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International student enrolments continue upward surge
“Enrolments are steadily rising to pre-pandemic levels, with 2024 enrolments (83,425) now at 72 percent of 2019 totals (115,705).
“New Zealand reaps a broad range of economic, social and cultural benefits from having international students in our midst. International education boosts our economy, creates business opportunities, fuels innovation, and delivers essential cross-cultural skills for a more connected world.
“This sustained growth highlights the international education sector’s progress towards achieving the Government’s Going for Growth Plan goal of doubling the export revenue from international education by 2034.
“Universities and government-funded private training establishments (PTEs) are close to matching 2019 enrolment numbers. We are seeing enrolments grow across universities, schools, Te Pūkenga/NZIST, government-funded PTEs, and English language schools subsectors. In 2024, the strongest year-on-year growth was seen at government-funded PTEs (+59%) along with primary (+53%) and intermediate (+32%) schools.
“Universities saw 33,485 total enrolments, schools had 18,350 enrolments, while Te Pūkenga/NZIST and government-funded PTEs each had 10,270 and 10,185 enrolments, respectively.
“More international students are now enrolled for master’s study programmes in New Zealand. Between 2023 and 2024, there has been a 68% increase in master’s enrolments, with 14,695 international students in 2024, up from 8,740 in 2023. This is an 85% increase compared to 2019 when we had 7,945 enrolments for master’s study.
“The overall rise in enrolments at the national level is underscored by a diversity of regions leading strong growth from 2023, including Waikato (+50%), Hawke’s Bay (+44%), West Coast (+185%) and Gisborne (+156%). The Waikato region is notable in that it has seen significant growth across multiple subsectors: universities, Te Pūkenga/NZIST, government-funded PTEs and schools.
“China and India remain the top two source markets for international student enrolments with 34% and 14% enrolments respectively, followed by Japan (9%), South Korea (4%), Thailand (3%), United States of America (3%), Germany (3%), the Philippines (3%) and Sri Lanka (3%),” Malu says.
More information on enrolment numbers can be found here.
Note: All numbers are current as at 1 April 2025. Full numbers have been rounded to the nearest five. One individual may enrol more than once.
Government-funded PTEs are PTEs that receive government student funding for learners who are defined as domestic students under the Education and Training Act 2020 (note that PhD and exchange students are defined as domestic students under the Act).
For further information:
Sai Raje | Senior Communications Advisor, Education New Zealand
+64 21 479 649
About Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ)
Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ) is the government agency dedicated to helping New Zealand realise the social, cultural, and economic benefits of international education. Our role is to promote New Zealand as a high-quality education destination offering excellent education and student experiences.
With approximately 82 staff in 14 locations around the world, ENZ works closely with New Zealand’s diverse education sector which includes schools, English language providers, Wānanga, private training establishments, New Zealand Institute of Technology/Te Pūkenga, and universities. Internationally, we work with a range of education stakeholders, including government agencies and education providers to identify and encourage sustainable growth opportunities for New Zealand’s education sector.
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Countdown to conference
It’s being held at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland on Thursday and Friday, 18-19 August.
We expect to release the programme and open registrations in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, here are some key updates on New Zealand’s international education event of the year:
Help us celebrate 25th anniversary
2016 marks the 25th year of the New Zealand International Education Conference being held. We’d love you to help us celebrate 25 years of international education networking, sharing and capability development. If you’ve been around in the industry for “a while”, we’d love to hear from you.
We want to showcase how our industry has grown and changed over the past 25 years. So if you have some interesting memories, stories, records or recollections, please drop us a line. It would be great to feature your memories as part of our 25th celebrations.
BPO Intelligence comes to the party again
A big thanks to our Platinum Sponsor, BPO Intelligence, who are sponsoring NZIEC for the third consecutive year. We’re grateful for their support of NZIEC – as well as the support they provide to international education providers across the country.BPO Intelligence offers a wide range of services for international education providers. Check out what they offer at www.bpointelligence.com and be sure to check out their booth at conference.
Official media partner
We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with The PIE (Professionals in International Education) as our official media partner for NZIEC 2016. The PIE team will be exhibiting at and reporting from the conference. If you haven’t already, you can sign up for The PIE News here.
Gold and silver sponsors
We’re pleased to announce that Hotcourses and QS World University Rankings will be joining us at NZIEC 2016 as Gold Sponsors.
Southern Cross Travel Insurance will feature at NZIEC as a Silver Sponsor.
Find out more about our sponsors at the conference website and be sure to check out their booths at the conference exhibition hall.
Exhibitors
We have an array of exhibitors confirmed for NZIEC 2016:
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ASB Bank
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BPO Intelligence
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Education New Zealand
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Hotcourses
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ICEF
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MBIE Immigration New Zealand
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New Zealand Police
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority
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PTE Academic
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QS World University Rankings
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Schools International Education Business Association (SIEBA)
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The PIE.
Stay tuned
We’ll be releasing the programme and opening registrations for NZIEC in the coming weeks at www.nziec.co.nz. You can also stay tuned via E-News and LinkedIn.
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From the CE: Welcoming back our international students
Many of these students have travelled to New Zealand for the first time, leaving their families and friends behind to explore a New Zealand education experience. It’s a big deal for them, and for us. Normal student visa processing only just resumed a few weeks ago, and so most of the students are here thanks to the cohort processes that you supported, or as short-term visitors from visa-waiver countries with strong links to New Zealand.
Thank you for making them so welcome, and for sharing their stories through the media. Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao has been pleased to support these welcomes by providing Tū Ngātahi pins to share with the students. The pins were created to welcome and demonstrate our support for international students – Tū Ngātahi is a te Reo Māori phrase calling us to ‘stand together’. The Pikorua twist design is inspired by the pikopiko fern, whose fronds curl around one another, which is a symbol of the connection of cultures and the importance of friendship.
You can read about the recent international student welcome at Waitangi in this edition of E-News, and I’m looking forward to meeting students in Christchurch later this week.
Our 29th international education sector conference, NZIEC KI TUA 2022, finished on Friday – what a great event! There were some exceptional speakers, fascinating discussions, not to mention a few funny moments behind the scenes. The virtual conference, with its themes of Reflect, Reconnect and Renew broke previous records by attracting 1,065 attendees. Thank you to all of you who took part and helped make this such a successful event. All the sessions were recorded, and they will remain available to you on the event portal until 16 September 2022.
As I mentioned at the conference, ENZ has recently made some changes to our leadership team, to ensure we are well placed to work with you on the rebuild of international education. We now have two new roles in ENZ’s senior leadership team that are specifically focussed on meeting your needs as a sector: GM Sector Engagement, and GM Sector Services. The newly appointed GM Sector Engagement is Wendy Kerr, who will join us in October. Sahinde Pala, who will already be well known to many of you from her work at ENZ since 2016, has been appointed GM Sector Services. In addition, the role of Ed Tuari as our Manukura - Chief Advisor Māori is now also part of the senior leadership team. This change reflects the importance of our work to transform the understanding of international education and ensure the education system delivers with, and for, Māori in the international context. Wendy and Sahinde are both profiled in this edition of E-News, and you can see the full senior leadership team on our website here.
Finally, I want to acknowledge the work done by our international teams every day around the world, on behalf of New Zealand’s international education sector. There are numerous stories in E-News each month that provide a glimpse of some of their activities. In this issue, you can read about new scholarships, digital exchanges, workshops for education agents, education cooperation agreements, and more.
He rā ki tua
Better days are coming
Ngā mihi,
Grant McPherson
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Wellington honours international student success
The annual event, hosted by economic development agency WellingtonNZ, recognises the contributions international students make to the region through their academic, creative, sporting, community and online pursuits.
The awards also celebrate local students who support their international peers, international graduates and locals who give international students opportunities in the workplace.
Wellington mayor Andy Foster presented awards to 18 international students and graduates from tertiary institutions and high schools in the region.
Victoria University of Wellington doctoral student Thoa Thi Thu Hoang, from Vietnam, won an academic excellence award for her dissertation, which produced a method for prioritising buildings in the city for seismic retrofit and analysed the residential red zone programme in Christchurch.
Ehsan Hazaveh of Iran took out a creativity award for his doctoral research at Victoria University of Wellington on using photography to tell the stories of refugees in Wellington. One of Ehsan’s solo exhibitions was opened by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, while another was part of the World Refugee Day Festival.
Malaysian student Nurul Izzati – who plays basketball, netball, frisbee, futsal, athletics and korfball – took out a sports award. She has represented Victoria University of Wellington in ultimate frisbee and korfball and won gold in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay events in a Malaysian sports tournament, where she was named sportswoman of the year.
Wellington Girls’ College student Jasmine Yip, from Hong Kong, was recognised for her contribution to the community as an international student representative, Student Volunteer Army ambassador, charity volunteer and climate change activist.
Giam Li Heng Ronel was recognised for completing his university entrance programme with UP Education online from Singapore due to border restrictions and mentoring other students along the way.
The event at The Opera House in Wellington on 9 November 2021 also drew a virtual audience of more than 200 others from 37 cities in 13 countries around the world.
Education New Zealand congratulates all the winners on their outstanding achievements.
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Letter from the CE: Rolling out the welcome mat for students
At ENZ, we’re in planning mode for the year ahead, which involves finishing up projects such as our partnership with Mortal Engines. Our digital and PR campaign for the film, which features New Zealand and international graduates who worked on the Hollywood film, launched in early January. Impressively, the campaign video assets reached more than three million people in the first week alone. This is a promising start, and we expect to see continued interest as we promote New Zealand as a great place to study the creative arts.
At this time of year, student support is top of mind with the arrival of new international students, who will feel excited and anxious about life in their new home-away-from-home.
New Zealand’s place in the world means that Kiwis intrinsically understand the importance of forming and maintaining global skills and connections, and the leap of faith this often involves.
We each have a responsibility to treat others as we would like to be treated ourselves, to wrap a warm welcome around students embarking on a New Zealand education experience – to embody manaakitanga.
Offering a helping hand at key points of the student journey and making personal connections will go a long way in ensuring a student’s time in New Zealand is positive and empowering.
We all have a role to play here.
At ENZ, we’re on a journey ourselves to ensure an excellent student experience is a cornerstone of our work. Student experience is a focus of the International Education Strategy, co-developed with the Ministry of Education, and we have put in place some clear plans for delivering and measuring our progress in this area. We are working on some exciting developments to benefit students and providers. You will hear more from us on this soon.
As we know, international education can help prepare the next generation of students to meet the demands and challenges of an increasingly globalised world.
For this reason, we should be thinking about how we can ensure domestic students are making the most of opportunities at hand too. The next round of PMSA/LA applications will open shortly, and I urge all tertiary students to consider an international experience.
I look forward to hearing about all these success stories in the coming year and seeing how international education benefits New Zealanders and New Zealand communities. For further insights into the benefits of international education for New Zealand, I encourage you to download Beyond the Economic, a 2018 report commissioned and published by ENZ which has been an extremely popular resource. It is filled with case studies of Kiwis who have experienced first-hand how international education enriches lives.
Each of those stories begins here, at the start of the school year and the first welcome to international students.
Grant McPherson
Chief Executive, Education New Zealand
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Funding round open for student wellbeing projects
The international student wellbeing strategy funding round 2018/19 is now open, with $750,000 of funding targeted at projects to improve the support and experience of international students in New Zealand.
The Ministry of Education is seeking Expressions of Interest on one-year projects that contribute to the outcomes of the International Student Wellbeing Strategy with a priority this year on safety and mental health support of international students
Each project can apply for up to a maximum of $150,000 funding.
Hayley Shields, ENZ’s Director Student Experience, encourages providers to apply for the second funding round.
“Wellbeing initiatives not only benefit international students, but also protect and enhance New Zealand’s reputation as a safe and welcoming study destination.
“While all students need wellbeing support services, international students – in a foreign country and culture, away from their support networks at home – can encounter additional challenges.
Applications close 24 August, with successful projects announced in November.
For more information, including how to apply, click here.
A list of previous projects from the 2017/18 round can be found here.
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Around the world in five
EUROPE
Erasmus study abroad programme to extend beyond EU by 2021
As Brexit looms and more countries look to join the international higher education sector, the Erasmus exchange programme, which allows EU students to study within other EU regions, is set to allow other countries to participate.
JAPAN
ID system to track international student workers
Japan will start tracking international residents’ work status via its national ID system, allowing it to better enforce labour rules such as the 28-hour-per-week limit for work by international students.
CANADA
International recruitment keeps growing, but stakeholders concerned
The international student flow to Canada hasn’t slowed down after a record-breaking 51,020 study visas in 2017, but stakeholders are concerned that the sector needs to focus on outward mobility as well.
US
Report: US introduces restrictions for some Chinese visas
The US government is moving to limit the period of validity for visas issued to some Chinese students and researchers in specified technology fields.
NETHERLANDS
Courses and degrees in English are fine as long as standards don’t suffer
Institutions can offer more courses and degrees in English as long as it leads to an improvement in standards and Dutch students are not forced out, the country's education minister said amid concerns over the growing number of international students
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International student enrolments top 59,000 for the first eight months of 2023
The Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills, Hon Penny Simmonds, today released international student enrolment data for the first eight months of 2023. From January to August 2023 there were 59,306 international student enrolments* with New Zealand education providers, a 43% increase compared to the full year in 2022.
Minister Simmonds said, “Over 59,000 enrolments, in just eight months, confirms that international students continue to find New Zealand an attractive education destination. And for the university sector with 27,535 students enrolled, where a proportion of learners may study for a number of years, there is a solid base of students from which to grow.”
International student enrolments have grown in all subsectors except wānanga. Comparing 2023 to 2022, English Language Schools have seen the greatest percentage increase in international enrolments, increasing by 347% from 1,565 to 7,001. Schools reported a 114% increase from 5,925 to 12,662. Te Pūkenga, a 32% increase from 4,955 to 6,560. Universities, a 15% increase from 24,040 to 27,535 and Private Training Establishments (funded and unfunded), a 13% increase from 5,000 to 5,671.
Universities and schools remained New Zealand’s two largest subsectors for international students.
As with all New Zealand’s competitors, China is the largest source market for international students. In the reporting period, China was 36% of enrolments, with India (10%), Japan (10%), South Korea (5%), and Thailand (4%) in the top five.
Minister Simmonds said, “It is a Government priority to diversify our recruitment efforts for international students with the aim of reaching a broader spectrum of countries.”
Final enrolment numbers for 2023 will be available shortly.
To access the latest data provided by the Ministry of Education, please use the public access link to Tableau here.
* One individual may enrol more than once
For further information:
Justin Barnett | Director of Communications, Education New Zealand
+64 21 875 132
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OECD charts a slowing of international mobility growth
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Overseas experience trumps language learning for Chinese students
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Pearson brings virtual international education to India
UK learning company Pearson has launched a virtual international education curriculum for classes up to standard 12 in India, in partnership with International Connections Academy (iNaCA).
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