English Language Requirements for International Students:
Student from a country with a visa decline rate of more than 20%:
NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance
Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)
Completed Bachelor Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma,
Bachelor Honours Degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree, but only if the qualification is obtained from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States; and the language of instruction was English.
Appendix to Rule 18, but only if: the student has achieved the required test scores for the level of the programme as specified in the Table in the
Appendix; and the scores were achieved in a single test during the preceding two years. Combination of scores from multiple tests is not acceptable.
Student from a country with a visa decline rate of 20% or less:
NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance
- Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)
Completed Bachelor Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma,
Bachelor Honours Degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree, but only if the qualification is obtained from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States; and the language of instruction was English.
Internationally recognised English language proficiency test listed in the “Appendix to Rule 18”, but only if the student has achieved the required test scores for the level of the programme as specified in the Table (See Key Links below) in the Appendix; and the scores were achieved in a single test during the preceding two years. Combination of scores from multiple tests is not acceptable.
An NZQA-approved English language proficiency test, administered by a
Category 1 or 2 institution, where the student has achieved an outcome that is equivalent to or better than those listed in the Table of the Appendix (^)
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