Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
Bachelor of Arts (Culinary Arts major)
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) · AUT City Campus, Auckland · New Zealand
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts (Culinary Arts major)
- Duration
- 3 years full-time / part-time available
- Delivery
- On campus · Full-time
- Tuition
- NZD 7,618see costs below
Award and recognition
Degree combining culinary techniques with food science, technology and ethics concepts; the culinary arts major makes up one third of the BA, with a final-semester culinary showcase event.
- Qualification category
- Bachelor’s degree
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- AUT
- Issued by the school
- No: awarded by another body
- On completion
- A Bachelor of Arts with a Culinary Arts major from AUT (programme code AK3704, Level 7, 360 points).
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Culinary arts, Culinary management
- Entry level
- Beginners welcome
No recognition record is attached to this program. See the school’s recognition section.
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- 3 years full-time / part-time available
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- English
- Credits
- 360 otherCredit systems differ between countries and are not interchangeable.
- Note on hours
- AUT 'points' for the Bachelor of Arts; the culinary major is one third of the degree.
- Final project or exam
- Advanced Culinary Showcase: a final-semester course in which students create an event.
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Admissions
- Intakes
- Starts 22 Feb 2027 and 12 Jul 2027 (Bachelor of Arts page)
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Costs
Original currency is authoritative. Tuition, mandatory extras and accommodation are shown separately and never converted or added together for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts domestic tuition (for 120 points)Tuition · mandatory | NZD 7,618per year, page checked 2026-10-16 (2027 intake) | Domestic studentsBachelor of Arts-level fee range NZD 7,618-8,553 depending on courses selected; not specific to the culinary major. | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Bachelor of Arts international tuition (for 120 points)Tuition · mandatory | NZD 37,100per year, page checked 2026-10-16 (2027 intake) | International studentsBachelor of Arts-level fee; not specific to the culinary major. | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
No mandatory extras (uniform, knife kit, ingredients, equipment, examination fees) are published for this program. Ask the school what is not included in the tuition.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: internship arrangement, funding.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. How verification works.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)