UC third in New Zealand in Academic Ranking

Nearly $600,000 has been awarded to UC researchers for projects that aim to transform early childhood and science education in New Zealand.

Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) was proud to host the fifth annual NZ-China Early Childhood Education (ECE) Symposium this week.

A long-running education initiative that has given hundreds of Kiwi teachers the chance to experience life in a Samoan village is now the subject of new research.

UC’s Child Well-being Research Institute Director, Professor Gail Gillon, has been appointed Education Commissioner for the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO. 

Innovative UC research aiming to remove megatonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year has received a $10 million grant from the Government. 

Are you thinking of Postgraduate study in 2025? We have a number of Postgraduate Scholarships closing mainly between 15 October and 2 December for study in 2025.

UC education expertise has been instrumental in increasing equity and reducing the damaging practice of streaming children in schools.

Wanting to help Pacific and Māori students succeed in education as well as in sport motivated Ratu Lolohea to tackle a postgraduate degree.