International students enrolled in public tertiary education institutions in New Zealand
By provider, 2023, thousands of students enrolled
Provider | Number of tertiary students |
---|---|
University of Auckland | 9,425 |
University of Waikato | 3,165 |
Massey University | 4,355 |
Victoria University of Wellington | 2,715 |
University of Canterbury | 2,280 |
Lincoln University | 845 |
University of Otago | 2,360 |
Auckland University of Technology | 4,240 |
Unitec New Zealand | 1,045 |
Ara Institute of Canterbury | 475 |
Eastern Institute of Technology | 1,450 |
Wellington Institute of Technology | 85 |
Universal College of Learning | 365 |
Manukau Institute of Technology | 550 |
Nelson Marlborough Inst of Technology | 285 |
Northland Polytechnic | 105 |
Otago Polytechnic | 875 |
Whitireia Community Polytechnic | 245 |
Southern Institute of Technology | 440 |
Western Institute of Technology Taranaki | 290 |
Waikato Institute of Technology | 635 |
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand | 205 |
Tai Poutini Polytechnic | 30 |
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology | 585 |
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa | 0 |
Te Wānanga o Raukawa | 5 |
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi | 20 |
Notes
Students are counted in each qualification type/level they enrol in, so the sum of the various types/levels may not add to the total.
Students are counted in each qualification type/NZQF level they enrol in, so the sum of the various types/levels may not add to the total.
Students are counted in each provider they enrol in, so the sum of the various providers may not add to the total.
Public providers includes universities, institutes of technology/polytechnics, and wānanga.
Te Pūkenga - The New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST) was established in 2020 as part of reforms of vocational education. It brings together the existing 16 Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) into one organisation. The subsector label Te Pūkenga takes the place of Institutes of technology and polytechnics used in previously published tables.
International students are those studying here without New Zealand/Australian citizenship or permanent residence status. Students studying off-shore at tertiary education providers that are registered in New Zealand are considered international students unless they hold New Zealand citizenship.
Definitions
Domestic students: those studying here with New Zealand/Australian citizenship or permanent residence status.
International students: those studying here without New Zealand/Australian citizenship or permanent residence status. Students studying off-shore at tertiary education providers that are registered in New Zealand are considered international students unless they hold New Zealand citizenship.
Data calculation/treatment
Data relates to students enrolled at any time during the year with a tertiary education provider in formal qualifications of greater than 0.03 EFTS (more than one week's full-time duration).
Students are counted in each group they identify with, so the sum of the various groups may not add to the total.
Totals also include those students with unknown values.
Data in this table, including totals, have been rounded to the nearest 5 to protect the privacy of individuals, so the sum of individual counts may not add to the total.
Inclusions
Data includes those private training establishments that received Student Achievement Component funding, and/or had students with student loans or allowances, and/or Youth Guarantee programmes.
Exclusions
Data excludes all non-formal learning and on-job industry training.
Data provided by
Dataset name
Tertiary Education Participation: Provider based enrolments 2023
Webpage:
https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/tertiary-education/participation
How to find the data
At URL provided, download the file 'Provider-based enrolments'.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Tertiary Education Participation: Provider based enrolments 2023
From the dataset Tertiary Education Participation: Provider based enrolments 2023, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: ENR.31
- Range:
E4:O102
- Provided: 1,089 data points
This data forms the table Tertiary Education - Domestic and international students by sub-sector, provider, and qualification type/level 2023.
Dataset originally released on:
April 2024
About this dataset
These statistics relate to students enrolled in tertiary education providers by a range of demographic and other characteristics.