Undergraduate and Degree Studies New Zealand All tertiary institutions have a wide range of undergraduate study programmes.
These can range from one year Certificate programmes, to two year Diplomas and 3
or 4 year degrees. Most degrees are 3 years.
You can select your undergraduate study course either by course, institution
or location. Students must submit documents to confirm their previous study
record to ensure they meet the academic entry requirements. If these documents
are accepted most institutions will issue an Offer of Place confirming
acceptance into the course conditional on satisfying the English requirement.
Because most tertiary institutions also have English
language institutes it is normal practice for the institution to issue two
Offers of Place, or one combined Offer of Place, which includes an English
programme with the undergraduate course offer. The normal English requirement is
IELTS (Academic) 6.0 or 6.5 average depending on the course. Institutions
sometimes also require a minimum mark of 6.0 in the Writing module.
A good option is for students to initially apply for a 6
month English programme and once they are studying in New Zealand they will be
better able to review their future study options. They will also have a better
idea about how long it will take for them to achieve the English entry level and
can plan their future study accordingly.
Tertiary institution course semester entry dates are around
mid-February and mid-July each year.
Postgraduate StudiesNew Zealand
Entry to post-graduate studies requires verified confirmation of an acceptable
previous study record and an English language level of IELTS 6.5 or better
depending on the course.
Students who have already completed an undergraduate degree in their home
country must submit this documentation for review by the institution they are
applying to enter. The institution will review the degree course transcript, the
reputation of the issuing institution, when the degree was completed and the
relevance of the degree to the course applied for when deciding the enrolment
application.
If the previous study is in an area not relevant to the
course applied for it is likely the institution will first offer a place in a
Graduate Diploma programme. This is an undergraduate qualification and students
who complete this qualification (may take 1-2 years) with acceptable grades will
be allowed entry into Master degree programmes. Master degrees normally take 2
years.
Alternatively students may be offered entry into a one year
postgraduate diploma programme initially and if they complete this course
successfully they can continue for one further year of study to obtain the
Masters degree.
Some students may receive an offer of direct entry into a
Masters degree if their meets all prerequisite requirements.
