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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 nineteen courses of study at seven educational organisations, plus two agencies that provide supervision-to-registration schemes. The Board’s Accreditation Committee oversees most of its accreditation activities.
Applications for accreditation are 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 the status of each course of study currently monitored by the Board. The Accreditation Decision for each course of study assessed can be viewed by clicking on the word “Accredited”.
| Educational organisation/Course of Study | Current Status | Next assessment due |
| AUT | ||
| Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology PGDipCounsPsych |
Accredited | 2023 |
| Massey University | ||
| Doctor of Clinical Psychology DClinPsych | Accredited | 2023 |
| Masters in Clinical Psychology MClinPsych | Provisionally Accredited |
2023 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Educational and Developmental Psychology PGDipEdDevPsych | Accredited | 2024 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial/Organisational Psychology PGDipI/OPsych | Accredited | 2025 (not accepting enrolments) |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Practice PGDipPsychPrac | Provisionally Accredited |
2025 |
| University of Auckland | ||
| Doctor of Clinical Psychology DClinPsych | Accredited | 2025 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Psychology (Applied Behaviour Analysis) PGDipAppPsych(ABA) | Accredited | 2025 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology PGDipClinPsych | Accredited | 2025 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Health Psychology PGDipHlthPsych | Accredited | 2025 |
| University of Canterbury | ||
| Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Family Psychology PGDipChFamPsych | Accredited | 2026 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology PGDipClinPsyc Postgraduate Diploma in Organisational Psychology PGDipOrgPsyc
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2029 2026 |
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| University of Otago | ||
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Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology PGDipClPs Postgraduate Diploma in Neuropsychology PGDipNeuropsych
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2029 2026 |
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| University of Waikato | ||
| Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology (Clinical) PGDipPsych(Clin) | Accredited | 2024 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in the Practice of Psychology (Applied Behaviour Analysis) PGDipPracPsych(ABA) | Accredited | 2024 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in the Practice of Psychology (Community) PGDipPracPsych(Comm) | Accredited | 2030 |
| Victoria University of Wellington | ||
| Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology PGDipClinPsych | Accredited | 2025 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Psychology Practice PGDipEPP | Accredited | 2026 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Health Psychology Practice PGDipHlthPsychPrac | Provisionally Accredited | 2024 |
The table below provides the status of the supervision-to-registration agencies currently monitored by the Psychologists Board:
| Supervision to Registration Agency | Current Status | Next Assessment due |
| New Zealand Department of Corrections | Accredited | 2026 |
| New Zealand Defence Force | Accredited | 2026 |