Education Services in New Zealand

In New Zealand there are 8 universities as well as 25 polytechnical institutes and an abundance of teacher colleges that all provide higher, non compulsory education to inhabitants of the islands that make up the country. Each of the 8 prestigious universities found in New Zealand has specialized fields for which it is more noted, for example, the University of Otago is particularly admired in the fields of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, etc. while the specialty of Lincoln University is considered to be agriculture.

 

The University of Waikato is renowned in the fields of computing, arts, law, and Pacific studies. The University of Auckland is the largest University in New Zealand with a population of more than 32 thousand enrolled students. It specializes in various subjects such as architecture, optometry, engineering and planning. Being in the southern hemisphere, the normal school year in New Zealand runs from the month of February until October.

 

The New Zealand public primary and secondary educational system has been ranked among the best in the world. It is mandatory and free for New Zealand students to go to school if they are somewhere from the age of 6, to the age of 16 years old.