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Entry

Entry requirements

• Open entry.

International equivalence

To enter Otago Polytechnic's undergraduate certificates, diplomas and degrees, you need to have achieved a secondary school qualification that is equivalent to New Zealand's NCEA levels (National Certificate of Educational Achievement).

This information is available by country on our Equivalent academic entry requirements page.

English Language requirements

If English is not your first language, you must provide:

• New Zealand University Entrance OR
• Overall Academic IELTS 5.0 with no individual band score lower than 5.0 (achieved in one test completed in the last two years), OR
• Acceptable alternative evidence of the required IELTS (see here for internationally recognised proficiency tests and proficiency outcomes for international students).

If you need to improve your English Language skills, we offer a wide range of English programmes.

Please note: You must have access to the internet to be able to complete this programme.

Entry straight to Level 4

If you meet the below requirements, you will be able to apply for entry straight into Level 4. This six-month certificate starts in July every year. Click here for the Level 4 only programme.

• New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation (Level 3), or equivalent.
• If English is not your first language, you must provide:
  • New Zealand University Entrance聽OR
  • Overall Academic IELTS 5.5 with no individual band score lower than 5.0 (achieved in聽one聽test completed in the last two years),聽OR
  • Acceptable alternative evidence of the required IELTS ( and ).

Please note: You must have access to the internet to be able to complete this programme.聽

Health and vaccination information

Please note that while you don't need to provide evidence of your vaccination status to apply for this Level 3 or Level 4 health bridging programme,聽you may need to provide聽evidence of your vaccination status as part of your enrolment in one of our health diplomas or degrees when you successfully complete this programme.聽Please check the relevant programme page for further information.

Moving into our health-related degrees

Due to the high demand for places, successful completion of the this programme will聽not聽automatically guarantee you entry to our health-related degrees.

Progression to Bachelor of Nursing

• A聽minimum B+ average pass, achieved across the four courses during semester two,聽is required to meet the entry requirements for the Bachelor of Nursing. This聽must聽include at least a B+ in Human Biological Science 2.
• These programmes also have non-academic entry requirements聽including聽language requirements for non-native speakers of English,聽so you may need to plan ahead!
• Nursing聽applicants for whom English is a second language will also need to meet the language requirements for the聽Bachelor of Nursing,聽which is an IELTS overall band score (academic) of 6.5.

Progression to Bachelor of Midwifery

• Midwifery Council states that applications from applicants under 20 who have met the academic entry criteria to the Bachelor of Midwifery via the Health Bridging Programme will be assessed on their individual merits.
• A聽minimum B+ average pass, achieved across the four courses during semester two,聽is required to meet the entry requirements for the Bachelor of Midwifery. This聽must聽include at least a B+ in Human Biological Science 2.
• These programmes also have non-academic entry requirements聽including聽language requirements for non-native speakers of English,聽so you may need to plan ahead!
• Midwifery聽applicants聽for whom English is a second language will also need to meet the language requirements for the聽Bachelor of Midwifery,聽which is an IELTS overall band score (academic) of 7.0.

Please contact Otago Polytechnic to discuss your pathway to a health-related degree. Email聽[email protected]聽or phone聽0800 762 786.

If you have extensive knowledge and skills due to practical experience in this area, please ask us about our recognition of prior learning process. You may have already gained credits towards this qualification and could achieve it in a shorter timeframe. Please email [email protected] or call 0800 762 786 and your message will be sent to the appropriate department.