Speech and Language Therapy

About the course

This Masters course will allow students to gain a sophisticated understanding of acquired communication disorders, speech therapy or speech difficulties in order to contribute to research in your field or develop your career prospects. Students are typically able to choose to undertake coursework only options or a minor thesis as part of the program.

What you might learn

Students can choose units of study such as articulatory phonetics, linguistics, speech and language disorders, including an option of undertaking placements for some courses. Training throughout the degree will help you to develop key skills to specialise in that subject area.

Career outcome

Upon graduating from this program, you may be employed in roles such as academic, researcher, audiologist, speech therapist, speech pathologist, speech-language pathologist, and etc. in companies including local hospitals, local health service organisations, local community centre, private practice, NHS, and etc.

Living Costs in Auckland**

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Restaurant (Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant) NZ$ 17 - 23	Rent per Month (1 bedroom in City Centre) NZ$ 1,621 - 2,143	Rent per Month (1 bedroom Outside of Centre) NZ$ 1,357 - 1,794
Transportation (Daily) NZ$ 7 - 10	Utilities per Month (Electricity, Mobile & Internet) NZ$ 213 - 282

Average Salary***

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*Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2023)

**Source: numbeo.com

***Source: payscale.com