New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Pre-Trade (Level 3)

Entry requirements

Typical for this university, not this programme's own requirement.

• IELTS6 overall, no band below 5.5
• TOEFL iBT80

Prerequisites

General admission You’ll need to be at least 16 on the day that your programme starts (or give us a completed Early Release Exemption Form). You’ll also need to meet or exceed the following academic requirements: NCEA Level 1 with Mathematics and English, or have equivalent knowledge and skills. International requirements and 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. Special admission You must: be 20, on or before the day that your programme starts, and provide sufficient evidence of your aptitude or appropriate work or other life experience to indicate that you can successfully complete this programme. Discretionary admission In exceptional cases, if you do not meet the general admission requirements and haven’t reached the age of 20 on the first day of your programme, you can apply for discretionary admission. When we assess whether to grant discretionary admission, our primary focus will be whether we feel you are prepared for study at the required level. English Language requirements You must provide evidence that you have English Language proficiency equivalent to NCEA Level 1 English. Domestic applicants If English, Māori or New Zealand Sign is not your first language and you