New Zealand Diploma in Business (Leadership and Management): Fees & Entry Requirements at Ara Institute of Canterbury Limited, New Zealand

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New Zealand Diploma in Business (Leadership and Management)

New Zealand

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What will I learn?

This diploma is designed to enable you to apply your leadership and management skills to contribute to the achievements of a business or organisation. It covers business basics including accounting, sales and marketing, human resources and risk management, then focuses on leadership and management aspects of business. This focus will give you the knowledge and skills to be able to plan and manage projects, manage workflow and productivity, improve performance and processes, address sustainability issues, solve problems, take responsibility for key decision making, encourage innovation and recruit, lead and manage staff.

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
NZ$25,000.00 (12,58,241) per year
Start date

July 2026

Venue

Timaru Campus

32 Arthur Street,

TIMARU,

Timaru Central,

7910, South Island, New Zealand

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
NZ$25,000.00 (12,58,241) per year
Start date

February 2026

Venue

Timaru Campus

32 Arthur Street,

TIMARU,

Timaru Central,

7910, South Island, New Zealand

Entry requirements

For international students

NCEA Level 2 which must include:

  • 8 Literacy credits at Level 2 or above and 14 Numeracy credits at Level 1 or above

Note: If you have undertaken examinations other than NCEA (e.g. International Baccalaureate, Cambridge Examination), Ara will assess your qualification for academic entry equivalency.

Alternative requirements

If you show that you have equivalent skills for tertiary study gained through study, work and/or life experience, you may be able to gain alternative entry.

English Language requirements:

IELTS test - Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5

SPEAKING - 5.0
READING - 5.0
WRITING - 5.0
LISTENING - 5.0

TOEFL Paper-based test (pBT) - Score of 550 (with an essay score of 5 TWE)

TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) - Score of 46 (with a writing score of 14)

Cambridge English Qualifications - B2 First or B2 First for schools with a score of 162. No less than 154 in each skill

Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 42 with no band score lower than 36

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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