Each year more than 20% of Massey University’s student population study at postgraduate level, including 1000 Doctoral (PhD) degree students.
Massey University has an international reputation for its research innovation, practices and results, which are applied to postgraduate programmes of study. The University also has strong international links across the globe, with accreditation and endorsements across a number of programmes.
Massey University's teaching and research departments are divided into five colleges as follows.
Based in Wellington, the College of Creative Arts is a world-class art and design school which:
As the University’s newest college, established in 2013, we are focused on solving the most important health challenges of the 21st Century. The college connects people across five collaborative units with outstanding expertise and programmes in human nutrition and dietetics, physiology, public health, sport and exercise, social work, environmental and occupational health, and disability and rehabilitation.
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences has a strong research tradition and profile, representing a diverse range of themes, research methods and groups, from individual researchers to major research teams and centres. It also has a strong outreach focus, and we are well-connected to government departments including the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Social Development and Treasury. We are also connected to national and international research and policy communities, including the Health Research Council, the Asia New Zealand Foundation and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity.
Massey University's College of Sciences' world-leading scientists are internationally-acclaimed and ranked. Our programmes of study and research attract world-leading academics and we have active research collaborations with the world's most prestigious scientific institutions.
We demand excellence in our research and bring together experts from several disciplines to focus on four fields to further knowledge and make a difference in New Zealand and the world. Those fields are:
As one of the country’s leading and largest business schools, Massey Business School is ranked among the top two per cent of business schools globally. It is AACSB accredited and many of its programmes and staff are internationally ranked and accredited as some of the best in the world.
Find out more about Massey Business School accreditations.