Language Requirements
Qualification Requirements
To be admitted to this programme all applicants must be at least 17 years of age on the date of the
programme's commencement for the semester in which they wish to enrol, and meet the following
requirements:
Applicants must have:
a minimum of 42 NCEA credits at Level 3 or higher on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework,
including:
14 credits at Level 3 or higher in each of two subjects taken from an approved subject list, and a
further 14 credits at Level 3 or higher taken from no more than two additional domains on the
New Zealand Qualifications Framework (and
a minimum of 14 credits at Level 1 or higher in mathematics or pangarau on the New Zealand
Qualifications Framework, plus,
a minimum of eight credits at Level 2 or higher in English or Te Reo Mori (a minimum of four in
reading and four in writing),
A minimum of 12 of the 42 NCEA credits at level 3 imust include English or a Literacy approved subject,
Mathematics and one Science subject (Physics preferred),
OR
have a grade of C or better in the New Zealand University Bursaries Examinations in each of English,
Mathematics and one Science subject,
OR
equivalent
If English is not your first language, you will also need at least one of the following qualifications:
IELTS (Academic) with an overall score of 6.5 with no band score lower than 6.0 in speaking, reading, writing, and listening we have an IELTS Preparation short course available, as well as an IELTS test center on-campus,
A TOEFL score of 575, or
University Entrance Literacy: 8 credits at Level 2 or above in English or Mori (4 in Reading, 4 in Writing)
TOEFL - IBT - score of 79 with a writing score of 21.