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 (and policy)

  • Environmental law  

  • Environmental policy and planning  

  • Resource management  

  • Water management  

  • Environmental management  

  • Water Engineering  

  • Water Science 

  • Hydrological Science 

  • Marine conservation 

  • Environmental science 

  • Conservation management 

Disaster Management

  • Civil and construction engineering  

  • Disaster management  

  • Resilience and Disaster Risk Management 

  • Emergency management  

  • Geology  

  • Geotechnical engineering  

  • Geographic Information Systems 

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

  • Agricommerce

  • Agricultural science

  • Agricultural technology

  • Aquaculture

  • Fisheries

  • Biosecurity

  • Horticulture

  • Soil Science

  • Farm management

  • Food Safety

  • Post harvest processing

  • Food technology

  • Nutrition

  • Supply chain management

Renewable Energy

  • Renewable Energy Management

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies

  • Energy management

  • Energy policy

  • Geothermal

  • Hydroelectric

  • Hydrothermal

  • Solar

  • Wind energy

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • e-government 

  • Cyber Security 

  • Government Services:  

  • Public policy  

  • Public Administration 

  • Public service management 

  • Public Health 

  • Public Financial Management 

  • 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.

For Indonesia, there is a specific geographic preference for candidates from:

  • Maluku

  • North Maluku

  • Nusa Tenggara Barat

  • Nusa Tenggara Timur

  • Papua

  • Sulawesi

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

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Renewable Energy

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies

  • Energy management

  • Energy policy

  • Geothermal, hydroelectric, hydrothermal, solar and wind energy

Governance

  • Cyber Security

  • E-government  

  • Government Services: Public policy, Public service management  

  • HR Management  

  • Human Rights  

  • International Law

  • International Relations

  • 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 (and policy)

  • Environmental law  

  • Environmental policy and planning  

  • Natural resource management  

  • Water resource management  

  • Hyrdrological/Ecological/Water Engineering  

  • Water/Hydrological/Environmental Science 

Disaster Management

  • Civil and construction engineering

  • Infrastructure Construction

  • Disaster management  

  • Emergency management  

  • Geology  

  • Geotechnical engineering  

  • Geographic Information Science 

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness; Agri-commerce 

  • Agricultural science  

  • Agricultural technology  

  • Aquaculture 

  • Fisheries 

  • Biosecurity  

  • Horticulture 

  • Soil Science 

  • Farm management  

  • Food technology 

  • Food Safety 

  • Post harvest processing 

  • Nutrition  

  • Supply chain management  

Renewable Energy

  • Renewable Energy

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies

  • Energy management

  • Energy policy

  • Geothermal, hydroelectric, hydrothermal, solar and wind energy

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • E-Government  

  • Public policy 

  • Public service management 

  • Public Administration 

  • Public Health 

  • Public Financial Management 

  • Human Resource Management 

  • Peace and conflict studies 

  • Strategic Studies 

  • 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

Disaster Risk Management

  • Disaster management

  • Emergency management

  • Engineering

  • Geology

  • Geotechnical engineering

  • Meteorology

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

  • Agricommerce

  • Agricultural Science

  • Agricultural Technology

  • Biosecurity

  • Biotechnology

  • Farm Management

  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

  • Fisheries Management

  • Post Harvest Processing

  • Soil Science

  • Veterinary Science (post grad)

  • Veterinary Technology

  • Nutrition

  • Supply Chain Management

Climate Change and the Environment

  • Environmental Law

  • Environmental Management

  • Environmental Policy and Planning

  • Environmental Science

  • Forestry

  • Geographic Information Systems

  • Geology

  • Geophysics

  • Geotechnical Engineering

  • Marine Conservation

  • Natural Resource Management

  • Water Management

Renewable Energy

  • Energy Management

  • Energy Policy

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

  • Geology

  • Wind Energy

  • Solar Energy

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • Cybersecurity

  • E-government

  • Economics

  • Governance

  • Leadership

Law and Justice

  • Criminal Justice

  • Criminology

  • Environmental Law (Postgraduate only)

  • International Law

  • Legislative drafting

  • Maritime Law (Postgraduate only)

  • Trade Law (Postgraduate only)

  • Intellectual property

  • Patent Law

ECONOMIC RETURNS AND RESILIENCE PRIVATE SECTOR

Economic Returns and Resilience Private Sector

  • Trade Policy

  • E-commerce

Tourism

  • Tourism

  • Tourism Management

EDUCATION

Education

  • Curriculum Assessment

  • Education Leadership: Teacher Education and Teacher Training

  • Education Policy and Planning


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

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

  • Farm Management

  • Post Harvest Processing

  • Soil Science

  • Supply chain management 

Climate Change and the Environment

  • Climate change

  • Climate change science

  • Environmental science

  • Natural resource management

Economic Returns and Resilience Private Sector

  • Business

  • Economics

  • Marketing

  • Trade Policy

  • E-commerce


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

Disaster management

  • Disaster management 

  • Emergency management 

  • Geology 

  • Geotechnical engineering 

ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND PRIVATE SECTOR

Renewable energy

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies 

  • Energy management 

  • Energy policy 

  • Geothermal, hydroelectric, hydrothermal, solar and wind energy 

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness 

  • Agricultural science 

  • Agricultural technology 

  • Aquaculture 

  • Farm management 

  • Food technology 

  • Supply chain management 

Governance

  • Public policy

  • Public management 

  • Indigenous studies 

  • Peace and conflict studies 

  • Gender studies

  • Development 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 and policy

  • Environmental law  

  • Environmental policy and planning  

  • Natural resource management  

  • Water resource management  

  • Hydrology

  • Ecology

  • Water Engineering 

  • Environmental Science 

Disaster Management

  • Disaster management  

  • Civil and construction engineering  

  • Emergency management  

  • Geology  

  • Geotechnical engineering  

  • Geographic Information Science 

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

  • Agricultural science

  • Agricultural technology

  • Aquaculture

  • Biosecurity

  • Farm management

  • Food technology

  • Nutrition

  • Supply chain management

Renewable Energy

  • Renewable Energy

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies

  • Energy management

  • Energy policy

  • Geothermal

  • Hydroelectricity

  • Hydrothermal

  • Solar

  • Wind energy

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Governance

  • E-government 

  • Public policy 

  • Public Administration 

  • Public service management 

  • Public Health 

  • Public Financial Management  

  • 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 Management (post grad only) 

  • Emergency Management (post grad only) 

  • Urban Planning 

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

  • Public Administration 

  • Public Financial Management 

ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND PRIVATE SECTOR

Economic resilience and private sector 

  • Commerce 

  • Business 

  • Tourism 

  • Economics 

  • Business Law 

  • Statistics 

  • Taxation 

  • Business Management 

  • Hotel and Tourism Management 

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  

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  

  • Marine conversation

  • Natural resource management  

Disaster Management

  • Emergency management  

  • Disaster management  

  • Geology  

  • Geotechnical engineering  

  • Meteorology  

  • Water Engineering  

  • Disaster Risk Response 

  • Geospatial Information Systems 

Food Security and Agriculture

  • Agribusiness

  • Agricultural science

  • Agricultural technology

  • Aquaculture

  • Farm management

  • Food technology

  • Supply chain management

  • Veterinary Studies 

  • Veterinary Science 

  • Animal Science 

  • Food Safety and Quality 

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Renewable Energy

  • Energy science and technology  

  • Energy distribution systems and technologies  

  • Energy management  

  • Energy engineering

  • Renewable energy

  • Engineering  

  • Geothermal engineering

Governance

  • Public policy

  • Public management  

  • Political science  

  • International relations  

  • International security  

  • Cyber security

  • Law

  • Legal studies  

  • Education management  

  • Indigenous studies  

  • Development studies  

ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND PRIVATE SECTOR

Economic resilience and private sector

  • Business 

  • E-commerce 

  • International business 

  • Marketing 

  • Occupational Health and Safety  

  • Trade policy 

  • ICT

  • Electronics

  • Electrical engineering