Aviation degrees with flight training · Aviation degree
Bachelor of Aviation (BAv) – Air Transport Pilot major
Massey University School of Aviation · Aviation Centre, Palmerston North Airport, Palmerston North · New Zealand
At a glance
- Training category
- Aviation degrees with flight training
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Bachelor of Aviation (NZQF Level 7) integrating flight training toward New Zealand pilot licences
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Authority
- CAA NZ
- Training framework
- CAA NZ Part 141 aviation training organisation
- Training base
- Aviation Centre, Palmerston North Airport
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Full-time
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- University degree integrating professional pilot flight training with study of the global aviation industry (Air Transport Pilot major).
- Completion provides
- Bachelor of Aviation; school states the degree has CAA equivalence approval; specific licences issued are not itemised on the pages read
- Still required
- Not stated by the school. Check the authority's requirements.
- Approval scope
- School states it was the first NZ training organisation to meet CAA Part 141 certification and that the Bachelor of Aviation has CAA equivalence approval
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- Not published
- Prerequisites
- NCEA Level 3 or equivalent in an English-rich subject
- Trial flight completed
- Pass online ADAPT test
- Selection board
- CAANZ Class One Medical Certificate
- Fit and Proper Person declaration
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Academic IELTS 6.5 with no band below 6.0, or equivalent, where English is not first language
- Medical
- You must obtain a CAANZ Class One Medical Certificate before being confirmed into the Bachelor of Aviation.
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
Not recorded for this program.
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- 3 years full-time (480 credits)
- Intake / booking
- Semester One and Semester Two starts; selection boards held twice each year
Published prices
No price is published on the sources researched for this program. Use Request Information to ask the school.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Stated by the schoolCAA NZCAA NZ Part 141 aviation training organisationApproval
Scope: Part 141 certification as stated by the school (no certificate number or course scope on the page); CAA register not fetched
Stated by the schoolCAA NZOther frameworkApproval
Scope: Equivalence approval for the Bachelor of Aviation (school wording)
Not verifiedCAA NZCAA NZ Part 141 aviation training organisationCertificate
Scope not established from the source.
Flagged for review.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.