Doctoral degrees completed in New Zealand

By field of study, 2023

The following information applies to all values in the table. Year: 2023, Measure: Students completing doctoral degrees
Main field of study	Number of people
Natural and physical sciences	395
Information technology	70
Engineering and related technologies	195
Architecture and building	10
Agriculture, environmental and related studies	45
Health	235
Education	100
Management and commerce	110
Society and culture	270
Creative arts	55
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 2024

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 2024

From the dataset Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2024, this data was extracted:

Sheet: RSP.9
Range: C5:R16
Provided: 192 data points

This data forms the table Tertiary Education - Students completing doctoral degrees by field of study 2008–2023.

Dataset originally released on:

November 2024

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, 2023

About this data

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