Overseas Applications NON USA (Australia and UK)
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Studying in the United Kingdom


Explore UK Universities

Scholarships for NZ citizens studying in the UK

InvestIN is a UK-based organisation that provides students aged 12-18 with an immersive experience of their dream career.

Crimson Consulting - Secrets of the Ivy League (this organisation help with the application process to ivy league colleges in the US and UK for a fee - check costs before you sign up) : www.crimsoneducation 

Ethos Recruiting (this organisation helps with the application process to colleges in the US and UK for a fee- check costs before you sign up) : www.ethosrecruiting.com/

Immerse Education 'Summer' School in the UK
This organisation runs residential summer school programmes (the British Summer is in July/August) for secondary students at Oxford University in the UK.
Seehttps://www.immerse.education/oxford-summer-school/for what is on offer.


Studying in Australia

Find a course to study in Australia

Different states have different application boards.
Guide for New Zealander's in Australia
Australian High Commission Information


Only the credits gained in NCEA level 3 courses are considered. You must get NZ UE to apply. Currently they use the best 90 credits you have got at level 3 and calculate your average as a percentage, using the following values: 5 for each credit earned with Excellence, 3.5 for each Merit and 2.5 for each Achieved. This may change as our Level 3 is changing. Australian universities also have high requirements in relation to your level of English. I suggest you email the university or course you are interested in and ask if Level 3 English is required and how many credits. 


When applying to university in Australia you need to apply through the state the university is in. This is overseen by the Australasian Conference of Tertiary Admission Centres (ACTAC) and has these five centres.


The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and the University of Tasmania also participate in ACTACmeetings.

For Melbourne University
Undergraduate Entry
Selection Using NCEA Grades
VTAC information: VTAC:www.vtac.edu.au
International students can apply directly to the University.
University of Melbourne Information for NZ students.
Recordings of the University of Melbourne's information session for NZ students are now available online. UniMelb101 for NZ students See here.

Healthcare in Australia for New Zealand residents
New Zealand and Australia have a reciprocal health care agreement, which means that New Zealand citizens travelling to Australia are eligible for limited subsidised health services for medically necessary treatment while visiting Australia. The reciprocal health care agreement covers treatment that is medically necessary. Medically necessary treatment means any ill-health or injury which occurs while you are in Australia and which requires treatment before you return home. For more information on this agreement, please see this website.

If you are moving to Australia you may be eligible to enrol in Medicare. For more information please visit this website or call the Department of Human Services on 0061 2 9895 3333. They also can be contacted on medicare@humanservices.gov.au.








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