Cambridge Assessment International Examinations

Admission with the Cambridge International Education qualification (formerly known as CAIE, Cambridge Assessment International Education, and CIE).

To be automatically accepted into programmes offered, you will need to:

1. achieve University Entrance
2. fulfil any other degree-specific requirements (e.g. performance audition)
3. apply by the deadline.

Sharing your Cambridge results with Victoria University of Wellington

You can ask your school to grant Victoria University of Wellington electronic access to your results once they are released. Allowing the University to view your results directly helps speed up the assessment of your admission application and can reduce processing time.

Be sure to include your Cambridge candidate number and centre code when prompted in your application.

University Entrance through a combination of Cambridge and NCEA

If you studied under a combination of Cambridge and NCEA, you may meet literacy and numeracy requirements from either curriculum.

Your admission will be assessed under Qualification at Entrance Level.

University Entrance through Cambridge

University Entrance through Cambridge consists of a minimum of 120 points on the New Zealand Tariff at A or AS level from any syllabus groups, which are broadly equivalent to those in the list of approved subjects for NCEA, and a D grade or better from at least three different syllabus groups (excluding Thinking Skills).

For literacy and numeracy requirements you will need:

• An E grade or better in any one of AS English Language, English Language and Literature, English Literature or English General Paper.
• A D grade or better in IGCSE or GCSE Mathematics or any mathematics passed at AS level.

How you calculate your Cambridge score:

• The score will be calculated according to your New Zealand Tariff score.
• You can count a maximum of six subject units over the last two years of study in subjects at AS, A2, or A level from syllabus groups that match the NCEA University Entrance approved subjects. No more than two subject units may be counted from any one syllabus group.
• An A level counts as two subject units. If you have studied more than six subject units, the best six scores will be counted.
• A Cambridge rank score may differ from the Tariff used for University Entrance because only syllabuses broadly equivalent to NCEA approved subjects are used for scoring.

The score will be calculated by awarding points as follows:

Example of a score for Cambridge