PTE for New Zealand study visa

New Zealand offers lots of benefits to international students who choose to study in New Zealand.  Students can work part time during study, get post study work visa if they choose an eligible course for their study in New Zealand, can apply for dependent spouse visa of their partners .This article compiled by an experienced LIA –Licensed Immigration adviser in Chandigarh covers the PTE requirements for New Zealand study visa.

  • PTE requirements for courses after 12th for study in New Zealand
  • PTE requirements for study in New Zealand for courses after graduation

PTE requirements for courses after 12th

If you are an applicant who has done his 12th and is looking forward to study a course in New Zealand then you may either choose to do a Bachelors degree or a 2 years Diploma at Level 6 of the New Zealand qualification framework.

The PTE requirement for both these courses that is Bachelors and Diploma at level 6 is of overall PTE of 50. The applicants must have 48 in all of the sub skills.

Important note

Students must be very careful about choosing a Diploma courses for study in New Zealand. If you would like to go for a Diploma program make sure the diploma course is in the New Zealand Green list. This is very important for you if you would like to avail Post study work visa after successful completion of the study program. If the diploma course is not in the green list then the applicants will not be able to get post study work visa after completion of the study program.

Any Bachelors degree would qualify for a post study work visa for New Zealand.

PTE requirements for courses after graduation

If you are an applicant who has done his or her graduation and if you would like to apply for Study in New Zealand then following are the course options for you

  • Graduate Diploma at level 7 of New Zealand qualification framework
  • Post graduate diploma at level 8 of New Zealand qualification framework
  • Masters degree at level 9 of New Zealand qualification framework- NZQA

PTE requirement for Graduate Diploma at level 7 of New Zealand qualification framework

The PTE requirement for this course that is Graduate Diploma at level 7 of NZQA is of overall PTE of 50. The applicants must have 48 in all of the sub skills

Important note

Students must be very careful about choosing a Graduate Diploma courses for study in New Zealand. If you would like to go for a Graduate Diploma program make sure the Graduate diploma course is in the New Zealand Green list. This is very important for you if you would like to avail Post study work visa after successful completion of the study program. If the Graduate diploma course is not in the green list then the applicants will not be able to get post study work visa after completion of the study program

PTE requirements to study Post graduate diploma at level 8 of New Zealand qualification framework

The PTE requirement for this course that is Post Graduate Diploma at level 8 of NZQA is of overall PTE of 58. The applicants must have 50 in all of the sub skills

PTE requirement to study Masters Degree at level 9 of New Zealand qualification framework- NZQA

The PTE requirement for this course that is Masters Degree at level 9 of NZQA is of overall PTE of 58. The applicants must have 50 in all of the sub skills. The Masters degree could either be a Masters by coursework or a Masters by research degree.