Diploma in Creative Arts

You’ll study with art and design degree students in a range of studio and lecture-based courses covering everything from critical and contextual studies, to social media, painting, and digital fabrication. The Diploma in Creative Arts is made up of eight courses from the first year of our Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Design, Bachelor of Screen Arts with Honours (previously known as Bachelor of Creative Media Production) and Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts qualifications. Studying courses in the Diploma in Creative Arts can be a good way to develop your portfolio for entry to the Bachelor of Design with Honours or Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours.

All students must meet university entrance requirements to be admitted to the University.Specific requirementsThere are no specific entry requirements for this programme outside of university admission regulations. No portfolio is required.International English Language Requirements IELTS - 6.0 overall and minimum 5.5 in each bandTOEFL iBT - Overall score 80 minimum 19 in WritingCambridge English - B2 First or B2 First for schools or C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency with a score of 169. No less than 162 in each skill.NCEL - Level 4 (Academic)PTE - 50 overall and minimum 42 in each communicative skillsLanguageCert - C1 Expert IESOL (LRWS) with PASS and no less than Pass in each skill