UFS funding categories and delivery classifications
Ngā kāwai tuku pūtea me ngā rōpūtanga whakarato mō te UFS
The Unified Funding System (UFS) has six subject categories for funding purposes and requires all vocational education providers to use the Delivery Classification Guide to inform their funding rates.
The Unified Funding System (UFS) has six subject categories for funding purposes and requires all vocational education providers to use the Delivery Classification Guide to inform their funding rates.
This page provides:
- details of how the UFS subject categories map to the Delivery Classification Guide
- further guidance about changes to the Delivery Classification Guide
- details of the relationship between the Industry Training Register and the Delivery Classification Guide
- a new definition for intramural and extramural study for the single data return (SDR).
| UFS subject category | DQ3-7 funding categories | Delivery classification guide numbers and subject areas |
|---|---|---|
|
F1 Humanities, Business and Social Service Vocations |
A, J |
#03: Arts; Advanced Studies for Teachers; Health Therapies; Humanities; Languages; Social Sciences. #04: Business; Accountancy; Office Systems/Secretarial; Management. #5.2: General Education (unclassified) #14: Law |
|
F2 Trades, Creative Arts, Information Technology and Health-Related Professions |
B, P |
#02: Architecture; Quantity Surveying #06: Computer Science #12: Fine Arts; Design #16: Music and Performing Arts #17: Health-Related Professions #22: Trades |
|
F3 Agriculture, Engineering, Health Sciences and Science |
C, L, V |
#01: Agriculture and Horticulture #3.1: Osteopathy; Acupuncture #11: Engineering; Technology #13: Health Sciences #18: Science |
|
F4 Pilot Training and Priority Engineering |
M, N |
#11.1: Priority Engineering (leading to qualifications at Level 5 or above) #11.2: Pilot Training |
|
F5 Foreign-Going Nautical and Specialist Agriculture |
S, H |
#38: Foreign-Going Nautical #01: Agriculture and Horticulture (Leading to qualifications at Level 5 or above) |
|
F6 Mātauranga Māori and Te Reo Māori |
A |
#42: Mātauranga Māori and Te Reo Māori
|
Notes: Agriculture and horticulture provision that could be coded to #22: Trades (F2) or #01: Agriculture and Horticulture (F3) should generally be coded to #01 (for the F3 rate).
Te Reo Māori and Tikanga that were coded to #03 should now be coded to #42: Mātauranga Māori and Te Reo Māori.
Industry Training Register
Previously, industry training did not have delivery classification codes. Industry Training Register submitters have now been supplied with information on the delivery classification codes and how these need to be used.
Single Data Return
To align with the modes of delivery as part of the UFS, we have made minor changes to the Single Data Return (SDR) definitions for intramural and extramural.
These minor changes recognise the ways in which learners seek to access learning.
Intramural and residing in New Zealand
Covers courses where students must attend scheduled teaching sessions in New Zealand in person for the majority of their course in order to meet course requirements.
These courses may, however, include periods of supervised research and clinical or field experience which may take place outside the campus, and can also include the option of on-line attendance for some or all teaching sessions.
Extramural and residing in New Zealand
Covers courses for students who are resident in New Zealand where the majority of their scheduled teaching is primarily delivered off-campus in New Zealand.
These courses use postal services and online technology as the main method of teaching delivery. They may, however, include short periods of on-campus attendance.
Extramural and residing overseas
Covers students who are resident overseas and are unable to attend on-campus courses in New Zealand.
Intramural and residing overseas
Covers courses where students must be physically present in scheduled teaching sessions at a tertiary education organisation’s (TEO’s) campus located in an overseas country in order to meet the course requirements.
These courses may, however, include periods of supervised research and clinical or field experience which may take place outside the campus.
Notes on the UFS delivery component funding categories
Delivery classification codes and subject areas, and the alpha-numeric funding categories, are a feature of Delivery at Levels 3–7 (non-degree) on the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework (DQ3-7).
The funding rates for the UFS delivery component (eg, F1, F2, etc.) are based on a combination of DQ3-7 funding categories (eg, A1, B1, etc.). The current alpha-numeric DQ3-7 funding categories (eg, A1, B1, etc.) group a combination of subject areas that are listed in the Delivery Classification Guide (eg, #03 Arts, #04 Business).
More information is available at Delivery Classification Guide.