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Graduate Diploma of Creative Advertising

At Media Design School

Location

New Zealand

Qualification

Postgraduate Diploma

Fees

NZD37097

(2026)

Duration

1 Year(s)

Next intake

15.02.2027

Entry Score

5.5

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Diploma for Graduates in Advertising

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THE World Ranking:351
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Dunedin , New Zealand
Next intake:01.03.2027
Entry Score: IELTS 6.5
NZD37380 (2026)

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Course info

Run by the legendary Kate Humphries, this is all about you pivoting yourself into a multiple award-winning career in ideas.We aren’t about annoying ads. We’re about ideas. Powerful ideas that surprise, delight, and create their own buzz. Ideas that change culture and behaviour through innovative brand products and services that demonstrate rather than talk about what a brand can do.So, if you have a creative itch, if you crave a life-changing year, if you want a career in ideas, and you need it yesterday – talk to us.We offer a unique, immersion-based approach where you work in a real creative department setting, with your timetable organised around national and global industry competitions. Your work is marked and judged by industry creatives – not academics.In your final 10 weeks, you’ll work under the guidance of a dedicated industry mentor.

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Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide.Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

Duration: 1 Year(s)

Fees: NZD37097

Intake	Location
February, 2027	Auckland
February, 2028	Auckland

Entry requirements for Media Design School

Age: Minimum 18 years

Applicants must hold a Bachelor's Degree or be able to evidence equivalent work experience.

This programme needs people with a variety of different backgrounds and experiences, so your degree or work experience could be in any sort of visual or written communication: art, design, film, animation, gaming, social sciences or the broader humanities, as well as law, marketing or business in general.

In fact, we’re very open to discussing the relevance of your degree or background, because what we’re looking for above all else are the tenacious, the motivated, the insatiably curious and any individual with a definite impulse towards a more creative pathway.

Entry Requirements:

If you are applying for the GDCA after completing a Bachelor's Degree you will need to provide:

Your completed Creative Advertising Task Sheet.
Your transcripts from your Bachelors qualification

If you are applying for the GDCA after having a combo of six years in tertiary or relevant work experience, you will need to provide:

Your completed Creative Advertising Task Sheet
Your CV/Resume
You may also want to provide your transcripts from any prior tertiary qualifications if you completed these in the past 10 years

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Application Deadline

The application deadline isn't available Speak to an IDP counsellor for more detailed information

Further information

If you aren't eligible for the above entry requirements, you might have a chance to explore pathway options at Media Design School. If you want to find out more, speak to our counsellors.