International student checklist:
- Accept your Offer of Place in.
- Pay the tuition fee estimate outlined in your Offer of Place. Email ar@canterbury.ac.nz with your UC student ID number and full name to request a receipt. This should be included in your student visa application.
- Apply for your student visa on the(around four months in advance of your intended arrival/course start date).
- Book your flights to Christchurch.
- Register for theInternational Student Welcome - attendance is compulsory for new international students.
- Book a sessionto complete your enrolment in person.
- Arrange youraccommodation.
- Review the insurance requirementsfor international students. If you don't want to purchase the default, you must purchase anapproved alternative policyinstead. If your policy is not listed on the approved list, you will need to apply to have your policy assessed at least four weeks before your Enrolment in Person session.
- Select your courses in.
- Open aand transfer money before you arrive on campus.ANZ, Westpac, BNZ and ASB have branches close to campus.
- Save theUC Securitynumber +643 369 2888in your phone along with New Zealand's emergency services number111.
- Upload a copy of your visa and the photo page of your passport to your Document سԹ in myUC before you attend your Enrolment in Person session.
- Update your contact details in your profile in , including the address where you will be living while studying at UC and your NZ mobile number. An emergency contact in NZ is also helpful.
- Visit thewebsite to find out more about studying in NZ.
- When you attend your Enrolment in Person session, take your passport and visa with you, plus evidence of your UC-approved alternative insurance policy (if using).
- Sign in to the .
- Email iro@canterbury.ac.nz to be added to a WhatsApp or WeChat group chat with other international students starting at the same time as you.
