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Entrance
Requirements
To enrol at a New Zealand university you must meet minimum university entrance requirements:
• be at least 16 years old by 31 December of the year before you begin your study, and
• have qualified for entrance, and
• meet language requirements.
For more information see www.otago.ac.nz/study/entrance/
In order to be considered for entrance to the University of Otago you must gain university
entrance by one of the following methods:
Admission with NZ
Secondary School
Entrance Qualifications
• NCEA Level 3
• Bursary or Scholarship Examination or
Unit Standards
• University of Cambridge International
Examinations (CIE)
• International Baccalaureate (IB)
Admission with
Overseas Secondary
School Qualifications
• Australian secondary school ranking
• A levels: CIE or Edexcel
• International Baccalaureate (IB)
taken overseas
• other overseas qualifications
Admission with Tertiary
Qualifications or Study
• admission ad eundem statum with Credit
• admission ad eundem statum at
Graduate Level
Admission from
Foundation Studies
Alternative Methods of
Admission
• Discretionary Entrance
• Special Admission
• New Zealanders who have completed Year 13
of secondary school overseas
Obtaining one of the university entrance qualifications above allows you to be considered for a place at
university. As part of this consideration, to be selected you may also need to meet particular academic
thresholds and other requirements that are in place for particular universities and/or qualifications.
It is important to be aware that these requirements are not necessarily the same for all qualifications
and may differ between universities.