Unlike other comparable postgraduate degrees in New Zealand, all of the component courses of the multidisciplinary MIntSt degree are taught exclusively at the post-Honours 500-level, whilst the dissertation component allows students to research particular topics of interest and gain valuable research skills.

The ?at ?is a truly international experience. Each year nearly 50 per cent of our students come from outside New Zealand. The programme has included students from China, Japan, Norway, Germany, Chile, the USA, Thailand, the UK, Canada, Hong Kong, Brunei, Malta, France, Switzerland and India.

Many MIntSt students graduate to excellent positions all over the world. For example, there are graduates based in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Chile and Japan, working for Statistics Canada, producing a BBC Radio Foreign Studies series and working in an Environmental Think Tank in Geneva.

The Master of International Studies (MIntSt) degree requires at least twelve months of full-time, or the equivalent in part-time, study and entails an intensive programme of postgraduate coursework and research in the multi-disciplinary field of International Studies. The aim is to develop in candidates the analytical skills and knowledge essential to understanding the contemporary world. The normal admission requirement is a B- degree with an average grade of at least B+ in the 300-level papers for the degree, or an honours degree awarded at a standard of at least second class honours (Division 1).