SHIFT

Looking for a career change, or want that employability X factor?

Future proof your career with a Shift into Tech

Tech is currently New Zealand’s third-largest export sector... and is growing fast! To fuel this growth, NZ needs more people with tech skills to join this exciting and varied area, which crosses into many sectors from aviation to zoology.  

SIGNAL ICT Grad School develops tech professionals to meet that growth via the innovative and responsive SHIFT programme.  

SHIFT is delivered in an intensive immersive studio environment over two semesters. Using industry-inspired team projects with workshops and seminars, SHIFT is designed for those without a tech background who want to be part of this fast growing and exciting industry.

The studio course makes up the majority of the programme and combines communication, teamwork and innovation along with the IT skills appropriate for the career you wish to pursue, whether it is a full-on software development role, or one of the many allied roles such as sales, marketing, project management, change management, business analyst, software tester, innovation researcher and much more. 

Early in the programme you will get insights into various industry sectors with visits to local companies. Members of the industry will also contribute to the delivery of the courses. Later in the programme you will engage in an internship or industry project enabling you to put into practice the learning from the studio course.

You also get to choose two specialist courses to round out your SHIFT experience. These can be chosen from any of those offered by the SIGNAL partners.

The SHIFT experience is tailored to meet your needs, and the connections SHIFT gives you will ensure you are highly employable, either in your background experience or possibly a whole new field.  The employment possibilities are only limited by your imagination.  

Read more here in our SHIFT FAQs. 

Find out about the SHIFT Cohorts.

• 1 Year
• Graduate Diploma in IT (Christchurch)/Diploma for Graduates (Dunedin)
• Next intakes are in February 2018 for both Christchurch and Dunedin
• SHIFT FAQ
• Scholarship application