Fast Track offer FAQs

If you have received a Fast Track offer, this will show in 'Your applications' in your application portal.

Your Fast Track offer will appear as 'Approved' with an expiry date noted beside it.

As an international student, you may receive a Fast Track offer if you meet the Fast Track offer requirements as is stated in Fast Track offers for school-leavers.

In these cases, we have recognised that you may be  eligible for a Fast Track offer for that specific programme based on your Year 12 high school results. 

While the programme you receive this Fast Track offer for may not be your first choice, we encourage you to keep this offer open as another option. You can choose to still wait for an offer for your preferred programme in the meantime.

Here are the main reasons as to why you did not receive a Fast Track offer:

• The programme you applied for is not on the list of Programmes eligible for Fast Track offers
• You have applied recently, and your application has not yet been processed. Please continue to check your application status. For more information, please visit Continue your application
• We do not have enough results from you at the time to make an assessment on your eligibility for a Fast Track offer

Even if you haven't received a Fast Track offer, please know that your application is still important to us. Your application will go through the standard processing once your final results are released.

If you do not accept your Fast Track offer by its expiry date, your Fast Track offer will be withdrawn. You cannot request to have your Fast Track offer opened again after it has expired. 

Please note that your programme application will remain and will continue to be processed as part of the University's standard process, once final results are released in January.

If you meet the guaranteed entry requirements based on your results, you will be assured of an offer of place to study in your chosen programme. 

You can find information on the guaranteed entry requirements for the qualification standard you're studying by visiting New Zealand secondary school applicants.

Fast Track offers are issued for Semester One only. These offers are not available for any other term, including the Summer School term. 

If you have received a Fast Track offer and wish to get a head start on your university study, one of our Summer School programmes for school leavers may be an option for you.

• Summer Start
• Summer Start International
• Tōia ki Waipapa
• UniBound Summer - Pacific programme

To find out more about these programmes, please visit Kōkiri Raumati | Summer Programmes. 

If you are an international student currently in New Zealand and are about to graduate from a New Zealand secondary school or foundation programme, please visit Summer Start International.

For information on how to prepare for Summer School and what options are available to you, please visit Summer School.

If you do not meet the conditions of your Fast Track offer and any other subject requirements*, you will be supported into an alternative pathway.

Based on your results, you may wish to consider the following options:

• If you have gained University Entrance but did not meet the programme-specific entry requirements, you may wish to consider another programme at the University of Auckland. Please visit Find a study option
• If you have not attained University Entrance, you may wish to consider completing one of our Preparation and foundation programmes
• Applicants who have studied NCEA may also want to consider doing further NCEA Catch-up credits

If you have already enrolled into your courses, we will work with you to confirm your alternative options and update your enrolment status.

*For programmes in Engineering, Global Studies, Health Sciences and Nursing in particular.

Not all programmes can be offered through a Fast Track offer. To check if the programme you have applied for is eligible, please visit Programmes eligible for Fast Track offers. 

If you have applied for multiple programmes and received a Fast Track Offer for one programme but not others, please be assured that if you apply on time and you meet the guaranteed entry requirements into your programmes, you will be guaranteed an offer of place into those programmes.