Our graduates build careers in many areas of science and technology within New Zealand and overseas. We offer the BSc degree, and our BSc (Hons), MSc and PGDipSci programmes combine taught papers and research and we have a strong PhD programme.
We are a highly productive group carrying out interdisciplinary research at the frontiers of our disciplines. We have extensive international collaborations and an impressive history of commercialising our results.
My MSc in biochemistry has opened many doors to the science industry.
Amanda Gribble - Quality Control Leader, Lion
Master of Science (Biochemistry)
A degree in chemistry from Massey University is held in high esteem internationally.
Anushree Sen Gupta - Senior Technician, AsureQuality
Bachelor of Science (Chemistry)
The environment at Massey is really friendly and supportive and there are lots of opportunities for meeting other people working in the field.
Ashley Way - Massey PhD student
Master of Science(Nanoscience)
My MSc training made me a better microbiologist, who values good research practices, innovative science, ethical decision making, effective communications, and scientific contributions to society. I would highly recommend the MSc programme to others.
Caroline Kim
Master of Science (Microbiology)
My supervisor, Professor Stowell, was brilliant throughout my PhD. She gave me all the support I needed and helped me find solutions for the various problems we ran into during my time at Massey. She had an open door policy and I was always able to discuss issues when needed.
Cornelia Roesl - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
PhD (Biochemistry)
Studying at Massey gave me a strong background and exposure to coding and using statistical software which has definitely come in handy, along with a strong background in regression and predictive modelling techniques which make up a large component of my work these days.
Dominic O'Halloran - Analyst, Quantium
Postgraduate Diploma in Science (Statistics)
I have always been passionate about numbers so choosing to study a BSc that was numbers-related was an easy decision for me.
Emily Hendy - Insights Analyst - Lotto NZ
Bachelor of Science (Statistics)
I like the variety in the study of chemistry. There’s lots of different directions you can go in, and always something new to learn
James Stevens - Jurox (Australia)
Master of Science (Chemistry)
I love detail and complexity. I love pulling apart systems and the underlying logic to see what really makes them tick. I find it absolutely exciting to develop models which emulate real-world behaviours.
Jay Ta'ala - Grade Simulation Specialist - BHP Billiton
Bachelor of Science (Mathematics)
I’m paid an excellent salary, I’m given access to the world, my software runs on three billion devices worldwide, the developer ecosystem using my code exceeds 10 million developers and my office outlooks the countryside in beautiful New Zealand.
Jonathan Giles - Technical Lead / Software Engineer Oracle
Master of Science (Computer Science)
I chose Massey, as I knew that it would take me further than just a degree.
Kim Green - PhD student
Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Genetics)
My study prepared me well for my next physics venture, which involved starting up Magritek, a joint venture between Massey and Victoria.
Mark Hunter - Research Scientist – Magritek
Master of Science (Physics)
Physics always struck me as the most interesting of the sciences and the majority of scientists who I really look up to are all physicists. Studying at Massey was worthwhile as there was a lot of learning about things that are used in the real world.
Motoko Kakubayashi - Press Officer - Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo
Master of Science (Physics)
I chose to do my PhD at Massey University because of its international reputation and ranking. Massey undertakes innovative research and I wanted a university where good researchers would surround me.
Nurudeen Adegoke - PhD student
Doctor of Philosophy
The skills and scientific rigour I learned in my MSc have served me throughout my science career and in my current job.
Rebecca Ganley - Scientist, Research Leader - Pathology, Forest Protection at Scion Research
Master of Science (Genetics)
We have a huge variety of chemicals available for teaching and research.
Chemical Services can supply:
Chemical Services do not sell to the general public, you must first register with our service.
We offer a design and repair service for electronic equipment for teaching and research.
Repair: we can repair a wide variety of scientific equipment which involves electronics such as:
Design and manufacture: We have experience in one-off design, development and manufacture of speciality equipment for teaching and research.
For more information contact us (06) 356 9099 ext 7267.
This service is for Massey teaching staff and Manawatū-based organisations looking for the following:
Talk to us to find out more: 06) 356 9099 ext 3511
Statistical consultancy service from the Statistics and Bioinformatics group. We provide advice to researchers within Massey University as well as private organisations.
The MMIC facility is available for use by organisations such as researchers, Crown Research Institutes, other teaching institutions, hospitals and commercial clients. We offer transmitted light and fluorescence microscopy, electron microscopy and image analysis and have a professional team of specialists to help you with your microscopy needs.
Massey Genome Service provides DNA & RNA sequencing services to New Zealand researchers and students.
Equipment in this laboratory includes a
The Laser Laboratory includes optical tweezers, light scattering, and Raman spectrometer.
This laboratory includes equipment for molecular biology, protein expression and purification.
We have solar cell construction and performance testing facilities.
There are a wide range of spectrometers as part of the equipment on the Manawatū campus including
Laboratory includes the Rigaku Spider X-ray diffractometer, a microfocus rotating-anode generator with wrap-around detector (unique in Australasia) that is optimised for small molecule crystallography on microcrystals, powder diffraction and high resolution protein crystallography, crystallisation robot, microfocus rotating-anode generator, image-plate detector and capillary optics, optimised for small protein crystals.
The Centre combines state-of-the-art crystallographic, NMR, computational, biochemical, and biophysical approaches to study biomolecular structure, dynamics and interactions.
The centre houses New Zealand's finest collection of NMR spectrometers (700, 500, 400 and 200 MHz) along with a a new Xray diffraction suite.
Our research seeks to understand the molecular basis of plant-pathogen interactions so that we can better inform disease resistance breeding programmes in crop and tree species of relevance to New Zealand.
The head of the Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Professor Hazelton is a professor of statistics. His research interests are in smoothing methods, biostatistics, spatial statistics and statistical modelling.
The Institute of Fundamental Sciences is one of seven interconnected schools within the College of Sciences.
