Eastern Institute of Technology
Master of Professional Creative Practice
Auckland, New Zealand
Master degree
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Mar 2027
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Key Summary
About: The Master of Professional Creative Practice (Te Hono ki Toi Poutiriao) is a blended postgraduate programme at the Eastern Institute of Technology. You’ll study by online learning, wānanga and research by creative practice and may be based at IDEAschool (Hawke’s Bay) or Toihoukura (Tairāwhiti) while engaging with staff and students across campuses. It’s a 180 credit Level 9 one and a half years full-time programme.
Career Outcomes: Graduates may work as professional artists, creative directors, independent practitioners, curators, designers, arts managers, cultural producers, educators, or doctoral researchers, applying practice-led research, exhibition curation, portfolio development, creative entrepreneurship and consultancy roles.
Delivery of the Master of Professional Creative Practice | Te Hono ki Toi (Poutiriao) is “blended” – that is, it is a combination of online study, wānanga and research by creative practice. You may be “based” at either IDEAschool in Hawke’s Bay or Toihoukura in Tairāwhiti but will have opportunities to engage with staff and students based at both schools and students who may be practicing throughout Aotearoa and indeed the world.
The Master of Professional Creative Practice (MPCP) is a 180 credit programme with full-time study for one and a half years at Level 9, consisting of four compulsory courses that provides you with the opportunity to create a body of creative work to a standard that develops, extends and refines prior professional practices, processes and knowledge. This will be done through research and critical evaluation to strengthen your creative practice while contextualizing your practice in relation to relevant communities, contemporary concepts, models theory, technologies and professional practice management techniques.
