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Foundation Studies Academic Requirements
UTP and Study Abroad Academic Requirements
English Language Requirements

To enter UCIC programmes, students must meet both the academic and English language requirements.

Below you will find the academic requirements for Foundations Studies Certificate (FS) a pre-university preparatory programme.

Scrolling further down you will find the University Transfer Programme (UTP) and Study Abroad academic requirements. UTP is the equivalent to year one of the undergraduate degree.

Admission requirements are subject to review on an on-going basis, if you cannot find your country on the list or have any questions please contact the team on info@ucic.ac.nz where we will be happy to help.

Foundation Studies Certificate Academic Requirements

Country / Region	Minimum Academic Requirements
Afghanistan	Successful completion of Grade 12 Graduationa Certificate (also known as Baccalauria/Baccalaureate Certificate with a 50% average or better
Angola	Ensino Geral Certificado de Habilitações / Certificado de Habilitações with a grade of 12 or better in 4 relevant subjects
Australia	Successful completion of Year 11 with acceptable grades
Azerbaijan	Tam Orta Təhsil Haqqında Attestati (Certificate of Complete Secondary Education): with 3.0 average
Bahrain	Tawjihiya (General Secondary School Education Certificate) with 60% average in academic subjects or US High School Diploma
Bangladesh	Higher School Certificate / Intermediate Certificate with a 50% GPA; or Year 11 (10+1) with a 70% GPA
Botswana	Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education with passing grades in 4 academic subjects or IGCSE with passing grades in 4 academic subjects
Brazil	Certificado de Conclusão de Ensino Médio with an average of 6.0 in 3 academic subjects
Brunei	Brunei / Cambridge GCE O level: passing grades in 4 academic subjects IGCSE: passing grades in 4 academic subjects
Cambodia	Year 11 with a 65% average or completion of the Diploma in Upper Secondary Education with a C average in 4 academic subjects
Canada	Successful completion of Year 11 with passing grades in 4 academic subjects
Chile	Licencia de Educación / Enseñanza Media with a minimum average of 65%
China	Successful completion of Senior Middle 1 and completion of 1 semester of Senior Middle 2 with 75% average in 4 academic subjects. Successful completion of Senior Middle 2 or 3 with no GPA requirement
China	Studies towards either 专科毕业证书 (Graduation Certificate - Specialist / Sub-degree (Zhuanke) level) OR 中专 / 中职 / 职高毕业证书 (Graduation Certificate from a Specialised College (Zhongzhuan) or a Vocational Secondary School (Zhongzhi / Zhigao)) will be considered on a case by case basis. Students must have successfully completed a minimum of one year of study towards the qualification and content of the courses completed must be relevant to the student's intended programme of study at UCIC.
Colombia	Bachiller Académico with a minimum average of 65%. Successful completion of Bachillerato Technico considered on a case by case basis
Egypt	Tawjihiya (General Secondary School Education Certificate) with 65% average in academic subjects or US High School Diploma
Fiji	Completion of Fiji School Leaving Certificate with a minimum aggregate of 200 in top 4 subjects
Ghana	WASSCE: grade D7 or better in 5 academic subjects IGCSE: passing grades in 4 academic subjects
Hong Kong	Successful completion of Senior Secondary 2 with passing grades in 4 academic subjects. Passing grades in 4 relevant IGCSE/O Level academic subjects.
India	Successful completion of Year 10 with 65% or better in 4 academic subject in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (CISCE) or All India Secondary School Examination (CBSE); or successful completion of Year 10 with 70% or better in 4 academic subjects in a Secondary School Certificate awarded by a recognised Board of Secondary Education; or All India Senior Certificate or the Higher Secondary School Certificate 50% or better in 4 academic subjects.
Indonesia	SMU2 with average of 7.0 or completion of SMU III
International Baccalaureate	Completion of Year 1 of IB
Iran	High School Diploma with a grade average of 13/20 or higher OR Pre-University Certificate with a grade average between 10 and 11 out of 20 OR Students who have no completed high school will be considered on a case-by-case basis
Iraq	Secondary School Certificate with 65% average in academic subjects or US High School Diploma
Japan	General Upper Secondary School: Year 2 with a Grade 3 average; or successful completion of Year 3
Jordon	Certificate of General Secondary Education with 50% average in 4 academic subjects
Kazakhstan	Diploma of Completed Secondary Education with 3 average or higher
Kenya	Completion of KCSE with a D grade average; or GCE IGCSEs: passing grades in 4 relevant subjects
Kuwait	Tawjihiya (General Secondary School Education Certificate) with 65% average in academic subjects or US High School Diploma
Macau	Completion of Senior Middle 2 with an average of 70% in 4 academic subjects
Malaysia	SPM (equivalent to IGCSE), Form 5 or UEC with minimum 4 passes in academic subjects
Mexico	Título Académico de Bachiller / Diploma de Bachiller with a minimum average of 65%
Mexico	Título de Bachiller Tecnológico considered on a case by case basis
Morocco	Diplôme du Baccalauréat (Attestation du Baccalauréat) with a grade of 10 in all subjects
Myanmar	Successful completion of year 11 equivalent (Matriculation Exam)
Nepal	Completion of Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Year 11) with a grade average of 50%
New Zealand - NCEA	NCEA: 12 credits in each of 3 university approved subjects at Level 2
Nigeria	SSCE (WAEC/NECO): grade D7 or better in 5 academic subjects
Oman	Thanawiya Amma (General Education Diploma/General Certificate in General Education/General Secondary School Certificate/Secondary School Leaving Certificate) with 65% average
Pakistan	Completion of Higher Secondary School Certificate (Year 11) with a grade average of 50% in academic subjects
Philippines (HS system until 2017)	Secondary School Year 4, grade C
Philippines (current HS system)	Successful completion of Year 11 with an 80% average in relevant academic subjects
Russia	Certificate of Secondary (Complete) General Education with 3.0 average
Saudi Arabia	Tawjihiya (General Secondary School Education Certificate) with 60% average in academic subjects or US High School Diploma
Singapore	Singapore / Cambridge GCE N level (Academic Stream): With an aggregate of 8 points or better across three academic subjects Singapore / Cambridge GCE O level: passing grades in 4 relevant subjects IGCSE: passing grades in 4 relevant subjects
Singapore	Completed one year of successful study towards a 3 year Diploma at a recognised polytechnic
Solomon Islands / Samoa / Vanuatu / Tonga / Kiribati / Tuvalu / Nauru	Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate Grade 6 or better
South Africa	Year 11 with a minimum average of 60% or completion of National Senior Certificate
South Korea	Senior High School Year 2 with minimum Rank 6 average
Sri Lanka	GCE IGCSE with a minimum 4 passes
Taiwan	Completion of Senior Middle 2 with an average of 70% in 4 academic subjects
Tanzania	Year 11 with minimum average 60% or GCE O level with a minimum 4 passes
Thailand	Matayom 5 (Maw 5) with minimum average 60% (2.5) or Completion of Matayom 6
Turkey	Lise Diplomasi (State High School Diploma) grade 2 or above
UAE	Tawjihiya (General Secondary School Education Certificate) with 65% average in academic subjects or US High School Diploma
Ukraine	Diploma of Complete General Secondary Education with 6 average
United Kingdom/ Cambridge International Examinations	GCSE/IGCSE: passing grades in 4 relevant subjects
United States of America	Grade 12 or equivalent with minimum 60% in 4 academic subjects
Vietnam	Successful completion of Year 11 with a 6.0 GPA
Yemen	Thanawiya (General Secondary Education Certificate, also referred as Al-Thanawiya) with 65% average in academic subjects or US High School Diploma
Zambia	Year 11 with minimum average 60% or GCE O level with a minimum 4 passes
Zimbabwe	Year 11 with minimum average 60% or GCE O level with a minimum 4 passes

UTP and Study Abroad Academic Requirements

Entry into the UTP generally requires the successful completion of Year 12 of secondary school or its equivalent (this is equivalent to Year 13 in the New Zealand education system).

Not all qualifications are listed, so if you have other qualifications, please send details to the UCIC Admissions Office info@ucic.ac.nz for assessment.

NOTE: UTP Science students who wish to study Maths, Physics or Chemistry will need to achieve higher grades in these subjects at high school level (as per UTP Engineering entrance requirements).

See United Kingdom/ Cambridge International Examinations requirements.

* A=5 B=4 C=3 D=2 E=1

English Language Requirements

Due to COVID-19, we are accepting online versions of the below tests:

	Test/Qualification	All UCIC Programmes
English language proficiency tests recognised for admission to UCIC _{Score must be achieved in a single test. Combining results from multiple tests is not acceptable}
	IELTS (Academic)	Overall 5.5. All band scores minimum of 5.0
	TOEFL Internet based test (iBT)	Score of 46 with a minimum writing score of 14
	Cambridge English Qualifications - B2 First or B2 First for schools	Score of 162. No less than 154 in each skill.
	OET (Occupational English Test)	Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests
	NZCEL - New Zealand Certificate in English Language	Foundation Studies - Level 3 (Applied) UTP programmes - Level 4 (General) or (Employment)
	Pearson Test of English (Academic)	Score of 42 with no band score lower than 36
	LanguageCert	Foundation Studies - B2 Communicator International ESOL Written (LRW) PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS. UTP programmes - B2 Communicator International ESOL Written (LRW) HIGH PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS
	Trinity ISE	Foundation Studies - ISE II with no less than pass in any band UTP programmes - ISE II with no less than merit in any band
	NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance	Qualification completed and awarded
	Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)	Qualification completed and awarded
	International Baccalaureate	Qualification completed and awarded. (Teaching and assessment must have been conducted in English).
	Cambridge International A Level Qualification	Passing grade in one A Level Examination. (Teaching and assessment of this subject must have been conducted in English).
Schooling completed in English language	Student who have completed either (1) all years of primary education and three years of secondary education OR (2) completed five years of secondary education - in one of the following countries New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Canada and South Africa may be exempted from the English language test requirements outlined above. To be granted the exemption, a student must provide a letter from their school confirming the dates of their enrolment and the language of instruction at the school.

Do not meet the English requirements?

If you do not meet the English language requirements then you may wish to enrol in an intensive English language course. The Christchurch College of English Language (CCEL) is based on campus at the University of Canterbury and offer a range of programmes that pathway students direct to UCIC and the University of Canterbury. For more information on English language programmes contact us at info@ucic.ac.nz

English Language Programmes

Please contact UCIC Admissions for further details on available English language programmes.