A personal interview may be part of the application process. Applicants must be over 18 years of age on 1 February of the year they apply for entry into this programme. Applicants under 18 years may be provisionally accepted into the programme but will be restricted in which courses they are enrolled in until they turn 18 years of age.

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

University Entrance, or
an equivalent qualification. Provisional Entry

Applicants who do not meet the criteria above, but present evidence of ability to succeed (for example, maturity, life experience, work experience, other study), or
Those who narrowly fail to meet the entry criteria above, or
Those over 20 years of age, with evidence of an ability to undertake tertiary study at degree level.
Entry to subsequent study is conditional on success at the entry level.

Chemistry and Mathematics

It is strongly recommended that applicants have achieved:

At least 14 credits minimum at NCEA Level 3 in Chemistry
At least 14 credits minimum at NCEA Level 3 in Mathematics
New Zealand Certificate in English Language Level 4 (Academic)
IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with no band score lower than 5.5

Toefl Paper - 550 (with an essay score of 5 TWE)
Toefl IBT - 60 (with a writing score of 20)