Teaching standards are high and with small class sizes, the student will enjoy high levels of personal attention. In Universities, courses are delivered by respected teaching and research staff, even at the first-year level. Most university staff combine research and teaching. They come from all over the world and keep their international connections refreshed using sabbatical leave and the other opportunities they get for ensuring regular engagement with the global academic community. The high-quality teaching New Zealand is known for will make candidate even more attractive to employers and open up exciting post-graduate opportunities. International comparisons confirm the confidence in the quality of New Zealand’s tertiary education.

All Universities and institutes in NZ are among the world’s top 500 in the 2015/16 QS rankings. On individual subjects, the 2015/16 QS rankings also placed New Zealand education providers amongst the world’s top 50 for teaching accounting and finance, business and management, computer science, civil and structural engineering, agriculture and forestry, veterinary science and other important disciplines. The education system is regulated with strong quality assurance systems across the board. It creates a consistency that gives the flexibility to pick the institution you want, in the city or town that interests you most, knowing that you will get a quality education.

All education providers must follow strict quality guidelines monitored by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). NZQA regularly reviews these providers and individual institution reports are available.