All international students must:

• Be 18 or over and ·
• Have achieved a secondary education standard equivalent to a minimum of NCEA Level 1 (for example a lower secondary education certificate in Greece, Grade 10 of an Indian Education Board, or a UK GCSE of lower than grade C)

English Language Proficiency:

• IELTS: Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5
• TOEFL Paper-based Test (pBT) where the test was carried out prior to 1 October 2017: Score of 550 and an essay score of 5.5.
• TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT): Score of 35 (with a writing score of 14)
• Cambridge English Qualifications: B2 First or B2 First for schools with a score of 162. No less than 154 in each skill
• OET: Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests
• NZCEL: Level 4 (General) or (Employment)
• Pearson Test of English (Academic): PTE (Academic) score of 42 with no band score lower than 36
• Language Cert: B2 Communicator IESOL (LRWS) with HIGH PASS and no less than Pass in each skill
• Trinity ISE: ISE II with no less than merit in any band