Victoria offers international programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level in cooperation with partner institutions throughout the world.

Victoria’s international programmes support a wide range of different opportunities for both staff and students to study or undertake research at Victoria. These include staff and student exchange, joint programmes (twinning) and articulation, English language short courses, study abroad, and postgraduate programmes including cooperative PhD programmes.

In many of our programmes, credit is awarded for approved local courses therefore lessening the time required for study in Wellington. Victoria’s international programmes provide genuinely cost effective opportunities for an international qualification.

The International Programmes team works with a range of institutions in the following countries: PR China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam For more information on our partner institutions in your country, email
Undergraduate Joint Programmes (Twinning) and Articulation:

Victoria welcomes students from our partner institutions who have completed a number of pre-approved courses for advanced entry.

Victoria offers joint programmes (twinning) and articulation programmes that range from a 1+3 (where the foundation year of study is completed in the home country) to a 2+1 (where the first two years of a three-year degree are completed in the home country).

Victoria is the Secretariat for the Greater Mekong Subregion Tertiary Education Consortium (GMSTEC) Trust – a university consortium that combines the academic resources of leading New Zealand, Australian and Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) universities.

GMSTEC’s role is to expand the learning, research and development opportunities available to member staff and students to assist with development of the GMS. GMSTEC supports twinning, articulation and targeted study abroad programmes as well as staff and student placement programmes. 

GMSTEC has established a GMSTEC Research Fellowship Scheme that supports research collaboration in areas such as sustainable development, food safety and security, governance and climate change. GMSTEC also offers specialist training programmes on topics relevant to GMS development and in-country training at partner universities, including teacher training and curriculum development.


GMSTEC MEMBERS

• The Australian National University, Australia
• Can Tho University, Vietnam
• Hanoi University of Technology, Vietnam
• Khon Kaen University, Thailand
• King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand
• Massey University, New Zealand
• National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
• National University of Laos, Lao PDR
• Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia
• Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• Yunnan University, China