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Curiosity and a love for discovery ensures we are ever expanding our knowledge of the world. Explore your passions with our exciting range of study options.

Our students are surrounded by people passionate about science. Our staff are world leaders in their fields of research and Wellington has the highest concentration of scientists and science organisations in New Zealand.

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Apply for a Summer Scholarship

Gain skills, knowledge, and experience through a Summer Research Scholarship. Applications are now open.

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Fast track your career in science

Explore postgraduate science with a Master’s by coursework and gain an internationally recognised qualification in just one year.

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Study Science Communication

In 2020, Victoria University of Wellington will become the first university in New Zealand to offer a major in Science Communication.

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  • Dr Davide Comoletti

    A spike in vaccine development

    Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Dr Davide Comoletti is playing a pivotal role in New Zealand’s drive to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.

  • An image of a researcher holding lab equipment

    Research opens the way to new drugs

    A surprise finding in the microscopic “assembly line” which constructs some types of anti-cancer and antibiotic molecules could have major benefits for our health.

  • PhD students Tamayanthi Rajakumar and Natalie Hammond.

    PhD students use research expertise to investigate COVID-19 treatments

    Two Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington PhD students, along with their supervisor Dr Andrew Munkacsi and fellow academics from Columbia University in New York City and Tottori University in Japan, have collaborated to identify which currently available drugs could be repurposed to help treat COVID-19.