Diploma in Human Development

Graduates will use a broad range of theory and research to understand and explain the development of people from infancy to old age, examine the influence of contexts and apply this knowledge to specific life situations.

With a tradition of academic excellence, Massey University is the nearest thing New Zealand has to a national university. It has nearly 18,000 students enrolled on three main campuses, with approximately 17,000 national and worldwide distance learning (extramural) students.