passed at or above the required minimum standard. All Health Sciences First Year students will sit a compulsory English diagnostic test, to be held in late February at the St David Lecture Theatre. Students who do not pass the test will be required take ENGL 126 . For more information about the Health Sciences English Diagnostic Test, please go to the test's Frequently Asked Questions page . If you have not studied Chemistry or Physics at NCEA Level 3 (or equivalent) you may find CHEM 191 and PHSI 191 quite challenging. Admission to the Health Sciences professional courses is governed by the regulations contained in the University Calendar (and on the pages listed above). You should read these regulations to ensure you are familiar with the admission requirements. Please be aware that the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) must be taken as part of the selection process for Dentistry, Medical Laboratory Science, Medicine and Physiotherapy. Information for International Students Normally, no places are available for independent international students in the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) programme, however a very limited number of places may be available in any year if a reduced number of sponsored students (under the terms of contracts with overseas governments) are enrolled. Information on places in other Health Science professional courses for international students is available here .