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Level 3 NCEA (Year 13)
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (Level 3) will follow the same format as NCEA
Levels 1 and 2. It will be a mixture of external and internal Achievement and/or Unit Standards and
Unit Standards that generate credits on the Qualifications Framework.
For NCEA Level 3 you will need to achieve 80 credits, of which 60 must be at Level 3 or above, and
20 at Level 2 or above.
ENTRY TO UNIVERSITY
NZQA in consultation with the New Zealand University Vice-Chancellors’ Committee has stated that
NCEA entry requirements for University will be:
Achievement of NCEA Level 3
• 60 credits at Level 3 or higher and 20 credits at Level 2 or higher.
• 14 credits in each of three subjects from the list of approved subjects.
• The remaining credits to achieve NCEA Level 3 may come from either achievement or unit
standards.
UE numeracy: 10 credits at Level 1 or higher from
- specified achievement standards or
- three specific numeracy unit standards 10 credits
• UE literacy: 10 credits (five in reading and five in writing) from
- specific Level 2 and higher achievement standards, or
- specific Te Reo Maori and Te Reo Rangatira Level 2 standards, or
- Two specific level 4 English for academic purposes unit standards, or
- An academic literacy common assessment tool (CAT) at Level 3 (no credit value,
run by NZQA)
Individual universities are now setting their own entry requirements – these change
regularly. You must check with Ms Straight, the careers advisor and/or the university websites.
Examples are:
Canterbury University: Entry to certain courses
You must gain University Entrance and NCEA Level 3 with an entry score of at least 120 points for
preferential entry to certain courses (see ). A place will be offered to
all students who gain University Entrance but not all courses
Auckland University:
You must gain University Entrance and then apply for selection to a programme. For selection you
will be allocated a rank score based on your best 80 credits at Level 3 or higher over a maximum of
5 approved UE subjects, weighted by the level of achievement attained in each set of credits. You
are strongly advised to take achievement standards as preparation for University studies.
Victoria University:
You must gain University Entrance and achieve the guaranteed entry score of 120 points. This is a
rank score based on 80 best credits in University Entrance approved subjects at Level 3 or higher,
and weighted by the level of achievement. You can count achievement and unit standards but are
advised to take approved subjects and achievement standards.