Country specificUniversity of Auckland Certificate in Foundation Studies (Level 3)
Australia

Qualification: Year 11

  • Standard: 55%
  • Fast-track: 60% OR ATAR 50
  • Accelerated: ATAR 50 OR greater/ other Australian States maximum 60%/Year 11 – 80%
Bangladesh

Qualification: HSC

  • Standard: 60%
  • Fast-track: 70%
Bhutan

Qualification: Year 11

  • Standard: 60%
  • Fast-track: 65%

 

Qualification: Year 12

  • Standard: 50%
  • Fast-track: 55%
BrazilQualification: Certificate de Ensino Medio
-GPA 5.0-GPA 5.0Satisfactory completion-GPA 5.0
  • Standard: GPA 6.5
  • Fast-track: GPA 67
  • Accelerated: GPA 7.5
Cambodia

Qualification: Diploma of Upper Secondary Education

  • Standard: C
  • Fast-track: B
Canada

Qualification: Year 11

  • Standard: 70%
  • Fast-track: 80%
  • Accelerated: Canadian High School Diplomas (excluding Quebec) Year 12: 50 or greater/ Canadian High School (excluding Quebec) Year 11 85%
Chile

Qualification: Chilean Higher Secondary Schooling (Licencia de Educacion Media)

  • Standard: 5
  • Fast-track: 5.5
China

Qualification: Senior High School

  • Standard: Senior 1 and Term 1 of Senior 2-85%* ; Senior Year 2 75% or Senior Year 3-60%
  • Fast-track: Senior Year 2-80% or Senior Year 3-65%
  • Accelerated: Senior Year 3-75% in 4 subjects OR Chinese National College Entrance Examinations (Gaokao) – 50 or greater
Note that GPA will be based on the average of all subjects for the study period of high school
China

Qualification: Vocational School

  • Standard: Year 3 – with relevant subjects – >75 percent
  • Fast-track: Year 3 – with relevant subjects – >80 percent
Note that GPA will be based on the average of all subjects for the study period of high school
Colombia

Qualification: Bachillerator

  • Standard: 7
  • Fast-track: 7.5
Ecuador

Qualification: Bachillerator

  • Standard: 15
  • Fast-track: 16
Ethiopia

Qualification: Ethiopian General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (EGSECE)

  • Standard: Grade C
  • Fast-track: Grade B
  • Accelerated: Grade A
Fiji

Qualification: Year 12

  • Standard: Top 4 aggregate 200
  • Fast-track: Top 4 aggregate 220

 

Qualification: Year 13

  • Accelerated: Top 4 aggregate 220
Hong Kong

Qualification: Form 5

  • Standard: 4 passes
  • Fast-track: 5 passes
  • Accelerated: 4Bs or 4×70% or 4x3s higher to form 5
(recognition from any combination of Core and Category A and C electives but excluding Category B (Applied Learning) subjects)
Hong Kong

Qualification: HKDSE

  • Standard: 2,2,2
  • Fast-track: 2,2,3
  • Accelerated: 2,3,3
(recognition from any combination of Core and Category A and C electives but excluding Category B (Applied Learning) subjects)
India

Qualification: Year 11

  • Standard: 70%
  • Fast-track: 80%
  • Accelerated: 85% or higher #
India

Qualification: HSC

  • Fast-track: 55%
  • Accelerated: India School Certificate or All India Senior School Certificate (10+2): at least 55 ##
  • Accelerated:  Higher Secondary Examation Grade 12:  60 or greater #
Indonesia

Qualification: SMA2 (Private school)

  • Standard: 7 (70%), average of 4 subjects
  • Fast-track: 7.5(75%), average of 4 subjects – require national exam certificate
  • Accelerated: SMA2: an overall average of 8.5/85% or higher from 4 relevant subjects
Indonesia

Qualification: SMA2 (Government school)

  • Standard: 7.5
  • Fast-track: 8.0 (80%), average of 4 subjects – require national exam certificate
  • Accelerated: SMA3: an overall average of 6.0/60% or higher from 4 relevant subjects
Iran

Qualification: Year 11

  • Standard: 16/20
  • Fast-track: 18/20
Japan

Qualification: Kotogakko/ Upper secondary School Certificate – Year 2

  • Standard: Grade 3 average in academic subjects
  • Fast-track: Grade 3.5 average in academic subjects
  • Accelerated: Kotogakko / Upper Secondary School Year 3 with superior grades in academic subjects, Kotogakko 2 As and 1B/ Upper Secondary School Year 2 with superior grades in academic subjects -Grade 4 average in academic subjects.
Japan

Qualification: Upper Secondary School Equivalency Exam (The Ministry of Education)

  • Standard: Certificate of Success with 2 B grades and 2 C grades in relevant subjects
  • Fast-track: Certificate of Success with 1 A grade and 2 B grades or higher in relevant subjects
Kazakhstan

Qualification: Secondary school leaving certificate

  • Standard: Year 11 GPA 4/5
  • Fast-track: Year 11 GPA 4/5
Kenya

Qualification: KCSE

  • Standard: 1 B and 3 C grades
  • Fast-track:3 Bs and 1 C
KuwaitQualification: Shahadat AI-Thanawaya AI-Aama/General Secondary School Certificate
Year 2: 80-89%
  • Standard: 65%
  • Fast-track: 70%
  • Accelerated: 90% in 4 academic subjects
Laos

Qualification: Completion of Baccalaureate

  • Standard: 65%
  • Fast-track: 70%
Macau

Qualification: Form 5/ Senior Middle 2

  • Standard: 60%-65%
  • Fast-track: 66%-70%
  • Accelerated: 70% average of 4 subjects
Macau

Qualification: Form 6/ Senior Middle 3

  • Standard:56-60%
  • Fast-track:61-65%
  • Accelerated: 75% average of 4 subjects
Malaysia

Qualification: SPM – Forecast/Prelim/Actual

  • Standard: 20
  • Fast-track: 15 across 5 subjects
  • Accelerated: 12 across 5 subjects
Malaysia

Qualification: UEC

  • Standard: Max of 30
  • Fast-track: Max of 25
  • Accelerated: Max of 20
Mexico

Qualification: Bachillerator

  • Standard: 7.0/70%
  • Fast-track: 7.5/75%
Mongolia
  • Qualification: Certificate of Complete Secondary Education
  • Standard:4Cs
  • Fast-track: 2 Bs and 2 Cs
Myanmar

Qualification: BEHS/Matriculation Exam

  • Standard: 65%
  • Fast-track: 75%
Nepal

Qualification: Higher Secondary Education Certificate

  • Standard: 65%
  • Fast-track: 75%
New Zealand **

Qualification: NCEA

  • Standard: 30 credits at NCEA from mixed of level 2 or above with no fewer than 6 credits in each of subjects (combined credits from related subjects) including Mathematics
  • Fast-track:36 credits at NCEA from mixed of level 2 or above with no fewer than 6 credits in each of subjects (combined credits from related subjects) including Mathematics
Nigeria

Qualification: SSCE Exams (West African Education Council WAEC)

  • Standard: C
  • Fast-track: B
Pakistan

Qualification: Intermediate/ Higher Secondary School Certificate

  • Standard: 65%
  • Fast-track: 75%
Peru

Qualification: Certificate of Completed General Secondary Education

  • Standard: 15
  • Fast-track: 16
Philippines

Qualification: High School Diploma

  • Standard: 85%
  • Fast-track: 90%
Russia

Qualification: Certificate of Secondary Education (Attestat)

  • Standard: Max of 30
  • Fast-track: Max of 25
  • Accelerated: Max of 20
Saudi Arabia

Qualification: Tawjihiyah/General Secondary Education Certificate

  • Standard: 75%
  • Fast-track: 80%
  • Accelerated: 90% in 4 academic subjects
Singapore

Qualification: Singapore O level (or forecast)

  • Standard: Aggregate of 20 or less across 5 academic subjects
  • Fast-track: Aggregate of 15 or less across 5 academic subjects
  • Accelerated: Aggregate of 12 or less across 5 academic subjects
South Africa

Qualification: Year 11

  • Standard: 75%
  • Fast-track: 80%
South Korea

Qualification: High School Certificate Year 2

  • Standard: 65% or Rank 7.0
  • Fast-track:70% or Rank 6.5
  • Accelerated: High school certificate Year 2: 80% Rank 4.5 or Senior High Year 3 – 70% or Rank 5.0 in academic subjects.
Sri Lanka

Qualification: O Level

  • Standard: 2 Bs and 2 Cs
  • Fast-track: 4Bs
  • Accelerated: 2 Bs and 2 As
Taiwan

Qualification: Senior Year 2

  • Standard: 70% in 4 relevant subjects
  • Fast-track:80% in 4 relevant subjects
  • Accelerated: Year 2: 90% or higher OR Year 3 – 75%
Thailand

Qualification: Matayom 5

  • Standard: 2.5
  • Fast-track: 3
  • Accelerated: Matayom 5: 3.5 OR Matayom 6:2.2
Turkey

Qualification: Devlet Lise Diplomasi/State High School Diploma

  • Standard: Grade 2 in 3 academic subjects
  • Fast-track: Grade 4 in 2 academic subjects
Venezuela

Qualification: Bachiller

  • Standard: 14 in 4 relevant subjects
  • Fast-track: 16 in 4 relevant subjects
Vietnam

Qualification: Year 11

  • Standard: 7.5
  • Fast-track: 8
  • Accelerated: Vietnam High School Graduation Certificate: 7 or greater * / Year 11 – 8.5
UAE

Qualification: Tawjihiyah / General Secondary Education Certificate

  • Standard: 75%
  • Fast-track: 80%
  • Accelerated: 90% in 4 academic subjects
USA

Qualification: Completion of Year 12

  • Standard: D/60-69%/ GPA:1.0
  • Fast-track: C/70-79%GPA: 2.0
  • Accelerated: B/80-89%/GPA: 3.0
USA

Qualification: Secondary School Certificate Year 11

  • Standard: C/70-79%GPA: 2.0
  • Fast-track: B/80-89%/GPA: 3.0
  • Accelerated: A/90-100/4.0
Uzbekistan

Qualification: Secondary school leaving certificate

  • Standard: Year 11 – GPA 4/5
  • Fast-track: Year 12 – GPA 4/6
Zambia

Qualification:  School Certificate

  • Standard: Grade of 4
  • Fast-track: Grade of 3