New Zealand

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.