7 June 2024
Educa�on Vice President (EVP) of the New Zealand Law Students’ Associa�on
By email
: [FYI request #26589 email]
Dear EVP
Official Informa�on Act 24.41 Law Student numbers
I refer to the Official Information Act (the Act) request dated 30 April 2024 for information relating to Law
student numbers at the University of Canterbury (UC). You have specifical y requested:
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I would like to request the fol owing information for 2024:
1. The total number of law students who are enrol ed at the university,
2. and 2. The number of law students within each year level from:
a. 1st year;
b. 2nd year;
c. 3rd year;
d. 4th year; and
e. 5th year and above.
On 3 May 2024, I asked if you could confirm if you were requesting the headcount (physical number) and/ or
Equivalent Full Time Student (EFTS) number of law students. You confirmed that you were requesting the
headcount number. On the same day, you also requested.
Along with my previous requests, may I also please request the fol owing information:
1. The number of law students who identify as:
a. Asian
b. European
c. Māori
d. MELAA (Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African) e. Pasifika d. Other
2. The number of law students who identify as a. Male b. Female c. Gender diverse
Please find overleaf your requested information. Please note that UC’s Faculty of Law I Te Kaupeka Ture owns
the programmes for Criminal Justice as wel as Law. For clarity, the figures provided are for those completing Law
qualifications. The data is accurate as of May 2024.
The University reports on what course level (stage) students are enrolled in, not what year within a qualification
they are in. This is because students do a mix of different course levels at different years of a qualification. This
makes it difficult to ascertain what year of a qualification they are in without going into each individual student’s
record. This is also reported in Equivalent Ful Time Student (EFTS) numbers, to reflect that students can be
enrol ed in different course levels simultaneously.
Please note that headcount numbers do not consider the workload of a student i.e whether they are a ful or part
time student. Where there is less than or equal to five students in a category, the actual number has not been
provided, but a range of less than or equal to five. This to protect the individual’s privacy as per section 9(2)(a) of
Classifica�on: Public
the Act. It is in the public interest that information be provided in a manner that ensures individuals are not
identifiable.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about
how to make a complaint is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Claire O'Connell
Information Compliance Officer
Data OIA 24.41
Law students enrol ed numbers 2024:
Row Labels
Head Count
LLB
1456
Bachelor of Laws
1456
LLB (HONS)
59
Bachelor of Laws Honours
59
LLM
9
Master of Laws
9
LLM(INTLAWS&POLS)
11
Master of Laws (International Law and Politics)
11
Grand Total
1534
Law students enrol ed at each course level:
Row Labels
EFTS
Stage 1 (NZQF 5)
472.5
Stage 2 (NZQF 6)
533.5
Stage 3 (NZQF 7)
495.3
PG Masters Thesis (NZQF 8-9)
≤5
PG Taught (NZQF 8-10)
30.8
Grand Total
1,535.2
Classifica�on: Public
Ethnicity sta�s�cs Law students
Head Count (Law)
Row Labels
2024
Asian
156
Māori
175
Middle East, Latin America & African
43
Not Stated
19
NZ European/Pakeha & Other European
983
Other
19
Pasifika
63
Grand Total
1458
Gender sta�s�cs
Head Count (Law)
2024
Row Labels
Another
10
Female
984
Male
464
Grand Total
1458
Classifica�on: Public
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