|
|
|
United Kingdom - Academic Qualifications (30/03/2015)
Academic Qualifications
The qualifications awarded by the institutions listed below qualify for the points indicated:
Qualification |
Abbreviation* |
Level in NZ terms |
Points under SMC |
All degrees where any reference is made to: "external’ study", or "collaboration" or "collaborated study", or "validation" or a "validated programme of study" |
Refer to NZQA |
||
All degrees with QTS, Education or teaching stated on the award certificate |
Refer to NZQA |
||
Bachelor degrees listed below are all required to be Bachelor (Honours) or Bachelor with Honours degrees. These Honours degrees must be classified as either:
|
|||
Bachelor of Arts (a speciality may be stated) |
BA |
7 |
50 |
Bachelor of Dental Surgery / Bachelor of Dentistry |
BDS |
||
Bachelor of Engineering** |
BE |
||
Bachelor of Laws |
LLB |
||
Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Medical Science |
BM |
||
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery / Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae |
MD |
||
Bachelor of Music |
BMus |
||
Bachelor of Science (a speciality may be stated) |
BS |
||
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine |
BVM |
||
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery |
BVMS |
||
Bachelor of Veterinary Science |
BVS |
||
Master of Arts with Honours (in First or Second Class) |
MAH |
7 |
50 |
Master of Engineering with Honours (in First or Second Class)*** |
ME |
8 |
50 |
Master of Arts |
MA |
9 |
60 |
Master of Letters |
ML |
9 |
60 |
Master of Philosophy |
MP |
9 |
60 |
Master of Research |
MR |
9 |
60 |
Master of Science |
MS |
9 |
60 |
Doctor of Philosophy |
PhD |
10 |
60 |
* Abbreviations used are for the purposes of this list and may not be stated on the award certificates.
** A Bachelor of Engineering with Honours is an initial degree of three or four years full-time duration. Four years duration degrees may include three years of academic study and one year of industrial experience. If the academic study duration is 4 years, the applicant may wish to apply to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
*** Master of Engineering with Honours is an initial degree of four or five years full-time duration. Five year degrees may include one year of industrial experience. Master of Engineering with Honours degrees that have an academic study duration of less than 4 years must be referred to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
If an applicant believes their qualification may be higher than the level stated they should apply to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
Note:
- Award certificates must be provided in their original language for all qualifications.
- The University of Glasgow awards their degrees in Latin. Additionally some universities may award their medical and dental degrees in Latin, for these degrees translated copies from the University must also be presented.
- All honorary degrees must be referred to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
- If any courses leading to the award of one of the qualifications listed above were studied at any institution outside of the United Kingdom, including any United Kingdom overseas campuses, they should be referred to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
- If any courses have been cross-credited towards the listed qualifications, these qualifications also need to be referred to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
- All qualifications awarded after 2014 should be referred to NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.
Awarding Institutions
The following institutions may award the qualifications specified from the dates shown.
Institution Previous names and dates of change, and alternative institution names which may be included on the award certificate are indicated in brackets. Names and dates of institutions have been included in the List of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment for immigration purposes only. |
Qualifications awarded from |
|---|---|
Aston University (University of Aston in Birmingham 1979 - 1997)
|
BE and ME: 1991 BS, MS and PhD: 1979 MP: 1982 |
Brunel University
|
BA, BE, LLB and ME: 1992 BS, MA, MS and MPh: 1982 PhD: 1979 |
Cardiff University
|
BA, BE, LLB, BS, ME and PhD: 2008 BDS and MD: 2011 MA, MP, MR and MS: 2007 |
The City University
|
BA and LLB: 2000 BE: 1992 BS, MP and PhD: 1979 MA: 1982 ME: 1985 MS: 1979 - 2007 |
Cranfield University (Cranfield Institute of Technology 1982 - 1993)
|
BS: 1982 - 2006 MS and PhD: 1982 MP: 1991 |
Heriot-Watt University
|
BA and BS: 1979 - 2013 MP: 1991 MS: 1979 - 2012 PhD: 1979 - 2014 |
Imperial College London |
BE, MD, BS, ME, MP, MR, MS and PhD: 2007 |
Loughborough University (Loughborough University of Technology 1979 - 1995)
|
BAand MP: 1991 BE and ME: 1986 BS: 1979 - 2003 MA, MS and PhD: 1979 |
The Open University
|
BA, MP and PhD: 1982 - 1993 MA and MS: 1991 - 1993 BA, BS, MA, MP, MS and PhD: 2000 |
The Queen's University of Belfast (Queen’s University Belfast)
|
BA, BDS, LLB, MD, BMus, BS, MA, MS and PhD: 1979 BE and ME: 1988 MP: 2000 |
University of Aberdeen
|
LLB, MD, BS, MAH, ML, MS and PhD: 1979 MP: 1990 |
The University of Bath
|
BA: 1982 BE, ME, MA and MP: 1991 BS, MS and PhD: 1979 MR: 2005 |
University of Birmingham
|
BA, BDS, LLB, MD, MA, MS and PhD: 1979 BE and ME: 1991 BS and MS: 1979 - 2010 ML and MP: 1982 |
University of Bradford
|
BA, MA and PhD: 1979 BE: 1988 - 2011 BS and MS: 1979 - 2011 ME: 1988 MP: 1982 MR: 2000 |
University of Bristol
|
BA, BDS, LLB, MD, BS, BVS, MA and PhD: 1979 BE, ME and MP: 1992 ML: 1979 - 2009 |
University of Cambridge
|
BA, MD, BVM, ML, MS and PhD: 1979 MP: 1982 |
University of Dundee
|
BDS, LLB, MD, BS, MAH, MS and PhD: 1979 MP: 1982 |
University of Durham
|
BA, BS, MA, ML, MS and PhD: 1979 BE: 2005 LLB and MP: 2000 ME: 1998 |
University of East Anglia
|
BA, BS, MA and PhD: 1979 BE: 1992 - 2004 LLB and MP: 1982 |
The University of Edinburgh
|
BDS: 1979 - 1994 MD, LLB, BS, BVMS MAH, MS and PhD: 1979 BMus and MP: 1982 ML: 1979 - 2014 |
University of Essex
|
BA: 1979 - 2011 MA, MS and PhD: 1979 BE: 1986 LLB: 1991 BS and MP: 1982 |
University of Exeter
|
BA, LLB, BS, MA and PhD: 1979 BE and ME: 1995 MP: 1991 MS: 1982 - 2011 |
University of Glasgow / Vniversitatis Glasgvensis Senatvs
|
BDS, LLB, MD, BMus, BS, BVMS, MAH, ML, MP, MS and PhD: 1979 |
The University of Hull
|
BA, LLB, BS, MA, MS and PhD: 1979 BE: 2004 ME: 1999 MP: 1982 |
University of Keele
|
BA: 1979 - 2010 MA, MS and PhD: 1979 LLB and MP: 2000 BS: 1982 - 2011 |
University of Kent (The University of Kent at Canterbury 1979 - 2003)
|
BA, BS, MA, MS and PhD: 1979 BE and ME: 1994 LLB: 2000 MP: 1982 |
The University of Lancaster
|
BA: 1979 - 2011 MA and PhD: 1979 BE: 1992 - 2011 BS: 1982 - 2007 LLB and MP: 1982 ML: 1979 - 1988 MR: 2000 MS: 1979 - 2009 |
The University of Leeds
|
BA, MD, LLB, BS, MA, MP, MS and PhD: 1979 BE and ME: 1989 |
University of Leicester
|
BA, BS, MA, MS and PhD: 1979 BE: 2002 LLB, MD and MP: 1982 ME: 1999 |
University of Liverpool
|
BA, BDS, LLB, MD, BS, BVS and PhD: 1979 BE and MP: 1982 MA and MS: 1979 - 2013 ME: 2003 |
University of London
|
BA, LLB, BS, MA, MP, and MS: 1979 - 2007 BDS, MD, BVM and PhD: 1979 BE, ME and BMus: 1991 MR: 2000 - 2007 |
The University of Manchester (Victoria University of Manchester 1979 - 2004)
|
BA, LLB, BDS, MD, BMus, MA, MS and PhD: 1979 BE and MP: 1991 BS: 1979 - 2005 ME: 2004 MR: 2000 |
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
|
BA, BDS, LLB and MA: 1979 BE: 1991 - 2013 BS, MP, MS and PhD: 1979 - 2013 ME: 1990 MD: 1979 - 2012 MR: 2000 |
The University of Nottingham
|
BA, BS, MA, MS and PhD: 1979 - 2002 BE and ME: 1991 - 2002 LLB: 1979 BVMS: 2011 MD and MP: 1982 MR: 2000 - 2002 |
University of Oxford
|
BA: 1979 MD, ML, MP, MS and PhD: 1982 |
University of Reading
|
BA, BS, MA, MP, MS and PhD: 1979 BE: 1992 LLB: 1982 ME: 2000 |
The University of Salford
|
BA and MA: 1982 BE and MP: 1991 BS and PhD: 1979 ME: 2005 MR: 2000 MS: 1979 - 1990 |
The University of Sheffield
|
BDS, BE, LLB, MD and PhD: 1979 BA, BS and MA: 1979 - 1994 ME: 1998 MP: 1992 |
University of Southampton
|
BA, LLB, BM, BS, MA, MP and PhD: 1979 BE: 1992 ME: 2005 MR: 2000 MS: 1979 - 2014 |
University of St. Andrews
|
BS, MAH, ML, and PhD: 1979 MP: 1982 |
University of Stirling
|
BA: 1982 - 2013 BS and ML: 1982 MP: 1992 MS and PhD: 1979 |
University of Strathclyde
|
BA, LLB, BS, ML and PhD: 1979 MP: 1991 MR: 2000 |
University of Surrey
|
BA, BE, MA and BMus: 1982 LLB: 2000 BS, MP, MS and PhD: 1979 |
University of Sussex (The University of Sussex 1979 - 2007)
|
BA, BS, MA, MP, MS and PhD: 1979 BE and ME: 1991 LLB: 2000 |
University of Ulster
|
BA, MP, MS and PhD: 1984 BE and BMus: 1991 BS: 1984 - 1998 MA and MS: 1984 - 2001 ME: 1995 MR: 2000 |
The University of Warwick
|
BA, BS, MA, MP and PhD: 1979 BE and ME: 1986 LLB: 1982 MR: 2000 MS: 1979 - 2011 |
University of York
|
BA, BS, MA, MP, MS and PhD: 1979 BE: 1988 ME: 2014 MR: 2000 |
Effective 30/03/2015