Tuition fees in New Zealand for Indian students

What a degree costs to study in New Zealand, before the cost of living there. The ranges below are the published national picture; what you will actually pay depends far more on your subject than on your university.

At a glance

Postgraduate tuition	NZD 30,000–55,000/yr (varies by subject; higher for MBA/clinical)
Undergraduate tuition	NZD 30,000–55,000/yr (higher for engineering/science)
Verified fees in our catalogue	2 universities in New Zealand with a fee checked against the institution's own page

What the range does and does not include

A tuition range is the course fee. It does not include living costs, the visa fee, health cover, or the money you must evidence for the visa — and those together are frequently larger than the tuition itself.

Subject changes it more than the university does. Business, medicine and some engineering sit well above the range's midpoint.
The fee is usually per year, so a two-year programme is twice it.
Fees can rise between years on a multi-year course; ask whether yours is fixed at entry.

Living costs are a separate page: /cost-of-living/new-zealand. The two together, plus the visa requirement, are what you actually need to fund.

Getting a real figure rather than a range

Find your specific programme on the university's own fees page — not a comparison site.
Check whether the figure is per year or for the whole course.
Check what it includes: some fees cover bench or lab charges and some bill them separately.
Use that figure for the loan, since the lender will size against it.

Our university pages print a fee only where it has been checked against the institution's own page, and say when. A figure with no date on it is a figure nobody should budget from.

Tuition fees — FAQs

2 questions

How much does it cost to study in New Zealand?

Postgraduate tuition typically runs NZD 30,000–55,000/yr (varies by subject; higher for MBA/clinical). Living costs are separate and are on our cost-of-living page.

Is tuition paid yearly or upfront?

Usually per year, and often in instalments. Confirm the schedule with the university, because it sets your loan disbursement dates.

Want a figure for your own course? A counsellor puts tuition, living costs, the visa requirement and the loan into one number — free.

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Sources

Not re-checked recently — treat the figures as indicative and confirm before you rely on them.