We strongly recommend you get in touch if you have any questions or would like to know more about postgraduate study in the Dance Studies programme.

Postgraduate Adviser (Applications and Admissions)

Dr Sarah Knox

Email: sarah.knox@auckland.ac.nz

Postgraduate Adviser (Current postgraduate students)

Associate Professor Sarah Foster-Sproull

Email: s.foster-sproull@auckland.ac.nz

See important dates for the academic year, including orientation, enrolment, study breaks, exams, and graduation.

Subject to supervisor availability, a 1 December start is available. Please contact the faculty for this information.

Please note: we will consider late applications if places are still available. International students should start the application process as early as possible to allow sufficient time to apply for a visa.

This is a limited entry programme: there is a limit on the number of enrolments due to staff or space capacity. For more information, please see the Limitation of Entry Statute 1991 in the University Calendar and the related Programme and Course Limitations and selection criteria.

University of Auckland Qualification

Minimum requirements listed here are the likely grades required and do not guarantee entry. We assess each application individually and applicants may require a higher grade to be offered a place.

5.0 - Grade Point Average

Calculate your Grade Point Average (GPA)

Research (120 points)

You must have completed a Bachelor of Dance Studies (Honours) or Postgraduate Diploma in Dance Studies or Postgraduate Diploma in Creative and Performing Arts with a GPA of 5.0.

Research (180 points)

You must have completed the Bachelor of Dance Studies with a GPA of 5.0 or higher in 60 points above above Stage II

If you do not currently meet the entry requirements, then you could seek entry into thePGDipDanceSt - Postgraduate Diploma in Dance Studies as a pathway to the 120-point Master of Dance Studies degree..                                                                                           

If you do not meet the above entry requirements, but have other relevant experience and think you would be successful in postgraduate study, please contact us to discuss alternative pathways into our programmes. 

You'll also need to meet other requirements, including time limits and total points limits. See Postgraduate enrolment.

Depending on the type of programme you are pursuing, you may have the opportunity to complete a unique research project. To find out more about the research carried out at the University of Auckland and to identify potential supervisors, check out our researcher profiles.

If you are an international applicant whose first language is not English, you must provide evidence of your English proficiency.

If you are a domestic applicant, you will generally be considered proficient in English.

6.5 - IELTS Academic score required

No bands less than - 6.0

See alternative English language requirements

For more information about the requirements and English proficiency tests, please see Postgraduate English language requirements.

Qualification from another tertiary institution

Minimum requirements listed here are the likely grades required and do not guarantee entry. We assess each application individually and applicants may require a higher grade to be offered a place.

5.0 - Grade Point Equivalent

Calculate your Grade Point Equivalent (GPE)

As part of your application, you may be asked to submit a written statement covering your previous dance education, experience, involvement in community activities, practice/employment in dance, and details of any academic and/or professional awards and prizes you may have received. An interview may also be required to assist in assessing your application, and we will contact you directly if these elements are needed.

Research (120 points)

You need to have completed a one-year postgraduate degree, after an undergraduate degree, in Dance Studies or an equivalent field indicative of an ability to undertake advanced research in Dance. Your study must have been at a recognised university (or similar institution).

Research (180 points)

You need to have completed a Bachelors degree at a recognised university (or similar institution), with a grade point average equivalent of 5.0 or higher across your highest level of study in the degree.

Your degree should have been in Dance Studies or an equivalent field indicative of an ability to undertake advanced studies in Dance.

Transfer of Credit - You can apply for transfer of credit for tertiary courses completed elsewhere as part of your Application for Admission. For more information see External transfer of credit.

If you have completed study at another New Zealand University, get an estimate of the transfer credit you may be eligible for, using our Transfer Credit Calculator.

If you do not currently meet the entry requirements, then you could seek entry into the PGDipDanceSt - Postgraduate Diploma in Dance Studies as a pathway to the 120-point Master of Dance Studies degree.

In exceptional circumstances, if you have extensive relevant practical, professional or scholarly experience which is deemed equivalent to the above standard, then you may be considered for admission to the 180-point Master of Dance Studies.

If you do not meet the above entry requirements, but have other relevant experience and think you would be successful in postgraduate study, please contact us to discuss alternative pathways into our programmes.