Postgraduate Study

A postgraduate programme exposes students to advanced ideas, techniques and research in a variety of areas of economics and finance. For many students it is their first opportunity to focus exclusively on a particular discipline and most find it a stimulating, if demanding course of study.

The classes at Victoria typically include graduates of other universities, as well as students who have experience working since the completion of their undergraduate degrees. A graduate degree is increasingly becoming the minimum qualification for entry to positions as professional economists, and there is a high demand for quality graduates from areas such as government departments (e.g. Treasury, Department of Labour, Statistics New Zealand, Reserve Bank), business and financial institutions, and consulting and research organizations such as BERL, Infometrics, PriceWaterhouse Coopers and NZIER. Persons wishing to go on to higher degrees such as a PhD will also find that there are employment opportunities in the above areas as well as teaching and research positions in academia.

For commerce graduates who want to move into a new area of specialisation, or graduates in other disciplines who want to gain a commerce qualification, the Graduate Certificate in Commerce and Graduate Diploma in Commerce offer a flexible graduate qualification composed of undergraduate level courses.

High performing students can explore their major subjects in more depth with an Honours degree, and then proceed to original research with a Master's or PhD programme.

Students looking for a more professionally focused qualification should consider the Victoria International Applied Finance programme which offers Master's and Postgraduate Diploma qualifications.