Master of Creative Technologies
See yourself as a creative entrepreneur? Study the Master of Creative Technologies and turn your creative ideas into reality through your master's research project.
This highly flexible degree is studio-based, and combines multiple technical and creative disciplines. You have the freedom to choose your own path, and will work on a research project of your choice.
Our students’ projects focus on future-oriented themes, and include practical elements like animation and transmedia storytelling, performance technologies, bio feedback systems, smart textiles, virtual environments and intelligent agents.
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Minimum entry requirements
- Bachelor of Creative Technologies or any other degree in a relevant subject with a B grade average or higher in courses at level 7 or above
- Admission to the Master of Creative Technologies is subject to the approval of the dean (or representative).
International student entry requirements
English language requirements
- IELTS (Academic) 6.5 overall with all bands 6.0 or higher; or equivalent
You complete 60 points of courses and a 120-point research thesis within the broad creative technologies field.
You study the following courses
- CTEC801 Systems Thinking (15 points)
- CTEC806 Post-Material Practices (15 points)
- CTEC808 Special Topic A (15 points)
- CTEC810 Transdisciplinary Research Methods (15 points)
You may also be able to choose a course from another programme, subject to the approval of the programme leader. You could include courses from programmes like the Master of Design, Master of Communication Studies, Master of Business or Master of Computer and Information Sciences.
Research thesis
Your master's research is at the heart of the programme. There’s an emphasis on entrepreneurship and innovation that encourages you to explore potential commercial applications of your project work.
Your research can contain elements of written and practical work, depending on the topic you are studying. It may be based on your own proposals or related to ongoing research projects within the university or industry.
More details about courses in the Master of Creative Technologies
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Email pgcreativetech@aut.ac.nz
Enrolment in courses is subject to meeting all requirements and availability of courses.
Your master’s research is your chance to take your creative concept further and turn your big idea into reality.
Our students’ research projects focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. You can see some examples of recent Master of Creative Technologies student projects below.
Student research by Alejandro Davila
The Green Fairy is New Zealand’s first virtual reality story experience, using VR as a tool to tell the story rather than letting the technology dominate the film.
Alejandro Davila student research (AUT Library website)
Student research by Arien Hielkema
This project focused on developing a smart training aid to explore methods of movement correction for recovering athletes.
Arien Hielkema student research (AUT Library website)
Student research by Charlotte Alexander
This research investigated the consequences of dualistic knowledge systems on the way people with disabilities and their assistive technologies are framed, understood, and communicated.
Student research by Hollee Fisher
This research explores the use of smart textiles within the field of animal care.
Hollee Fisher student research (AUT Library website)
Student research by Jacques Foottit
This haptic feedback glove was designed to respond to a user’s sense of touch and movement.
Student research by Lisa Clist
This research explored how a design approach can help better understand the motivations and perceptions of non-active cyclists.
Lisa Clist student research (AUT Library website)
Student research by Luke Munn
From the information bodies of drone strikes to the body as codebase of soylent, this project unpacks the new fantasy of digital embodiment.
- Technology start-ups
- Regenerative design
- Artificial intelligence
- Augmented and virtual reality
- Sensory design
- Creative technologies
- Digital media
- Electronic music and sound
- Games and interaction
- Internet of things
- Smart textiles
- Wearable technologies
- Materials design
This programme is not offered in 2024, and the next start date is likely to be 2025. The fees for 2025 haven't been set, but will be published here as soon as they're available.
The information on this page was correct at time of publication. For a comprehensive overview of AUT qualifications, please refer to the Academic Calendar.