Diploma in Culinary Arts
Course details
| NZQF Level | 5 |
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About the course
Do you love working with food and want to become a creative professional in this field? The Diploma in Culinary Arts is an advanced professional cookery qualification that covers the theoretical and practical skills to work in a professional culinary environment.
Courses cover the professional cookery concepts and systems essential for managing a professional kitchen. You study in AUT’s outstanding facilities, which are rated among the best in Australasia and resemble a professional culinary arts environment.
This programme is full for 2027 and applications have closed.
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Entry requirements
Minimum entry requirements
If you have New Zealand qualifications
- Completion of Year 12
- NCEA: 48 level 2 credits or higher including eight level 2 credits in any one subject from Classical Studies, Drama, English, Geography, Health Education, History, Art History, Media Studies, Social Studies, Te Reo Māori, Te Reo Rangatira, Business Studies, Economics, Physical Education
- CIE: 60 points on the UCAS Tariff, including any one subject similar to the NCEA subjects listed above
- IB: Completion of Year 12
If you have qualifications from another country
International student entry requirements
English language requirements
- IELTS (Academic) of 5.5 overall with all bands 5.0 or higher; or equivalent.
Other requirements
The practical side of this programme involves using commercial kitchen tools and equipment and requires you to demonstrate a level of skill that doesn’t compromise any health and safety standards for yourself and others.