This research provides information for New Zealand Secondary schools interested in, or currently active in, the German market. The report covers a breakdown of the main variations between the states, detail on the recent change from 13 years down to 12, expectations of German high schools for students returning from offshore study, various requirements for entrance to Germany universities, push and pull factors for students looking at studying in New Zealand (impact of the recent education changes; plus course availability and aspirations for their New Zealand study time).
As the sixth largest international education market, Germany is a fruitful and growing export market at a number of educational levels for New Zealand. Particularly interesting, however, is the German market for New Zealand’s secondary schools, with 60% of all German students in New Zealand coming to the country to study at this level in 2011. The dramatic shifts anticipated in the demography of Germany and dynamic changes to the education landscape, give rise to a number of concerns and opportunities for those institutions targeting Germany as a market for secondary school students.