Asia: Qualifications and recommended subjects

Below you can find information on which qualifications and subjects we recommend for candidates from your country.

These subjects align with New Zealand's development objectives in your country.

Research study subjects For Asian students

You may only study at postgraduate level in New Zealand. We recommend these sectors and subjects for eligible students from your country.

A maximum of 10% of scholarships awarded each year will be for PhD studies. Scholars applying for PhD studies must be eligible for direct entry i.e. We will not support English Language training for prospective PhD candidates.

Note: These subjects could be useful keywords when you search the course catalogue on each education institution website.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE

Climate Change and the Environment

  • Climate change  

  • Civil engineering  

  • Climate change science  

  • Environmental law  

  • Environmental policy and planning  

  • Natural resource management  

  • Water management  

Disaster Risk Management

  • Disaster management

  • Emergency management

  • Geology

  • Geotechnical engineering

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

  • Agricultural science

  • Agricultural technology

  • Aquaculture

  • Biosecurity

  • Farm management

  • Food technology

  • Nutrition

  • Supply chain management

Renewable Energy

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies

  • Energy management

  • Energy policy

  • Geothermal, hydroelectric, hydrothermal, solar and wind energy

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • Accounting (must be currently employed within the Government sector) 

  • Economics (must be currently employed within the Government sector) 

  • E-Government 

  • Public policy

  • Public service management

  • Public Health

  • Public Financial Management 

  • International Relations (must be currently employed within the Government sector) 

  • International Law 

Education

  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)


You may only study at postgraduate level in New Zealand. We recommend these sectors and subjects for eligible students from your country.

We will also apply a geographic preference for Eastern Indonesia. We give affirmative action to candidates from the regions of:

  • Papua

  • Nusa Tenggara Barat

  • Nusa Tenggara Timur

  • North Maluku

  • Maluku

Scholars applying for PhD studies must be eligible for direct entry i.e. We will not support English Language training for prospective PhD candidates

Note: These subjects could be useful keywords when you search the course catalogue on each education institution website.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE

Climate Change and the environment

  • Civil engineering  

  • Climate change  

  • Climate change science  

  • Environmental law  

  • Environmental policy and planning  

  • Natural resource management  

  • Water management  

Disaster Risk Management

  • Disaster management

  • Emergency management

  • Geology

  • Geotechnical engineering

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

  • Agricultural science

  • Agricultural technology

  • Aquaculture

  • Biosecurity

  • Farm management

  • Food technology

  • Supply chain management

Renewable Energy

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies

  • Energy management

  • Energy policy

  • Geothermal, hydroelectric, hydrothermal, solar and wind energy

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • Cyber Security (must be currently employed within the Government sector)  

  • E-government  

  • Government Services: Public policy, Public service management,   

  • HR Management (must be currently employed within the Government sector)  

  • Human Rights  

  • International Law (must be currently employed within the Government sector)  

  • International Relations (must be currently employed within the Government sector)  

  • Peace and Conflict Studies  


You may only study at postgraduate level in New Zealand. We recommend these sectors and subjects for eligible students from your country.

A maximum of 10% of scholarships awarded each year will be for PhD studies. Scholars applying for PhD studies must be eligible for direct entry i.e. We will not support English Language training for prospective PhD candidates.

Preference will be given to applicants seeking to develop skills and capabilities in the areas of food security and agriculture and renewable energy.

Note: These subjects could be useful keywords when you search the course catalogue on each education institution website.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE

Food Security and Agriculture 

  • Agribusiness  

  • Agricommerce  

  • Agricultural science  

  • Agricultural technology  

  • Biosecurity  

  • Farm management  

  • Food technology  

  • Horticulture  

  • Supply chain management  

Renewable energy 

  • Energy economics  

  • Energy efficiency  

  • Energy engineering  

  • Energy sector reforms and management  

  • Public policy, administration, finance, or governance in the field of renewable energy  

  • Renewable energy distribution systems  

  • Solar, hydro-electric and wind energy  

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Peace and Security

  • International security 

  • Security studies 

  • Strategic studies 

  • Peace and conflict studies 


You may only study at postgraduate level in New Zealand. We recommend these sectors and subjects for eligible students from your country.

A maximum of 10% of scholarships awarded each year will be for PhD studies.

Scholars applying for PhD studies must be eligible for direct entry i.e. We will not support English Language training for prospective PhD candidates.

Note: These subjects could be useful keywords when you search the course catalogue on each education institution website.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE

Climate change and the environment

  • Civil engineering  

  • Climate change  

  • Climate change science  

  • Environmental law  

  • Environmental policy and planning  

  • Natural resource management  

  • Water management  

Disaster Risk Management

  • Civil and construction engineering  

  • Disaster management  

  • Emergency management  

  • Geology  

  • Geotechnical engineering  

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

  • Agricultural science

  • Agricultural technology

  • Aquaculture

  • Biosecurity

  • Farm management

  • Food technology

  • Nutrition

  • Supply chain management

Renewable Energy

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies

  • Energy management

  • Energy policy

  • Geothermal, hydroelectric, hydrothermal, solar and wind energy

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • Accounting (must be currently employed within the Government sector)  

  • Economics (must be currently employed within the Government sector)  

  • E-Government 

  • Government Services:

    • Public policy,

    • Public service management,

    • Public Health,

    • Public Financial Management  

  • International Relations (must be currently employed within the Government sector)

  • International Law  

EDUCATION

Education

  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages


You may only study at postgraduate level in New Zealand. We recommend these sectors and subjects for eligible students from your country.

Scholars applying for PhD studies must be eligible for direct entry i.e. We will not support English Language training for prospective PhD candidates.

Note: These subjects could be useful keywords when you search the course catalogue on each education institution website.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE

Climate Change and the Environment

  • Civil engineering  

  • Climate change  

  • Climate change science  

  • Environmental law  

  • Environmental policy and planning  

  • Natural resource management  

  • Water management  

Disaster Risk Management

  • Disaster management

  • Emergency management

  • Geology

  • Geotechnical engineering

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

  • Agricultural science

  • Agricultural technology

  • Aquaculture

  • Farm management

  • Food technology

  • Supply chain management

Renewable Energy

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies

  • Energy management

  • Energy policy

  • Geothermal, hydroelectric, hydrothermal, solar and wind energy

Cybersecurity

  • Cybersecurity policy  

  • Cybersecurity engineering  

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • Government Services: Public policy, public service management

EDUCATION

Indigenous Development

  • Indigenous development   

Indigenous Education

  • Early childhood education

  • Indigenous education policy

  • Research and evaluation

ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND PRIVATE SECTOR

Tourism

  • Indigenous tourism


You may only study at postgraduate level in New Zealand. We recommend these sectors and subjects for eligible students from your country.

Scholars applying for PhD studies must be eligible for direct entry i.e. We will not support English Language training for prospective PhD candidates.

Note: These subjects could be useful keywords when you search the course catalogue on each education institution website.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

  • Agricommerce

  • Agricultural science

  • Agricultural technology

  • Biosecurity

  • Farm Management

  • Food technology 

  • Horticulture  

  • Supply chain management 

Renewable Energy

  • Energy economics  

  • Energy efficiency  

  • Energy engineering  

  • Energy sector reforms and management  

  • Public policy, administration, finance, or governance in the field of renewable energy  

  • Renewable energy distribution systems  

  • Solar, hydro-electric and wind energy  

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • Governance  

  • Public financial management  

  • Public management  

  • Public policy  

  • Public sector auditing  

  • Statistics  

Peace and Security

  • International security 

  • Security studies 

  • Strategic studies 

  • Peace and conflict studies 


You may only study at postgraduate level in New Zealand. We recommend these sectors and subjects for eligible students from your country.

Scholars applying for PhD studies must be eligible for direct entry i.e. We will not support English Language training for prospective PhD candidates.

Note: These subjects could be useful keywords when you search the course catalogue on each education institution website.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

  • Agricommerce

  • Agricultural science

  • Agricultural technology

  • Biosecurity

  • Farm Management

  • Food technology 

  • Horticulture  

  • Supply chain management 

Renewable Energy

  • Energy economics  

  • Energy efficiency  

  • Energy engineering  

  • Energy sector reforms and management  

  • Public policy, administration, finance, or governance in the field of renewable energy  

  • Renewable energy distribution systems  

  • Solar, hydro-electric and wind energy  

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • Governance  

  • Public financial management  

  • Public management  

  • Public policy  

  • Public sector auditing  

  • Statistics  

Peace and Security

  • International security 

  • Security studies 

  • Strategic studies 

  • Peace and conflict studies 


You may only study at postgraduate level in New Zealand. We recommend these sectors and subjects for eligible students from your country.

We generally receive a small number of applications from scholars in the Mindanao, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), and the Visayas. To encourage applications from these provinces long term residence in any of them will be a preference factor this year.

A maximum of 10% of scholarships awarded each year will be for PhD studies. Scholars applying for PhD studies must be eligible for direct entry i.e. We will not support English Language training for prospective PhD candidates.

Note: These subjects could be useful keywords when you search the course catalogue on each education institution website.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE

Climate Change and Environment

  • Civil engineering 

  • Climate change 

  • Climate change science 

  • Environmental law 

  • Environmental policy and planning 

  • Natural resource management 

  • Water management

  • Water engineering

Health

  • Public Health

Disaster management

  • Disaster management 

  • Emergency management 

  • Geology 

  • Geotechnical engineering 

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness 

  • Agricultural science 

  • Agricultural technology 

  • Aquaculture 

  • Farm management 

  • Food technology 

  • Supply chain management 

Renewable energy

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies 

  • Energy management 

  • Energy policy 

  • Geothermal, hydroelectric, hydrothermal, solar and wind energy 

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • Public policy

  • Public management 

  • Indigenous studies 

  • Peace and conflict studies 

  • Gender studies


You may only study at postgraduate level in New Zealand. You may only study at Masters and PhD level (Postgraduate Certificates and Postgraduate Diplomas are not supported).

We recommend the below sectors and subjects for eligible students from your country.

Preference will be given to applicants seeking to develop skills and capabilities in the areas of food security and agriculture, good governance and renewable energy.

Only one PhD will be awarded each year. Scholars applying for PhD studies must be eligible for direct entry i.e. We will not support English Language training for prospective PhD candidates.

Note: These subjects could be useful keywords when you search the course catalogue on each education institution website.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE

Climate Change and the Environment

  • Civil engineering  

  • Climate change  

  • Climate change science  

  • Environmental law  

  • Environmental policy and planning  

  • Natural resource management  

  • Water management  

Disaster Management

  • Disaster management

  • Emergency management

  • Geology

  • Geotechnical engineering

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

  • Agricultural science

  • Agricultural technology

  • Aquaculture

  • Farm management

  • Food technology

  • Supply chain management

Renewable Energy

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies

  • Energy management

  • Energy policy

  • Geothermal, hydroelectric, hydrothermal, solar and wind energy

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • Public policy

  • Public service management

  • International relations

  • Peace and conflict studies

  • International Law


You may only study at undergraduate or postgraduate level in New Zealand. We recommend these sectors and subjects for eligible students from your country.

Scholars applying for PhD studies must be eligible for direct entry i.e. We will not support English Language training for prospective PhD candidates.

Note: These subjects could be useful keywords when you search the course catalogue on each education institution website.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE

Climate Change and the Environment

  • Marine conservation 

  • Natural resource management 

  • Water management 

Disaster Risk Management Post graduate only

  • Disaster management

  • Emergency management

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agricultural science 

  • Agribusiness/ value chains 

  • Agricultural technology 

  • Fisheries and aquaculture 

  • Biosecurity 

  • Food Technology 

  • Horticulture 

  • Supply chain management 

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • Government services: Public Policy (especially Energy, Environmental, Health, Education) 

  • Public Administration 

  • Public Financial Management 

Law and Justice

  • Criminal justice 

  • Criminology 

  • Forensics 

EDUCATION

Education

  • Curriculum and assessment  

  • Early Education 

  • Education for learners with special needs  

  • Education leadership  

  • Education policy and planning  

  • Quality assurance  

  • Research and evaluation  

  • Specialist teaching  

  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages  

HEALTH

Health (postgraduate, non-clinical only) 

  • Public Health 

  • Health leadership and management 

  • Health services and management 

  • Sexual health / reproductive health / family planning 

  • Nutrition 

ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND PRIVATE SECTOR

Economic resilience and private sector 

  • Accounting 

  • Commerce 

  • E-commerce 

  • Entrepreneurship 

  • Marketing 

  • Business

  • Management 

TOURISM

Tourism

  • Hotel and tourism management

ENZ does not currently support studies towards the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) at Canterbury University.

ENZ does not currently support studies towards the Bachelor of Law at Victoria University of Wellington


You may only study at postgraduate level in New Zealand. We recommend these sectors and subjects for eligible students from your country.

A maximum of 10% of scholarships awarded each year will be for PhD studies.Scholars applying for PhD studies must be eligible for direct entry i.e. We will not support English Language training for prospective PhD candidates.

Note: These subjects could be useful keywords when you search the course catalogue on each education institution website.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE

Climate Change and the Environment

  • Climate change  

  • Climate change science  

  • Climate Finance  

  • Environmental policy and planning  

  • Environmental law  

  • Civil engineering  

  • Water management  

  • Marine science  

  • Natural resource management  

Disaster Risk Management

  • Emergency management

  • Disaster management

  • Geology

  • Geotechnical engineering

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

  • Agricultural science

  • Agricultural technology

  • Aquaculture

  • Farm management

  • Food technology

  • Supply chain management

Renewable Energy

  • Energy science and technology  

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies  

  • Energy management  

  • Energy policy  

  • Geothermal, hydroelectric, hydrothermal, solar and wind energy  

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • Government Services: Public policy, Public service management  

  • Political science  

  • International relations  

  • International security  

  • Law, legal studies  

  • Education management  

  • Indigenous studies  

  • Development studies  

ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND PRIVATE SECTOR

Economic resilience and private sector

  • Business 

  • Commerce 

  • E-commerce 

  • International business 

  • Marketing 

  • Occupational Health and Safety  

  • Trade policy 


You may only study at postgraduate level in New Zealand. We recommend these sectors and subjects for eligible students from your country.

Scholars applying for PhD studies must be eligible for direct entry i.e. We will not support English Language training for prospective PhD candidates.

Note: These subjects could be useful keywords when you search the course catalogue on each education institution website.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE

Food Security and Agriculture 

  • Agribusiness  

  • Agricommerce  

  • Agricultural science  

  • Agricultural technology  

  • Biosecurity  

  • Farm management  

  • Food technology  

  • Horticulture  

  • Supply chain management  

Renewable energy 

  • Energy economics  

  • Energy efficiency  

  • Energy engineering  

  • Energy sector reforms and management  

  • Public policy, administration, finance, or governance in the field of renewable energy  

  • Renewable energy distribution systems  

  • Solar, hydro-electric and wind energy  

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • Governance  

  • Public financial management  

  • Public management  

  • Public policy  

  • Public sector auditing  

  • Statistics  

Peace and Security

  • International security 

  • Security studies 

  • Strategic studies 

  • Peace and conflict studies 


In 2024 only ASEAN Short-term Training Scholarships will be offered for scholars from Myanmar.