Admission Requirements for Domestic Students

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To enrol at a New Zealand university a student needs to fulfil one of the following modes of entrance:

1. The common entrance standard
2. Special admission
3. Discretionary entrance
4. Admission ad eundem statum at entrance level

There are small numbers of programmes which can be taken without one of the above. These are generally programmes that prepare students for university-level study or impart basic workforce skills.  Further information is available from each university.

Important: Some universities have adopted additional standards for entry, above the common entrance standard, for admission either to some or all of their programmes. For more information visit the universities websites.