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Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Masters degrees

A masters degree is a degree programme demonstrably in advance of undergraduate level that provides training in scholarship and research. A masters degree is structured to enable students to develop and use their thinking and analytical skills towards completing a major research component. This research is normally presented in a thesis, dissertation or project. It should demonstrate a capacity for independent thinking and also make a contribution to existing scholarship.

Masters programmes in the faculty are worth either 120 or 240 points.  A 120 point programme will take the equivalent of one year of full-time study to complete. A 240 point programme will take the equivalent of two years of full-time study to complete.

To be eligible to enter a 120 point programme an applicant must have completed a postgraduate diploma (or equivalent qualification) with at least a B average. To be eligible to enter a 240 point programme an applicant must have completed a relevant degree with at least a B average in their final year of study.

Within the University, masters degrees are defined as being taught masters or research masters. The programme for a research masters will include either a thesis, or a research portfolio. The programme for a taught masters will include a dissertation or a research project and additional courses. Not all programmes offer both a taught and a research option.

Please note that all regulations should be read in conjunction with the General regulations - Masters degrees.

Read further information on The University of Auckland masters policies and guidelines.

Guidelines to Thesis/Dissertations/Research portfolio(67.2KB PDF)

More information on further study:

Masters degrees available in the faculty:

Masters degrees available jointly with the Faculty of Science:

Available masters projects

Below is a list of available masters projects.  For more information, contact the appropriate supervisor listed. 

Please note that there is a special administration process for students intending to study in the School of Medical Sciences. Detailed administration process information for the masters research projects can be found in Administration process for students in the School of Medical Sciences.

TitleSchoolDepartmentSupervisor
Comparing prices of selected medicines among 15 European Union Countries School of PharmacyPharmacyDr Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar
Food and Health in old age – protein intake and time of day School of Population HealthGeneral Practice and Primary Health CareMiss Ruth Teh
Kava use amongst Fijian and Tongan men in New Zealand School of Population HealthPacific HealthDr Vili Nosa
Medication management in newly graduated nurses School of NursingNursingMs Anecita Gigi Lim
Optimisation of an Autophagy Assay School of Medical SciencesNutritionDr Gareth Marlow
PiggyBac transposon mutagenesis in haploid mouse embryonic stem cells. School of Medical SciencesAuckland Cancer Society Research CentreDr Peter Sobieszczuk
Socio-economic status and youth health School of MedicinePaediatricsDr Simon Denny
Studies into the posology of intravenous nonsteroidal drugs for pain relief School of PharmacyPharmacyProf Gil Hardy
The distribution of CVD services and outcomes in the Auckland Region School of Population HealthEpidemiology & BiostatisticsDr Daniel Exeter
The experience of anaphylaxis School of Population HealthHealth SystemsDr Laura Wilkinson-Meyers
The impact of decreased cognitive function on the self management activities of older people with heart failure School of NursingNursingMrs Susan Waterworth
The use of social marketing to inform the public about the harms of methamphetamine use School of Population HealthSocial & Community HealthDr David Newcombe
A dietary intervention study to delay the progression of prostate cancer in men who have elected to follow a “watch and wait” approach to treatment School of Medical SciencesAuckland Cancer Society Research CentreKaren Bishop
Consistent condom and contraception use among New Zealand secondary school students School of NursingNursingDr Terryann Clark
Contribution of ABC transporter gene over-expression to determining the cellular accumulation and sensitivity to platinum anticancer drugs School of Medical SciencesPharmacology & Clinical PharmacologyAssoc Prof Mark McKeage
Design and construction of the motivation to teach questionnaire Faculty AdministrationCMHSEDr Marcus Henning
Features of the proteasome and response to the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib in patients with multiple myeloma? School of Medical SciencesMolecular Medicine & PathologyDr Nuala Helsby
Quality of Primary Care in New Zealand: Analysis of the QUALICOPC New Zealand GP & Patient Data School of Population HealthHealth SystemsDr Rob McNeill
The effect of cancer on drug processing activity in patients School of Medical SciencesMolecular Medicine & PathologyDr Nuala Helsby
Time to CT and appropriateness of CT scanning among people presenting to the ED setting with an acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) School of Population HealthEpidemiology & BiostatisticsDr Bridget Kool
Using Social Cognition Models and Online Simulation of Health Scenarios to Understand Population Health Behaviour School of Population HealthHealth SystemsDr Rob McNeill



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