Postgraduate studies

Postgraduate in Australia and New Zealand: advantages

After graduating, many students wish to further specialize in their profession and develop a more promising career and result they seek various types of programs of specialization and post-graduate abroad.

And why not study at one of the best and most innovative universities in the world?

Australia has 43 universities, of which only 3 are non-governmental. Its institutions and programs have great international recognition, excellent infrastructure, advanced research centers and partnerships with companies and industries of the most variate professional field. Currently, almost half of Australian universities rank among the top 500 universities in the world according to QS World University Rankings.

Meanwhile, New Zealand has all of its eight public universities among the top 500 of QS. Being internationally recognized for their academic performance, research performance and teaching innovation.

Postgraduate programs in New Zealand and Australia offer more specific skills, required by the job market, mainly for positions at management levels. In addition, have excellent infrastructure and advanced research centers.

With a great focus on innovation and technology development, these universities have a wide variety of programs related to different courses in the areas of human, exact, technological and biological.

H3- Prerequisites for post-graduation

• Have a Bachelor Degree completed.
• Have fluent English proficiency proof in the language (IELTS or TOEFL Certificate, with some institutions requiring the Cambridge Certificate).
• Professional experience can be requested in some courses (such as MBA and courses focused on management).
• For courses that require a specific skill (architecture, graphic design, fashion, music), a portfolio may be required or some practical test in the area.

Graduate with modular structure

Graduate programs in Australia and New Zealand have a modular structure and are generally composed of 3 modules. Each module has an average duration of 1 to 2 semesters, and the full graduate course lasts about 1.5 years to 2 years.

The student can define whether or not he will complete all the modules, receiving the certification related to the course time taken

Postgraduate in Australia

Australian Qualifications Framework

Extension Programs in Australia

Graduate Certificate: 06 months

They are university extension programs that allow the student to improve their knowledge and professional experience in a specific area. Sometimes these courses are geared toward developing practical skills required by specific industries.

Graduate Diploma: 01 year

Students will be able to expand their area of study, improving their academic knowledge in a field of study and specialization different from that studied in the undergraduate. Graduate diplomas allow the student to obtain credits for the execution of Master's programs.

Postgraduate and Master in Australia

Master: 01 to 03 years

A full graduate in Australia is known as Master. It is divided into two different types of programs:

Master by Coursework: postgraduate course

Master by Research: with a research period, this option is equivalent to the Master in Brazil, where the student, in addition to completing the pre-selected curriculum, presents an individual and independent research project.

MBA in Australia

MBA (Master of Business Administration): 01 to 02 years

A highly sought after course for executives or management professionals who seek to deepen their knowledge in management, or even acquire a broad understanding of the business environment.

Doctorate in Australia

Doctoral Degree (PhD): 03 to 04 years

Research-based postgraduate course that offers the opportunity for the academic to advance their studies in a specific area. PhD students are expected to develop the topics in a very deep way and really bring an original contribution to their area of study.

Postgraduate New Zealand

New Zealand Qualification Framework

Extension Programs in New Zealand

Graduate Certificate: 06 months

Graduate Diploma: 01 year

They are university extension programs for students who wish to study a different area of their original formation, in the search for knowledge in other areas of their interest.

Postgraduate Certificate: 06 months

Postgraduate Diploma: 01 year

Students will be able to broaden their field of study - enhancing their academic knowledge in their field of study - and choose a specialization they want to explore more deeply.

Postgraduate or Master in New Zealand

Master: 01 to 02 years

The full graduate in New Zealand is known as Master. It is divided into two types:

Master by Coursework: postgraduate course

Master by Thesis: With a research period, this option is equivalent to the Master in Brazil. The student, in addition to completing the pre-selected curriculum, must present an individual and independent research project.

MBA in New Zealand

Master of Business Administration (MBA): 01 to 02 years

A highly sought after course for executives or management professionals who seek to deepen their knowledge in management or even acquire a broad understanding of the business environment.

Doctorate in New Zealand

Doctoral Degree (PhD): 03 to 04 years

It is a research-based graduate program that offers the opportunity for the academic to advance their studies in a specific area. PhD students are expected to develop the topics in a very deep way and really bring an original contribution to their area of study.

International qualification is with the AC Australian Centre!

Outside the graduate programs abroad, AC works with several other options of university courses, such as undergraduate, study abroad and doctorate, in addition to technical courses.

AC also offers options for English courses for those who need to prepare for their postgraduate or overseas graduation, such as IELTS, Cambridge Prep and English for Academic Purposes.