Where do I study advertising and marketing communications?

The Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

Under one name or another, the AUT has provided advertising curricula for the industry for more than 20 years. In 1994, in addition to diploma programmes, it offered New Zealand's first-degree qualification in Advertising as part of its Bachelor of Business, primarily focused on advertising management, account servicing and media planning.

AUT's School of Communication Studies offered, for the first time in 2000, a Graduate Diploma in Advertising Creativity major available in its Communications Studies degree. AUT provides the widest range of Advertising educational options and resources available in New Zealand, including university library with Internet based resources, television production studios, radio production studios, multimedia and computer labs.

CAANZ actively supports all programmes with its members serving on AUT advisory committees, providing guest speakers, sponsorships and ongoing quality review. Qualifications have been reviewed and approved by the International Advertising Association (IAA).

Private Bag 92006, Wellesley Street East, Auckland
Ph (09) 307-9909 for course information Fax (09) 307-9800
Website: www.aut.ac.nz
 

AdSchool

Diploma in Creative Advertising

This course successfully grooms students for the intensely challenging but creatively satisfying and financially rewarding world of creative advertising. One of its strongest assets is its ties to the advertising industry and the involvement with its senior creative people, which means it operates very closely to ‘real world’ standards. But the course’s greatest strength is its focus on ideas. Big ideas. Fresh ideas. Ideas that help people sell their products and services.

The course has enjoyed unparalleled and sustained success in both New Zealand and global student awards, and 69% of graduates have landed full-time jobs as either art directors or copywriters in a wide variety of advertising agencies, both in New Zealand and overseas.

Level 10, 242 Queen Street, Auckland
Ph (09) 303 0402 Fax: (09) 303 0646
Website: www.mediadesign.school.nz
Look under Creative Advertising


Media Design School

Media Design School, located in Auckland, New Zealand, is a registered and approved private tertiary institute specialising in high-end undergraduate and graduate qualifications in 3D animation, 3D visualisation, visual effects, game art, game programming, graphic design, digital media, creative advertising (AdSchool) and creative technologies. Each qualification is highly relevant, teaching industry standard skills and knowledge and enabling direct entry to specific careers within the creative technologies sector.

Media Design School is very well resourced, offering some of the latest in hardware, software and technology. Our courses are intensive, production-based programs taught by industry professionals.

Level 10, 242 Queen Street, Auckland
Ph (09) 303 0402 Fax: (09) 303 0646
Website: www.mediadesign.school.nz


Massey University - Albany, Palmerston North, Wellington and Extramural 

Massey offers a Bachelor of Business Studies (Marketing) and a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies (Marketing). In addition, Massey offers Post-Graduate Diplomas, a Master of Management, MBA and MBS degrees. The Massey Wellington campus is home to the College of Design, Fine Arts and Music. 
 
College of Business contact details are as follows:

Albany: Elizabeth Eckhoff Ph (09) 4140800 ext 9495 email e.m.eckhoff@massey.ac.nz
Manawatu: Te Muri Tatere-Beamsley Ph 0800Massey ext 81323 email t.m.tatere-beamsley@massey.ac.nz
Wellington: Te Muri Tatere-Beamsley Ph 0800Massey ext 81323 email t.m.tatere-beamsley@massey.ac.nz
Extramural: Te Muri Tatere-Beamsley Ph 0800Massey ext 81323 email t.m.tatere-beamsley@massey.ac.nz
Website: www.massey.ac.nz


University Of Auckland

Business School

Offers a full range of Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate, Diploma, Masters, Executive Programmes, and Short Courses - including Executive Programmes in the classroom and online. University of Auckland also offers MBA and Master of Management programmes.

Ph (09) 373 7599 ext 7186 Fax: (09) 373 7019
Email: comenquiry@auckland.ac.nz
Websites: www.auckland.ac.nz      www.shortcourses.auckland.ac.nz

Centre for Film, Television and Media Studies

University of Auckland Centre for Film, Art and Television Studies offers BA and Masters degrees, as well as summer school papers.

University of Auckland, Private Bay 92019, Auckland
Ph (09) 373 7599 Fax: (09) 373 7429
Email: media@auckland.ac.nz
Website: www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/ftvm/contact


Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
 
The Institute devotes an entire three pages of its prospectus to communications and the media and also offers courses on marketing and management as well as Broadcasting courses in Christchurch, and a Radio school in Christchurch and Auckland.

PO Box 22 095, Christchurch
For those outside Christchurch phone 0800 CHCH POLY (0800 24 24 76)
Ph (03) 379 8150 Fax (03) 366 6544
Website: www.chchpoly.ac.nz


South Seas Film and Television School

South Seas Film and Television school offers NZQA courses in film, television and new media production. They offer one-year full time courses in Film and Television Production, a one-year New Media Production course and several one-week introductory courses throughout the year.

PO Box 34-579, Birkenhead, Auckland 10
Freephone 0508 768 847
Ph (09) 444 3253 Fax (09) 444 7821
Email: info@southseas.co.nz
www.southseas.co.nz


University of Waikato

Management School

University of Waikato Management School (WMS) offers a wide range of qualifications for people with a variety of previous experience and at different levels of study. WMS is New Zealand’s number one research-led business school so you can be assured that what you are learning is the freshest material in your field of interest.

WMS offers a Public Relations major (endorsed by the world’s foremost PR professional body, PRSA, with the CEPR accreditation) as well as both a Marketing and a Management Communication major in its Bachelor of Communication Studies (BCS) and its Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS). The Bachelor of Electronic Commerce (BECom) was New Zealand’s first electronic commerce degree and it is recognised as a world leader in providing this specialist qualification for an industry that is growing enormously and which supports the communication industry of New Zealand.

Private Bag 3105, Hamilton
Ph: (07) 838 4303 Fax: (07) 838 4063
Email: msc@mngt.waikato.ac.nz
Website: www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Screen and Media Studies is offered in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and is a major subject for BA and BCS degrees and the BMCT (subject to final academic approval) degree and may also be taken as a supporting subject for most other degrees offered by the University. Screen and Media Studies is also offered at graduate and post-graduate levels, with a range of programmes available to suit the needs and requirements of our  students. 

In 2010 (subject to final academic approval) the University of Waikato will offer the Bachelor of Media and Creative Technologies (BMCT) degree, which provides exciting multidisciplinary opportunities, supported by the WEL Academy of Performing Arts and dedicated media studios.  Subjects include Creative Practices, Creative Technologies, Design Media, Māori, Media and Communication, and Screen and Media Studies.

Private Bag 3105, Hamilton
Ph: (07) 838 4080 Fax: (07) 838 4636
www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass


Manukau Institute of Technology 

Manukau Institute of Technology has launched two new graduate diplomas in marketing and advertising.

The Graduate Diploma in Advertising is unique in New Zealand. It provides learners with the latest ideas and strategies in advertising management - providing a perspective on advertising theory, creative strategy, media management and account service. The programme can be studied at MIT's south Auckland campus or studied by distance learning throughout the country.

Also available: Diploma in Marketing Communications, Graduate Diploma in Marketing, Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Applied Communication, Bachelor of Business and Information Management.
 
Private Bag 94006, Manukau City
Ph (09) 274 6009 Fax: (09) 273 0701
Course Information Line: 0800 62 62 52
Email: info@manakau.ac.nz
Website: www.manukau.ac.nz


University of Otago

The Commerce Division consists of six departments as well as an internationally renowned Advanced Business Programme (MBA), with a wide range of marketing and management studies available.

PO Box 56 , Dunedin
Ph: (03) 479 8149 Fax: (09) 479 8171
Email: commerce@otago.ac.nz
Website: www.otago.ac.nz/departments/commerce/index.html

The University's Humanities Department offers film and media studies.

Email: filmmedia@otago.ac.nz
Website: www.otago.ac.nz/humanities
 

Victoria University

The Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (BCA) programme has been designed to equip students for a successful future in today's exciting commercial environment. It provides a strong foundation of the essentials required for work in all areas of public administration and private business.

The School of Marketing and International Business is part of the Faculty of Commerce and Administration and offers a wide range of programmes to an increasingly diverse student population.

Faculty of Commerce and Administration
Phone: +64 4 463 5376
Email: fca-sao@vuw.ac.nz
Location: Level 1, Railway West Wing, Pipitea Campus
Enquiries to: Ground Floor, Railway West Wing, Pipitea Campus
Website: www.victoria.ac.nz/smib/
 

Wintec

The one year Graduate Diploma in Communication with endorsements in Public Relations and Advertising is an exciting new course offered by the School of Media Arts
 
Develop your skills with Wintec’s innovative Bachelor of Media Arts (three year degree) with majors in Public Relations/Advertising, Journalism, Audio Post Production, Songwriting, Graphic Design, Digital Media Design, Moving Image, Painting/Sculpture, and Photography.
 
The three year degree or one year graduate diploma arms you with the skills and confidence for success in a wide range of careers such as: public relations, advertising, communication management, event management and marketing. This course takes learning beyond the classroom and into the industries themselves, giving you a firm grasp on public relations and advertising practices with real clients in a unique, creative environment.
 
Telephone (07) 838 8258
Info: Info@wintec.ac.nz
Web: www.wintec.ac.nz/


Career Services 

Career Services are a government organisation that aims to provide access to the best careers information, advice and guidance by promoting the importance of career planning at every stage of a person’s life.

Website: www.careers.co.nz

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