The New Zealand University Entrance, Bursaries and Scholarships, more commonly known as Bursary, was a former New Zealand secondary school qualification obtained by Year 13 (Form 7), and sometimes, Year 12 (Form 6), secondary school students.
Up to six subjects could be taken, and depending on which, assessment could involve internal projects and/or a national examination undertaken near the end of the school year.
To gain a Bursary, students had to achieve an aggregate score of at least 250 from up to five Bursary subjects; each subject marked out of 100 with Art counting as a double-subject.
To gain University Entrance via the Bursaries Examinations, students were required to get a 'C' grade or better in at least three subjects.
External examination results were scaled not only to ensure consistency from subject to subject and year to year, but, more controversially, also so that only 50% of the nationwide candidates achieved an 'A' or 'B' Bursary.