Bachelor of Aviation

All students must meet university entrance requirements to be admitted to the University.

• Massey University entry requirements

Required

This programme is a selected entry programme. This means there are a number of extra requirements you must meet.

To enter the Bachelor of Aviation programme, you must pass NCEA Level 3/Year 13 or equivalent in an ‘English-rich’ subject. These include one of the following:

• classical studies
• English
• geography
• history
• history of art
• media studies
• religious education (RE)
• business studies
• biology
• economics.

 

When you first apply online you need to:   

• provide a CV including academic and work history
• have completed a trial flight
• provide any information of circumstances in your past personal or professional life that might make you ineligible to train for, or hold,  a professional pilots licence in New Zealand (see below for more information).

If you already have a NZCAA Class One Medical Certificate please also upload a copy with your application. But this is not essential for your initial application.

There are two more stages to the application process:

Stage One

You will take and pass an online ‘ADAPT’ test. See below for information.

Before Stage Two

Before you will be considered by selection board in Stage Two, you will have:

• taken at least one trial (experience) flight
• pre-booked your medical appointments (with both an approved medical examiner and optometrist) to gain the NZCAA Class One Medical Certificate for no later than one week after your selection board appointment.

Stage Two

Your application will be assessed, and you may then be invited to the ‘selection board’.  This involves:

• taking part in an panel interview
• passing pilot aptitude  assessments - including a flight simulator aptitude test , psychometric and physics tests
• completing two writing tasks:  English language competency tests (an essay and a vocabulary test)  and a multi-choice maths / physics  (‘aeroscience’ ) assessment.

Before you start

Once you are successful in gaining a place in the Bachelor of Aviation programme you will also need to complete further tasks. These include:

• passing an NZCAA class one medical certificate, or have booked a test

• completing a 'Fit and Proper Person' assessment. This is to comply with the Civil Aviation Act 1990, Section 9. You must provide an up-to-date criminal convictions report and obtain an offence history report from Land Transport New Zealand, or from any other country resided in over the last five years.

Application closing date

If you are a new-to-Massey student, applications for a Semester One start close on 1 November 2020 for domestic students and 1 October 2020 for international students.

Applications for a Semester Two start close on 1 May 2021 for domestic students and 1 April 2021 for international students.

English language requirements

To study this programme you must meet Massey University's English language standards. Where English is not your first language, you must have achieved an Academic IELTS of 6.5 with no band below 6.0, or equivalent.

• Massey University English language requirements.

Other requirements

ADAPT Test

As Massey is an Air NZ Preferred Flight Training Organisation all prospective candiates must complete the ‘ADAPT’ pilot pre-screening tool. This test can be accessed on the ServiceIQ website.

You should forward your results directly to the School of Aviation as soon as they receive them. You are required to meet a satisfactory standard in this test in order to be invited to the next stage of the selection process.

Trial flights

If you are living in New Zealand, you are required to have taken at least one trial (experience) flight before your selection board appointment is confirmed. This is to give you an understanding of what it is like to fly in a small aircraft. Trial flights experiences can be flexible (eg taken at any New Zealand flight training organisation), with pilot friends, or at the annual Massey University Aviation Open Day.

Selection board

Selection boards are held twice a year:

• early December immediately after NCEA examinations (for applicants wishing to commence in the following January)
• the last week of May for applicants wishing to commence in July).

Once you apply for this programme you will be advised of the exact date of your selection board appointment.

If you are invited to the selection board interview you must appear in person. This is held at the Massey University School of Aviation campus, 47 Airport Drive, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

NZCAA Class One Medical Certificate

You must obtain a NZCAA Class One Medical Certificate before being confirmed into the Bachelor of Aviation. If you do not already hold this, you must have pre-booked your medical appointments (with both an approved medical examiner and optometrist) for no later than one week after your selection board appointment.

Confirmation of medical appointment booking must be provided before your  selection appointment will be confirmed.

If you have a NZCAA Class One Medical Certificate please upload a copy with your application.

• Information on Medical Certificates

Fit and Proper Person (FPP) assessment

Are there any circumstances in your past personal or professional life that might make you ineligible to train for, or hold,  a professional pilots licence in New Zealand?   If so, please provide a Ministry of Justice and / or a Ministry of Transport report. This information should be uploaded when submitting your application. This information will be confidential to those staff assessing your qualification.

Once enrolled in this programme you will also be required to apply for a 'Fit and Proper Person' (FPP) assessment. This is to comply with the Civil Aviation Act 1990, Section 9. You must provide an up to date criminal convictions report and obtain an offence history report from Land Transport NZ, or from any other country resided in over the last five years.

You will be  required to declare any traffic or criminal offences at your selection board appointment. This will enable us to advise you  if there may be a barrier to your gaining the required FPP pproval from the  NZ Civil Aviation Authority in future which will then prevent you from being able to continue your flight training programme.

During the programme the obligation continues

Once you are assessed as having FPP status it is your obligation to maintain this status. For example, if you gain a conviction for drunk driving (or other serious or serial offending)  that  breaches the 'Fit and Proper Person' criteria whilst on this programme, and you lose your FPP status,  your training will be unable to proceed.

Short or long term disability, including learning disability, or health issues

If any of the above apply to you, please upload a summary of what these are, how they are being managed and any support you believe you may need during your study/training. Your responses are confidential to University staff processing your application.

Application deadlines for the Air Transport Pilot Programme

	January commencement		July commencement
	Domestic students	International students	Domestic students	International students
Apply online	Due 1 November	Due 1 October	Due 1 May	Due 1 April
ADAPT test	Due 5 November	Due 5 October	Due 1 May	Due 1 April
Selection Board	Early December	Early November	Early June	Early May
NZCAA Class One Medical Certificate	Due start of January		Due start of July
University Entrance	Submit when exam results released ­– NCEA results published early January. ICE and IB results also released in January		Evidence of UE status must be submitted no later than 30 June
Orientation	Mid-January		Mid-July

Recommended

We highly recommend that you have passed Mathematics (Calculus) and Physics at NCEA Level 3/Year 13 or equivalent.

We also highly recommend that you have passed NCEA Level 3/Year 13 or equivalent in an ‘English-rich’ subject in order to demonstrate your ability to write a formal extended essay.

Prior learning, credit and exemptions

For information on prior learning, exemptions and transfer of credit or other questions:

• review the Recognition of Prior Learning regulations
• contact us through the Enquire button on this page.