In accordance with section 118(a) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, the Psychologists Board is required to prescribe the qualifications required for scopes of practice within the profession, and, for that purpose, to accredit and monitor educational institutions and degrees, courses of studies, or programmes.
The Board currently monitors twenty-one courses of study and seven educational organisations, plus two agencies that provide supervision-to-registration schemes. The Board's Accreditation Committee oversees most of its accreditation activities.
Each application for accreditation is reviewed by an expert Assessment Team appointed for that purpose. The Board greatly appreciates the willingness of senior academics and practitioners to serve on Assessment Teams, thereby ensuring that New Zealand’s training programmes are producing graduates who are competent to practise.
The table below provides a current overview of the status of each course of study currently monitored by the Psychologists Board. The final Accreditation Report for each course of study that has been assessed can be viewed by clicking on the word "Accredited" in the second column:
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Educational organisation / Course of study |
Current status |
Next assessment due |
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AUT |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology PGDipCounsPsych |
2020 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Rehabilitation Psychology PGDipRehabPsych |
2020 |
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Massey University |
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Doctor of Clinical Psychology DClinPsych |
2021 |
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Masters in Clinical Psychology MClinPsych |
Provisionally Accredited |
(on hold) |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Psychology PGDipEdPsych (Recently renamed as the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational and Developmental Psychology - PGDipEdDevPsych) |
2019 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial/Organisational Psychology PGDipI/OPsych |
2025 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Practice PGDipPsychPrac |
2017 |
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University of Auckland |
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Doctor of Clinical Psychology DClinPsych |
2018 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Psychology (Applied Behaviour Analysis) PGDipAppPsych(ABA) |
2018 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Psychology (Industrial, Work and Organisational) PGDipAppPsych(IWO) |
Not accepting enrolments |
Deferred indefinitely |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology PGDipClinPsych |
2018 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Health Psychology PGDipHlthPsych |
2018 |
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University of Canterbury |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Family Psychology PGDipChFamPsych |
2020 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology PGDipClinPsyc |
2021 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial and Organisational Psychology PGDipIndOrgPsyc |
Not accepting enrolments |
Deferred indefinitely |
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University of Otago |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology PGDipClPs |
2020 |
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University of Waikato |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology (Clinical) PGDipPsych(Clin) |
2017 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in the Practice of Psychology (Applied Behaviour Analysis) PGDipPracPsych(ABA) |
Not accepting enrolments |
Deferred indefinitely |
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Postgraduate Diploma in the Practice of Psychology (Community) PGDipPracPsych(Comm) |
2021 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in the Practice of Psychology (Organisational) PGDipPracPsych(Org) |
Not accepting enrolments |
Deferred indefinitely |
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Victoria University |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology PGDipClinPsych |
2018 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Psychology Practice PGDipEPP |
2021 |
The table below provides a current overview of the status of the supervision-to-registration agencies currently monitored by the Psychologists Board:
|
Supervision-to-Registration Agency |
Current status |
Next assessment due |
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New Zealand Department of Corrections |
2019 |
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New Zealand Defence Force |
2019 |
NZPB Standards and Procedures for Accreditation (revised, January 2016)
Assessment Team Guidelines (currently being revised)
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