Accept Your Offer of Place
If you meet all the requirements, you will be sent an Unconditional Offer of Place. Accept your Offer of Place by signing the letter and returning it by email to InternationalStudent@ucol.ac.nz.
You may be sent a Conditional Offer of Place. This means we require more information from you before you can be accepted. You must send us the requested information that shows you meet the conditions of entry before you can apply for your student visa.
Apply for a Student Visa
Organising your visa: After you have returned your signed Offer of Place, the next step is to apply for your student visa. Visit
www.immigration.govt.nz to apply for your visa online.
Use Immigration New Zealand's information sheet to ensure you provide the right documents and evidence to support your first-time student visa application.
UCOL
is an approved provider for pathway visas under the Immigration New Zealand pilot programme. A pathway visa allows international students to undertake up to three consecutive programmes of study on a single visa. The visa is valid up to a maximum of five years.
Pay Your Fees
If you are applying for your visa offshore, you can either pay your tuition fees before, or after your visa has been Approved in Principal (AIP) using the information provided on your Offer of Place letter. UCOL will send you a receipt after your payment is received. Send this receipt to INZ as evidence that you have paid your tuition fees and your student visa will then be emailed to you.
*Read and understand the UCOL refund policy for International students below.
Inform us of Your Travel Arrangements
As soon as you know your travel arrangements, send these to us so that we can pass these on to our International Student Support team. They will be in touch with you to help organise your pick-up upon your arrival to the city closest to your campus.
Email: InternationalStudent@ucol.ac.nz
Phone: +64 6 952 7000
Insurance
All international students planning to study at UCOL must have medical and travel Insurance - a compulsory requirement of the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021 (the Code).
All international students are automatically enrolled in UCOL’s preferred medical and travel insurance, Studentsafe. Travel cover commences 31 days from your programme start date and full cover commences on your day of departure to travel to New Zealand. The insurance cost will be included on your offer of place letter.
If you choose to purchase your own medical and travel insurance, you must show your policy to UCOL staff upon your arrival at UCOL to ensure it meets the minimum standards of the Code, including (a) your travel to, from and within New Zealand, (b) medical care in New Zealand, (c) repatriation or expatriation as a result of serious illness or injury, (d) death, including travel costs of family members, repatriation or expatriation of the body, and funeral expenses.
Scholarships
Student Discipline Procedure and Academic Statute
As part of the Code, students need to be aware of the UCOL disciplinary procedures and the UCOL Academic Statute: