Why Choose New Zealand for Your Studies?
What New Zealand offers students from India and Pakistan.
Why Choose New Zealand for Your Studies?
Simple rules, help for students, and a way to work after you finish.
Study Options
Courses students often choose.
Several universities teach computing, data and AI.
Program Highlights:
Master of Data Science (University of Auckland, UoA)
Master of Applied Data Science (University of Canterbury, UC)
Master of Information Sciences (Massey University, Massey)
Engineering at bachelor's and master's level.
Program Highlights:
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (UoA)
Master of Engineering Project Management (Auckland University of Technology, AUT)
Business master's courses, often worth 180 points. A full-time year is 120 points.
Program Highlights:
Master of Business Management (AUT)
Master of Applied Finance and Economics (UC)
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Work After Study
New Zealand has visa options for students after they graduate.
Graduate
Finish a New Zealand qualification that meets the rules.
Post-Study Work Visa
Apply within 3 months of your student visa ending. A level 7 degree or higher lets you work for any employer.
Short-Term Graduate Work Visa
A visa that opens on 16 November 2026. It lets you work for any employer for up to 6 months.
Longer-term options
The Green List is a list of jobs New Zealand needs people for. If your job is on it, you may be able to get residence (the right to live there for good) at once or after 2 years of work.
Build your career in New Zealand
A master's or doctoral degree with at least 30 weeks of study in New Zealand gives 3 years. A level 8 or lower qualification gives a work visa for as long as you studied.
Key Benefits
Graduate Employment
Campus Life
Universities offer support services, clubs and a students' association (a student club group).
The New Zealand Campus Experience
Your students' association can tell you about clubs, sports and activities.
Orientation is a welcome event. Victoria University of Wellington (VUW, Te Herenga Waka) holds International Orientation for new international students before classes.
Your university may welcome you with a pōwhiri, a Māori welcome ceremony.
Quality of Life & Support
Support Services for International Students
Student support services
Go here first if you are not sure who to ask.
Health and counselling
Student health centres offer doctors, nurses and counselling.
Study help
Help with time management, essays and study skills.
Halls of residence, homestays or flats with flatmates.
Beaches, mountains, forests and lakes are free to explore.
What Stands Out
Some things New Zealand does well for international students.
Student care rules
The Code is the government's rules for how schools must care for international students. Your university must keep you informed, safe and properly cared for, and tell you how to complain.
Clear qualification levels
Every qualification sits on New Zealand's 10-level list of qualifications (NZQCF), so you can see what you are getting.
Work while studying
Most students can work part-time while classes run, and full-time in scheduled holidays if their course meets the rules.
Family can come
Your partner can apply for a work visa and your children can apply for student visas to study as local students (domestic students).
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