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Challenge your ideas and cultivate your creativity at Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Our diverse range of courses and location in the nation’s capital and cultural heart will provide you with unrivalled opportunities to build your future.

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Bachelor of Commerce in Tourism Management

Introducing the Bachelor of Communication

Fast track your degree this summer

Fast track your degree, catch up on courses, or spread your workload throughout the year with our wide and diverse range of summer courses.

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Learn from the best

If you’re after a world-class education, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences offers you subjects that rank in the top 100 global universities.

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Enhance your career prospects

Learn how you can incorporate work-related learning and industry engagement into your degree.

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Fast track your career with a taught Master's degree

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Fine Arts (Creative Practice)

Advance your design, film-making, music or theatre skills to prepare for a rewarding career in the creative industries.

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Combine three complementary disciplines and get ahead in your career in politics, government or the public service.

Museum and Heritage Practice

Get practical skills, theoretical knowledge and sector experience for a career in the museum and heritage sector.
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  • NZHA postgraduate team

    NZHA conference: Encountering history

    The History programme hosted the New Zealand Historical Association’s (NZHA) biennial conference, Kanohi ki te kanohi: Histories for our Time, from 28–30 November 2019.

  • Nohorua Parata

    Look after your wairua

    Nohorua Hawaikirangi Parata (Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Toa, Te Ātiawa) is motivated by his whānau, his iwi, his ahurea (culture), and our taiao (natural world)  to succeed in the workforce.

  • Prize winners at the NZASIA conference

    New generation of Asia scholars feature at NZASIA conference

    The New Zealand Asian Studies Society held its 23rd Biennial Conference at Victoria University of Wellington from 24–27 November. Attended by over 150 delegates from around the world as well as from New Zealand, with participants coming from Australia, North America, Europe and Asia itself, the conference was a great success.