Course details

Summary

Relevant skills for a growing industry

Gain skills aligned to industry requirements and join this rapidly growing industry.

Massey’s Master of AgriCommerce is an internationally-recognised qualification. You will gain the research and professional skills required across the value chain from farm production to food marketing.

Join a world-leading university

When you study AgriCommerce at Massey you’ll gain from our expertise across relevant agribusiness-related skills.

That includes being world-ranked and New Zealand’s No 1 university in agriculture according to the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) rankings. Our proud record dates back to 1927 when we offered New Zealand’s first degrees in agriculture and horticulture. Our expertise in agricultural and environmental systems is supported by the Centre for Farm Business Excellence.

Massey University also has a focus on food - we were the first university to offer a food technology degree and today are the host of FoodHQ, the Palmerston North based centre for collaborative food research.

Our Massey Business School is also world-ranked - it is among the top five per cent of business schools globally and is AACSB accredited with internationally-acclaimed economics and finance specialists.

A relevant qualification

Key skills you will learn in the Master of AgriCommerce include how to communicate results of investigations and analyse opportunities clearly and persuasively, work effectively in small teams and apply advanced knowledge of agribusiness to effective solutions to agribusiness issues in an ethical and culturally-appropriate way.

You can choose a research or professional practice pathway.

Professional practice pathway

The professional practice pathway is most relevant if you wish to continue to work while studying and offers an industry-related research project. Part-time this qualification can be completed in 2.5 to five years.

You will learn how to take advantage of new agribusiness opportunities and conduct an investigation of these ethically, taking into account relevant cultural and regulatory issues. You can choose a research project relevant to your own career and industry.

Research pathway

The research pathway is appropriate if you wish to go into a research or academic career, or have come from undergraduate study and wish to continue your learning at a more in-depth level. This pathway allows you to complete an in-depth thesis on a topic of your choice.

Careers

There is growing demand for professional skills in the primary industries.. The 2014 MPI People Powered report forecast growing demand and up to 50,000 more jobs in this sector.

Entry criteria

Admission to the Master of AgriCommerce (180 credits) requires you to have

• a Bachelor of AgriCommerce having achieved a B grade average or higher over the qualifying 300-level courses, or equivalent.

If you hold an equivalent qualification to the Bachelor of AgriCommerce please supply an curriculum vitae (CV) to support your application.

Admission to the Master of AgriCommerce (120 credits) requires you to have

• a Bachelor of AgriCommerce with Honours having achieved Second Class Honours, Division I or higher; or
• a Postgraduate Diploma in AgriCommerce having achieved a B+ grade average or higher, or equivalent.

Your qualification includes either a Research Pathway (90 credit thesis) or a Professional Pathway (60 credit research report). When applying for the Master of AgriCommerce you will be asked to indicate the number of credits of research you intend to complete. If you apply to do the 90 credits of research please provide a short summary of your research interests (200 words or less) when you apply for this qualification.

English language requirements:

• IELTS score of 6.5 (no band less than 6.0)
• TOEFL iBT score of 90 overall (min 20 in Writing)
• PTE Academic score of 58 Overall (min 50 in communicative skills)
• Cambridge English score of 180