The Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce is a 120-credit, Level 8 postgraduate qualification at Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand. It is designed to develop advanced critical thinking, analysis, management and business skills for students interested in commercial and non-profit organisations. The programme can be taken as a stand-alone qualification or used as a pathway towards further postgraduate study, subject to the relevant progression requirements.

The IPU link supplied in the request is the IPU Master of Global Business page, not a dedicated IPU page for the Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce. Therefore, any IPU-specific partnership, pathway, application process, fee arrangement or additional admission condition is not publicly specified – please confirm with IPU.

Why Study / Key Benefits

• Develop advanced commerce and management knowledge at postgraduate level.
• Strengthen critical thinking, analytical and business decision-making skills.
• Develop management capabilities relevant to commercial and non-profit organisations.
• Gain knowledge suited to a rapidly changing business environment.
• Build skills that can support progression towards senior-level business and management positions.
• Study within Lincoln's specialist business environment, which has strong connections with New Zealand's primary-sector and agribusiness economy.
• Benefit from an elective-based structure that allows the programme to be built from courses associated with relevant master's degrees.
• Use the qualification as a stand-alone postgraduate award or as a pathway towards further postgraduate study.
• Lincoln's Business area covers accounting, economics, finance, global business, marketing, supply chain management, tourism management and other business-related disciplines.

Programme Structure and Subjects / Topics

The Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce normally consists of two semesters of full-time study.

Students must complete 120 credits from the schedules of courses associated with the relevant master's degrees. The current programme page describes the structure as elective-based.

The programme structure shown by Lincoln is:

First study semester:

• Elective
• Elective
• Elective

Second study semester:

• Elective
• Elective
• Elective

The programme regulations identify the relevant master's-degree schedules as:

• Master of Commerce (Agricultural)
• Master of Commerce and Management

Therefore, the precise subjects depend on the approved course combination and the courses available in the relevant academic year.

Potential subject areas include:

• Management
• Organisational behaviour
• Marketing
• Finance
• Accounting
• Economics
• Global business
• Agribusiness
• Supply chain management
• Business analysis
• Commercial decision-making

Disciplines / Specialisations

The Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce does not have fixed named majors on its current programme page.

Students select courses from the relevant master's-degree schedules, allowing their programme to be developed around areas of commerce and management.

Relevant disciplines within Lincoln's Business area include:

• Accounting
• Economics
• Finance
• Global Business
• Marketing
• Supply Chain Management
• Tourism Management
• Agribusiness
• Business management
• Food and resource economics

Programme Highlights

• Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce
• Level 8 postgraduate qualification
• 120 credits
• Normally 1 year full-time
• Two-semester structure
• Semester 1 and Semester 2 entry
• Lincoln University Campus
• Elective-based programme structure
• Courses selected from relevant master's-degree schedules
• Advanced critical thinking and analytical development
• Management and business skills
• Relevance to commercial and non-profit organisations
• Stand-alone qualification
• Potential pathway to further postgraduate study

Career Outcomes

The programme is designed to strengthen the knowledge and skills required for management and senior-level business responsibilities.

Potential career areas include:

• Business management
• Commercial management
• Business analysis
• Finance
• Accounting
• Marketing
• Economics
• Supply chain management
• Agribusiness
• Global business
• Management consulting
• Non-profit organisation management
• Government and organisational administration
• Business development

International Student Visa Requirements

International students must hold a current, valid visa that permits study in New Zealand at Lincoln University.

For a new international student, Lincoln states that a Student Visa application requires:

• Offer of Place from Lincoln University
• Evidence that tuition fees have been paid, normally a fee receipt
• Passport
• Digital photograph
• Proof of funds for living expenses of NZ$20,000 per year
• Evidence of funds to cover travel to the student's home country at the end of study, or an air ticket to the home country
• Visa application fee

Immigration New Zealand may additionally request:

• Medical certificates
• Chest X-ray
• Police Certificate
• Additional information if the student will be under 18 when beginning study