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53 Master's degrees in Health Sciences in New Zealand
Advanced Nutrition Practice
The Advanced Nutrition Practice programme at the University of Otago offers specialised postgraduate training for health professionals. Available as a Master, Postgraduate Diploma, or Certificate, it features full-time and part-time modes. Students enhance their clinical and public health expertise over one to two years.
Medical Laboratory Science
The Medical Laboratory Science programme at the University of Otago is a four-year, full-time degree providing essential training for professional registration. Students engage in clinical placements and advanced diagnostics to prepare for vital roles in healthcare. This comprehensive course is delivered on-campus in New Zealand.
Dental Technology
The Dental Technology programme at the University of Otago is a three-year, full-time undergraduate degree. Students master the design and fabrication of dental appliances using advanced digital workflows. This professional course combines medical science with hands-on technical craft at New Zealand’s premier dental faculty.
Musculoskeletal Medicine
The Musculoskeletal Medicine programme at the University of Otago offers postgraduate qualifications including certificates, diplomas, and master's degrees. Delivered via flexible distance learning, this part-time or full-time study option is designed for health professionals to enhance their clinical expertise over one to four years.
Paediatric Dentistry
The Paediatric Dentistry programme at the University of Otago offers advanced clinical training for dental professionals. This postgraduate course is available as a PGDipClinDent or DClinDent. Students engage in full-time study in Dunedin, focusing on comprehensive oral healthcare for infants, children, and adolescents.
Health Practice
Learn the theory and research to equip you for community-based and practice-oriented careers in areas like Health Promotion, Addiction, Population Mental Health and Pacific Health with this Master of Health Practice from University of Auckland.
Occupational Medicine
The Occupational Medicine programme at the University of Otago offers specialised postgraduate training for medical practitioners. Available as a certificate, diploma, or master’s degree, the curriculum is delivered via flexible distance learning. Study durations vary from one to three years through part-time study modes.
Applied Health Sciences - Wellness and Rehabilitation
If you have a passion for health, wellness and rehabilitation, and want to enhance your knowledge with postgraduate study then the Applied Health Sciences - Wellness and Rehabilitation at Southern Institute of Technology is for you.

Health Sciences Professional Practice
The Health Sciences Professional Practice course from University of Canterbury will appeal to those already employed in the health sector or those wishing to enter health-related employment, with students examining a range of significant issues in health sciences, and looking to improve their professional practice as a result.
Medical Laboratory Science
The Medical Laboratory Science programme at the University of Otago is a four-year, full-time degree providing essential training for professional registration. Students combine theoretical knowledge with clinical placements to master diagnostic testing, ensuring they are prepared for vital roles in global healthcare.
Health Sciences
This Health Sciences from University of Auckland provides the opportunity for health professionals to advance and expand their knowledge within an interdisciplinary learning environment.
Occupational Medicine
The Occupational Medicine programme at the University of Otago offers specialised postgraduate training for medical practitioners. Available as a certificate, diploma, or master’s degree, the curriculum is delivered via flexible distance learning. Study durations vary from one to three years through part-time study modes.
Periodontology
The Periodontology programme at the University of Otago offers advanced clinical training through the PGDipClinDent and DClinDent degrees. This postgraduate course focuses on oral inflammation and dental implants. Available for full-time study, it provides a comprehensive pathway for dentists to become specialists.
Oral Medicine
Postgraduate Diploma in Oral Medicine at University of Otago is one of many teaching and research areas in the Department of Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry.
Aeromedical Retrieval and Transport
The Aeromedical Retrieval and Transport programme at the University of Otago offers specialised postgraduate qualifications for doctors, nurses, and paramedics. Available via distance learning, these courses range from certificates to master's degrees, with durations spanning one to two years in part-time or full-time modes.
Quantitative Genetics
The Quantitative Genetics programme at the University of Otago offers advanced postgraduate training through M.Sc., PGDip, and PGCert pathways. Students can study full-time or part-time, with the Master’s typically completed in 12 months. This course develops analytical expertise in genetic methods for primary and medical sectors.
Musculoskeletal Medicine
The Musculoskeletal Medicine programme at the University of Otago offers advanced postgraduate training for registered medical practitioners. Available as a certificate or diploma, the study mode combines flexible distance learning with practical on-campus blocks. It takes one to two years to complete this specialist qualification.
Aeromedical Retrieval and Transport
The Aeromedical Retrieval and Transport programme at the University of Otago offers postgraduate qualifications including certificates, diplomas, and master's degrees. Delivered via distance learning, these courses range from one to two years. They provide specialised training for doctors, nurses, and paramedics in air ambulance work.
Health Leadership
This Health Leadership from University of Auckland is an innovative qualification for health professionals and graduates of health sciences, public health, commerce, law and arts degrees, who seek to improve the experiences of patients, the health of communities and populations, and the operations of health services.

Health Sciences
The Health Sciences course from University of Canterbury gives health professionals, non-clinical members of the health workforce, and others interested in the health sector or health issues the opportunity to examine critically a range of significant issues in health sciences, and where relevant to improve their professional practice.