Numerous tertiary educational Institutes have established their campuses in Christchurch. Prestigious Universities such as University of Canterbury, Lincoln University, Polytechnic institute of Technology and University of Otago have their well established branches based in Christchurch.

While it is one of the newer subdivisions of engineering, electrical engineering has nevertheless become hugely prominent in the modern world. As electronics and digital devices proliferate in the population, electrical engineers are needed to maintain and develop them.

New Zealand is a country of stunning and diverse natural beauty. Kiwi are not only one of the national symbols – the others being the silver fern leaf and koru – but also the name New Zealanders usually call themselves. Overseas students will need to pay the full tuition fees and their own living costs while studying at a New Zealand institution.