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    Bachelor of Health Sciences

    University of Canterbury

    University of Canterbury

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    New Zealand, Christchurch

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    Key Facts

    Program Level

    Bachelor

    Study Type

    Full Time

    Delivery

    On Campus

    Campuses

    Main Site

    Program Language

    English

    Start & Deadlines

    Next Intake Deadlines15-Jul-2024
    Apply to this program

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    Duration 3 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    NZD 38,863  / year
    Next Intake 15-Jul-2024

    Bachelor of Health Sciences

    About

    The Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) is a three-year programme that provides a comprehensive overview of health and healthcare. It is a multidisciplinary qualification and our graduates are using their skills in the health sector and beyond.

    Aotearoa New Zealand's health and disability sector is characterised by a diverse workforce, made up of many occupations. This diversity is essential to providing the range of services required to meet individual and public health outcomes.

  • Opens up a wide range of non-clinical career opportunities, both nationally and internationally, in careers such as health and public policy, public health, health management, and health research.
  • Enables graduates to improve health and wellbeing through disease prevention, health promotion, and health service planning, delivery, and evaluation.
  • The programme is based on the world-leading research undertaken by UC staff in Te Kura Mtai Hauora | School of Health Sciences.
  • Some majors offer the opportunity to undertake internships in health-related workplaces.
  • The Public Health major meets the Aotearoa New Zealand competencies for public health and health promotion.
  • UC is ranked first in Aotearoa New Zealand for research in Public Health (Te Amorangi Mtauranga Matua | Tertiary Education Commission 2018 PBRF assessment).
  • Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Our general undergraduate degrees are flexible three-year degrees that allow you to study a wide range of subjects, while specialising in your major subject. Specialist undergraduate degrees are also offered and these take between three and four years to complete. The degree structure of our specialist degrees is very prescribed as they prepare students for a specific field.

    English Program Requirements

    English language courses offered in partnership with CCEL will prepare you for study at Foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate degree level. The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses offered by CCEL are designed to provide you with the specific language and study skills you will need to succeed in academic study.

    Further details and application form are available from the CCEL site.

    Career

    • Opportunity to do an internship in a health-related industry.
    • Learn the necessary skills to improve health and wellbeing through disease prevention, health promotion, and health service planning, delivery, and evaluation.
    • Graduates work in healthcare organisations, in local and central government, aged residential care, schools, district health boards, Māori health providers, and more.

    Find out more about what you can do with a degree from UC.

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee

    NZD 38,863  / year

    How to Apply

    Step 1. Apply to Enrol in myUC

    Step 1. Apply to enrol in myUC

    Applications are now open for 2023 courses! Create a myUC account and apply today.

    Coming from a NZ high school?

    Choose "Waiting on NCEA/UE results" as your 'Admission Reason'. Ask your school for evidence of your attendance to include with your visa application before school closes for the summer holidays.

    Have an international qualification?

    You will need to have your admission to UC assessed first. Check what you need for your chosen qualification and apply in myUC.

    Already a UC student?

    The Enrolments team will prepare an Offer of Place for you to include with your visa application once you have submitted your Application to Enrol in myUC.

    Step 2. Pre-pay your tuition fees

    Step 2. Pre-pay your tuition fees

    Pay the tuition fees estimate shown on your Offer of Place - this can be found in your Document Library in myUC (top right-hand corner). You will need to provide evidence you have paid your fees in full with your student visa application.

    If the amount you pre-pay is different from your final fees total, you will be charged or refunded the difference later. If you are unable to complete your enrolment (eg if  your visa application is declined) Student Finance will arrange a refund of your pre-paid tuition fees. 

    Step 3. Apply for your student visa

    Step 3. Apply for your student visa

    If your current visa expires between now and 31 March 2023 or you do not have a current student visa, apply for your student visa for 2023 study on the Immigration New Zealand website. More info is available on the UC Student Visa page. 

     

    Step 4. Choose your courses

    Step 4. Choose your courses 

    Choose your courses and add them to your application in myUC. You will normally need to be full-time for your student visa. 

    Check that the courses you are planning to take satisfy the requirements of your intended qualification(s). You should also consider your study pathway (for example meeting the pre-requisites for future courses). For advice on how to plan your study pathway, contact your Student Advisor.  If you are working towards a double degree or conjoint degree you should check your courses with both Student Advisors. The Regulations for each qualification can be found on the relevant Qualifications page

    If you have not met the prerequisites or co-requisites for courses you are wanting to add, contact the Course Coordinator or relevant Student Advisor. You may also need to apply for an exemption from a prerequisite.

    Business Taught Masters (BTM) students will have their courses added by UC Business School staff.

     

    Step 5. Complete your enrolment

    Step 5. Complete your enrolment

    Once your courses are approved and you have received your new student visa, you can complete your enrolment.

    If you're new to UC or you're a continuing UC student with a new passport

    Register for a session to complete your enrolment in person with the Enrolments team (at Te Pātaka, Puaka-James Hight). Take your passport and visa with you to your registered session and the team will give you an Enrolment Agreement to accept. Once you've accepted your Enrolment Agreement and paid any outstanding fees, you will have officially completed your enrolment.

    If you're arriving in NZ after studying offshore

    Once you've received your student visa and booked your flights, email [email protected] with the following:

    • your UC student ID number
    • your full name
    • your intended arrival date in New Zealand
    • your flight details
    • a copy of your visa

    Then register for a session to complete your enrolment in person for when you arrive on campus. During your session you will show the Enrolments team your passport and current visa, update your enrolment details, pay any outstanding fees, and update your contact details (with your Christchurch address and mobile number, and emergency contact details).  Once your enrolment details are confirmed you will receive an Enrolment Agreement to accept; this will complete your enrolment.

    Complete your enrolment in person

    with the Enrolments Team in Te Pātaka, Level 3 Puaka-James Hight

    Register for a session

    If you're a current UC student and you've already shown your current passport to the Enrolments team 

    You do not need to book a session to complete your enrolment in person. As soon as you have received your new visa, send evidence through to [email protected] with your UC student ID number, and you will receive an Enrolment Agreement to accept.  Once you've accepted your Enrolment Agreement and paid any outstanding fees, you will have officially completed your enrolment. Find out your next steps here. 

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