New Zealand: An unexplored destination to study and work

Post the pandemic, number of students willing to step outside the country to pursue their higher education has shown a significant jump. Even as US, UK, Canada and Australia remain their topmost choice New Zealand wants to position itself as an attractive destination which promises to offer world class academic and employment opportunities. ‘We're making India our number one priority post-pandemic, we're going to put most effort in terms of developing our research partnerships, and identifying the best students to attract to New Zealand. ‘University of Auckland is the number one ranked university in the country, we're comfortably in the top 100, 12 of our disciplines are in the world’s Top 50 and recently, in particular, we've been in the world top 10, and two major rankings for sustainability.’ He further adds, ‘We're ranked number one for employability in New Zealand and top 60 worldwide for graduate employability and reputation. For students who come over now, to get a part-time job during their studies is incredibly easy and the post-study opportunities are terrific because New Zealand has for one year master's, you get three years of work rights.’ Employment opportunities beyond finishing a degree is a concern for students willing to study abroad.