How to apply
Trimester One 2026 applications are now open for offshore International applicants.
You may apply to Whitireia or WelTec through one of our registered recruitment agents or the paper-based form.
Before you apply, please read the English language requirements for international students.
Send the completed application form to international-admissions@wandw.ac.nz along with your:
- Passport details or birth certificate proving your identity
- Academic transcript/s
- English language test results (less than 2 years old)
- Statement of purpose, telling us why you choose to study this programme and how this programme matches your future career plans
- CV
- Other supporting documents (if required for your programme).
Document Certification
Any documents you submit as part of your application must be certified by an acceptable certification body or official as a true copy of the original document. Each page must be checked and date‑stamped with a certifying statement.
If you are applying through a Whitireia or WelTec approved recruitment agent, all documents must be certified by that approved agent. Certifications from other authorities will not be accepted for applications submitted via an agent
If you are applying directly (not through an agent), acceptable authorities for certifying documents are:
- A New Zealand consular official of an embassy/high commission
- A government/municipal official with the legal right to take official declarations
- A notary service with the legal right to take official declarations or with an official apostille stamp
- An officer of the court with the legal right to take official declarations
- A justice of the peace with the legal right to take official declarations
- A registrar (or equivalent) from the academic institution who awarded the qualification
If any document is not in English, you must obtain an official translation. Submit certified copies of both the original‑language document and the English translation. If applying via an agent, the agent must certify both the original‑language document copy and the translated copy; if applying directly, certification may be completed by any acceptable authority listed above.
If the name on your application does not match your passport or birth certificate, provide a certified copy of your marriage certificate or deed poll (or equivalent) to match the name used on your application. For agent‑submitted applications, this proof must also be certified by the approved agent
Reminder - Incomplete applications and/or unverified documents will delay the processing of your application.
