Be sure to check out our Overview of the Application Process and Tests to Take pages as well.

You select ONE institution, apply by sending it(via post or E-mail or uploading on a site) a U.S. style transcript along with other documents required,  get accepted or rejected, if accepted apply for a visa, and if rejected reapply at other universities. This takes time! Don’t wait till late. Remember, as it is in the Southern hemisphere, the New Zealand academic year runs from February to November. There is an optional summer session in December and January. For information on how to apply, contact Education New Zealand P.O. Box 10-500 Wellington, New Zealand. Phone: (64) 4 472 0788. E-mail:

enquiry@educationnz.org.nz

Website: http://www.educationnz.org.nz .

Apply directly to the university of your choice. For information about university programs:

http://www.auckland.ac.nz (Auckland),

http://www.waikato.ac.nz (Hamilton),

http://www.massey.ac.nz (Palmerston North and Wellington),

http://www.canterbury.ac.nz (Christchurch),

http://www.lincoln.ac.nz (Christchurch),

http://www.otago.ac.nz (Dunedin).

You’ll need a student visa and student permit. For these you first need to apply and be accepted by a university. Apply to: Ambassade de Nouvelle -Zélande, 7 ter. rue Léonard de Vinci 75116 Paris, France. Phone: (33) 01 45 01 43 10. Fax: (33) 01 45 01 43 11. E-mail: paris@tradenz.govt.nz . Internet: http://www.tradenz.govt.nz.

The student visa form requires an ID photo, fee, passport valid till at least 3 months after departure FROM New Zealand back to France, proof of return flight reservation from New Zealand, financial support guarantee form, lodging guarantee, registration confirmation for studies, copy of payment receipt for university fees payment, stamped self-addressed mid-size envelop (by registered mail) for return of documents. Consult http://www.nzis.org/french/study.htm

Few scholarships are available. Ask about these directly through each university.