Doctoral degrees completed in New Zealand

By field of study, 2024

The following information applies to all values in the table. Year: 2024, Measure: Students completing doctoral degrees
Main field of study	Number of people
Natural and physical sciences	350
Information technology	80
Engineering and related technologies	230
Architecture and building	10
Agriculture, environmental and related studies	35
Health	255
Education	110
Management and commerce	140
Society and culture	330
Creative arts	60
Mixed field programmes	0

Notes

Students who complete a qualification that can be assigned to more than one field have been counted in each field, so the sum of the various fields may not add to the total.
Totals include those students with unknown values.

Data calculation/treatment

Data have been rounded to the nearest 5 to protect the privacy of individuals.

Inclusions

Doctoral degrees include PhDs and other doctorates but exclude higher doctorates.

Data provided by

Ministry of Education

Dataset name

Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2025

Webpage:

http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/tertiary-education/research

How to find the data

At URL provided, select 'Research performance' Excel file.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2025

From the dataset Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2025, this data was extracted:

Sheet: RSP.9
Range: C5:S16
Provided: 204 data points

This data forms the table Tertiary Education - Students completing doctoral degrees by field of study 2008–2024.

Dataset originally released on:

November 2025

About this dataset

This dataset includes statistics relating to the nature and amount of research undertaken in tertiary education.

Doctoral degrees completed in New Zealand

By field of study, 2024

About this data

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