English Proficiency Information & English Language Providers

All programmes of study at Le Cordon Bleu New Zealand Institute are delivered in English. If English is not your first language, we require evidence of your English language proficiency taken within the last two years.

The required test scores for different levels of programme are specified in the table below:

International English Language Proficiency Test

• Completed Bachelor's degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours Degree, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate, Masters Degree, or Doctoral degree from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom, or the USA;
• All primary education plus three years of secondary education conducted in English at schools from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom, or the United States;
• Five years of secondary education conducted in English at schools from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom, or the United States;
• NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance;
• Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA);
• Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CerTESOL);
• International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A - level qualification for which the teaching and assessment were conducted in English.