New course

MASTER OF CHINESE MEDICINE – LEVEL 9 – 180 credits

DURATION – 18 months full time or 3 years part-time

The next Master’s Course will Start on  29 July 2024. Note this is subject to both funding approvals and enrolment numbers. 

Note an early payment discount of 10% for new enrolments is available until 28 June 2024.

The aim of this programme is to produce graduates with knowledge and advanced practical experience that enables them to practice in Chinese Medicine. Students will select courses in the area of Chinese herbal medicine or acupuncture in consultation with NZCCM. The content, assessment and practice components of courses will be aligned with the student’s chosen practice area (Chinese herbal medicine or acupuncture).

The purpose and aim of Master of Chinese Medicine is to provide communities in New Zealand with individuals who have attained advanced knowledge, practical skills and behavioural attributes in using advanced traditional Chinese Medicine practices and philosophies.

Graduates will have developed a set of knowledge and skills in clinical inquiry, critical appraisal and scholarship and the ability to initiate change to effect positive outcomes for patient groups/populations. Enabling them to undertake innovative, specialist roles in Chinese Medicine and provide leadership to other health professionals in the health care team.

Graduates from this programme will have advanced academic, practice and research skills who have gained from an academic programme which is soundly based on Chinese Medicine theories and practice. For health professionals in Chinese Medicine, this will enable them to remain up to date with new technology and developments in the field and to advance their practice including research skills.

Graduates of this programme will be able to:

1. Develop critical thinking in advanced knowledge in Chinese Medicine
2. Apply theories of Chinese Medicine in modern / contemporary society context
3. Contribute to the theories of classical and contemporary Chinese Medicine, utilising empirical evidence in advanced Chinese Medicine practice.
4. Apply medico-legal and ethical requirements in advanced practice and research.
5. Engage in rigorous intellectual analysis, criticism and problem-solving in specialist Chinese Medicine field/scope practice.
6. Work independently and safely to apply specialist Chinese Medicine knowledge in new or unfamiliar health contexts / situations
7. Demonstrate leadership through inter-professional relationships in practice.
8. Provide advanced academic information literacy in critical enquiry in research.

A graduate will be able to:

• Understand main ideas and supporting details of extended, complex oral texts of academic or professional relevance on a wide range of topics.
• Participate confidently, flexibly, and effectively in extended spoken academic discourse on a wide range of topics of academic and professional relevance.
• Understand extended, complex written texts of academic or professional relevance on a wide range of topics.
• Write well-structured, sophisticated, extended texts of academic or professional relevance on a wide range of topics.
• Integrate listening, reading, writing and speaking of academic or professional relevance on a wide range of topics.
• Conduct research and produce a mini academic research proposal.

To be admitted to the NZCEL5 programme at NZCCM, all candidates must meet the following requirements:

• be aged a minimum of 18 years old at the start of the programme; and
• have English as an additional language; and
• be a New Zealand citizen or have a Residence Class Visa (i.e., Resident Visa, Permanent Resident Visa); or
• hold a student visa.

Note: This programme is solely delivered face-to-face. International students must have a valid visa to enrol in the NZCEL5 programme. Students are not able to study online from their home country and student visa holders are not permitted to study this programme solely via online delivery.

In order to be accepted into the NZCEL5 programme at NZCCM, a candidate must meet one of the following English language requirements: 

• IELTS (Academic): 6.0 with no individual score below 5.5 (within the last 2 years); or
• Pearson’s Test of English (PTE Academic): 50 with no band score below 42; or
• New Zealand Certificate of English Language (NZCEL): Level 4 (Academic) [NZQA Ref: 1883] or Level 4 (General) [NZQA Ref: 3669]