Institutionally agreed
15/05/2018
Info last updated
20/05/2025
English Language minimum for postgraduate study
You will need NCEA Level 3 at Merit, or IELTS 6.5 overall, GCSE English C or 4 or an equivalent qualification: Check which English language qualifications we accept.
Applicants who have studied in New Zealand for at least two years to complete an undergraduate degree or one year to complete a Masters degree, where the medium of instruction was English, are not required to undertake further English language tests.
Postgraduate Research exemptions
If we ask for 2.1, you need:
2.1
If we ask for 2.2, you need:
2.2
If we ask for 1st, you need:
1st
Qualifications we accept for postgraduate study
From 3 - 6 year Bachelor degrees
Typical entry requirements
Excellence in 60 credits (three 20 credit subjects) and Merit in 20 credits -
Merit in 80 credits (four 20 credit subjects)
All at level 3
English Language minimum for undergraduate study
NCEA Level 3 at Merit, You will need IELTS 6.0 overall, GCSE English C or 4 or an equivalent qualification: Check which English language qualifications we accept.
Applicants who have studied in New Zealand for at least two years to complete an undergraduate degree or one year to complete a Masters degree, where the medium of instruction was English, are not required to undertake further English language tests.
Country
New Zealand
Qualifications we accept for undergraduate study
National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) with a minimum of 80 credits in total with 60 credits at level 3.