University external research income in New Zealand

By source, 2023, NZD millions (excluding GST)

The following information applies to all values in the table. Year: 2023, Measure: University external research income, Detailed income source: Total
Broad income source	NZD millions
Government	615
NZ business	50
Overseas	None
Other tertiary education providers	56
Other	None

Notes

Source: Stats NZ.
The years are those when data was collected for universities.
Before 2009, the commercial arms of universities were not included in the university data. This means there is a break in the data and caution should be used when comparing income data in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021 with earlier years.

Data calculation/treatment

Funding figures are exclusive of GST.

Data provided by

Ministry of Education

Dataset name

Tertiary Education Research: Research Financing 2025

Webpage:

https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/research

How to find the data

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

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Tertiary Education Research: Research Financing 2025

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

Sheet: RSF.4
Range: H4:O29
Provided: 175 data points

This data forms the table Tertiary Education - University external research income by source 2009–2023.

Dataset originally released on:

November 2025

About this dataset

This dataset includes statistics relating to financing research undertaken in tertiary education.

University external research income in New Zealand

By source, 2023, NZD millions (excluding GST)

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