Graduate Diploma in Data Analytics

at Manukau Institute of Technology - Manukau Campus New Zealand

Get training in key information technology (IT) skills and graduate with a degree in high demand by the industry worldwide.

This degree meets the high accreditation standards of the Institute of IT Professionals (IITP), who also endorse it as being of the calibre that provides “the best pathway to industry in New Zealand and abroad.”

You’ll be able to make a practical link between the latest digital technologies and today’s business environment ensuring that you’re well equipped to take your place in this exciting and constantly changing industry. This degree will provide you with the skills to analyse, design, develop, implement and maintain information systems across a variety of industries and business types.

As well as a strong grounding in analytical, technical and theoretical concepts this degree also uses hands-on practical methods and teaches important people skills like communication and management skills. At the culmination of this programme you’ll be able to do a real-world project where you can apply your skills in the workplace.

Data analytics

• use, design and develop both front-end and back-end data manipulation technologies to support decision making, statistical models and analytics reports that solve business problems
• analyse security, privacy, risks, opportunities and ethical issues of big data and data analytics
• design and develop multi-dimensional data warehouses from a range of internal and external databases.

Learn what it takes to make businesses more efficient and profitable with the Graduate Diploma in Operations and Production Management. You will have the choice of several study pathways to shape the kind of career you want. You will also graduate with hands-on experience working on a project for a local business.

Program Highlights

• Get specialist skills in human resources (HR) management with our graduate diploma.
• This qualification is for anyone who has a qualification or experience working in the HR industry.
• It will set you up with the essential skills you need to get a job in HR management.
• Work on a project for a local business, ensuring you have both skills and hands-on experience when you graduate.

Program Highlights

• There are no limits to where a career in project management can take you. 
• Most industries need people who can lead, design, execute and complete business projects. 
• Study with MIT and you'll learn the skills to manage a project from start to finish. 
• You will be matched to a company to work on a real-world project. Apply your skills in creating project plans and using project management software tools. 
• When you graduate, you’ll be ready to get a job across a range of industries critical to the rebuild of the New Zealand economy. 
• Launch your career in construction, information technology (IT) or engineering. There are also opportunities in government, education and not-for-profit organisations.

All types of industries need project managers, from information technology and construction to not-for-profit organisations. Organisations are looking for people with the skills to drive change. Study with MIT and you will learn the skills to manage a project from start to finish.  Find out how to manage people and resources to a budget. Learn the organisational skills to stick to deadlines and meet critical milestones.  You will graduate having managed a real-world project for a local business. This will ensure you have both skills and hands-on experience when you enter the job market.

Program Highlights

• Develop your marketing ideas and people skills with MIT. You will get hands-on experience with a sales and marketing project for a real business. Learn what drives consumer behaviour in the New Zealand and international markets. Develop skills in reaching and selling to specific audiences.
• When you graduate, you will be ready for a range of strategic and creative marketing roles. Your career could take you to consultancy or market research, or even public relations.

Program Highlights

• If you're a people person and love helping others succeed, consider a career in human resources.
• You will play an essential role in helping to hire the right people in all kinds of businesses from start-ups to large corporations.
• Study with MIT and you'll learn the core skills in human resource management you need to get ahead in your career.
• We teach all of our practical programmes at MIT Manukau, located right in the heart of Manukau.
• Our passionate staff will work closely with you to achieve your goals. And, our strong industry relationships keep you up to date with the latest business practices.

Become a registered nurse with unique skills to support and enhance Pacific health. This program has a strong emphasis on cultural-identity and connections to Pacific and nursing world-views. Pacific ways of knowing and learning are woven throughout this program giving you the practical healthcare skills and hands-on clinical experience to work within your community. Smaller class sizes encourage a sense of family, aiga (Samoan), kopu tangata (Cook Islands), k?inga (Tongan), magafaoa (Niuean), matavuvale (Fijian) and k?iga (Tokelau, Tuvalu) and contributes to life-long connections. Pacific leaders, communities and organisations work collaboratively with MIT to enable you to form relationships with those in the health sector. When you graduate, you'll be ready to sit the Nursing Council of New Zealand State Examination and apply for registration as a registered nurse in New Zealand.

High-level problem solvers are needed to keep up with the constantly evolving IT industry. Designed in conjunction with industry experts this program will provide you with the tools and knowledge to solve tomorrow’s complex IT problems. Studying part-time gives you the opportunity to be working in industry while completing your studies. You will undertake an applied research project that is connected to your own practice and industry experience. You can choose a specialist strand in:

• Data analytics
• Cyber security.

Want to gain or advance your skills and knowledge in cyber security or data analytics?

Whether you are already working in the industry and looking to upskill or if you want to add specialist skills to an existing qualification this postgraduate diploma will provide you with in-depth knowledge to solve tomorrow’s complex IT problems. You can choose a specialist strand in:

• Data analytics or
• Cyber security.

You will also undertake an applied project that is connected to your own practice and industry experience. This program has been designed in conjunction with industry experts so what you learn is relevant in the workplace. We also offer part-time study options so you can work and study at the same time.