Postgraduate diplomas often provide education training in specialist disciplines and involve taught courses, although often a project may be included.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Science is a course of study open to graduates or those who have been able to demonstrate extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience of an appropriate kind. It consists of a coherent programme of not less than one year full-time study (or its equivalent in part-time study).

Courses or other work prescribed shall be at an advanced level that builds on attainment in the academic field of the prior degree.

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Massey University’s veterinary programme is ranked in the top 50 universities worldwide by both the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking and ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Science requires you to have a Bachelor of Veterinary Science, or an equivalent qualification.

Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Science (Veterinary Medicine) requires you to have a Bachelor of Veterinary Science, or veterinary degree considered by the Academic Board to be an equivalent to the Massey University Bachelor of Veterinary Science qualification.