Higher level study

Higher level study includes undergraduate diplomas and degrees, graduate and postgraduate qualifications, and research. This type of tertiary education is characterised by research-led teaching and research, but it can also include vocational study such as nursing, law, engineering or teacher education.

Funding is primarily made available through the SAC[1] and PBRF[2] systems. Centres of Research Excellence are also supported through a funding arrangement.

Providers of higher level study tend to be those with a Crown ownership interest, such as universities, wānanga and ITPs. Of the non-Crown owned organisations, PTEs are also significant providers of degrees. 

• [1]

  Student Achievement Component fund (SAC)

• [2]

  Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF)