend the maximum periods in special cases.

4. A candidate who has been awarded the PGDipBusAdmin shall abandon that qualification upon being awarded the EMBA.