Office of the Vice-Chancellor
The University of Waikato
Phone +64 7 837 9472
Private Bag 3105
www.waikato.ac.nz
Hamilton 3240
New Zealand
23 January 2026
Andrew Lin
Email:
[email address]
Dear Andrew
Official Information request – Student Demographic Data
I refer to your request for official information of 5 December 2025 in which you have requested the
2025 aggregated enrolment data for the following subject areas:
“Environmental Planning, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Accounting, Molecular and
Cellular Biology, Ecology and Biodiversity, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Sciences and
English”.
Under the Official Information Act 1982 (
Act) the University of Waikato (
University) has considered
your request and responds as follows.
Please note that all enrolment data has been aggregated to include:
• Domestic and International students
• Region of prior secondary school education for domestic students
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Age bands
The University provides the
attached document in response to the data requested, noting the
following:
(a) Data is provided as at 22 January 2026.
(b) A student has been assigned to a subject based on their majors and minors, if a student has
selected more than one subject, they will be counted once in each category selected.
(c) Numbers have been aggregated to protect the privacy of individuals pursuant to section 9(2)(a)
of the Act.
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 a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.

Yours sincerely
Jim Mercer
Chief Operating Officer