Wanganui City College has an 89 year history of educating students from outside of New Zealand.
We have had students from Fiji, Nauru, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Bahrain, Taiwan, China, South America, Niue, Cook Islands, Samoa, The Solomons, Sarawak, America, Switzerland, the USA, Brazil, Germany, Britain, Indonesia, India, Argentina and Denmark. Hundreds of overseas students have been educated at the college and have gone onto successful careers.
Introduction
Wanganui City College prepares students for Polytechnic and University education and has a long academic tradition of producing excellent scholars. Students prepare for NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3, University Entrance and Scholarship examinations in over 30 subjects. We can offer a wide range of activities, outstanding facilities and most importantly a well qualified staff.
Wanganui City College is a challenging, exciting and supportive place where students from all parts of the world feel valued and respected. There is a senior staff member in charge of overseas students and special programmes are run for overseas students when necessary.
Overseas students can board in our comfortable and well supervised hostel close to the college or we can arrange for a student to stay with a New Zealand family.
Dean of International Students - Mr Pat Johnstone ph. 0064 6 3490180 mob. 00 64 27 7513973
Secondary Schools in New Zealand primarily cater for students aged 13 to 18 (Years 9 to 13). They are called either Colleges, High Schools or Grammar Schools.
