3 February 2020
Ali Khan
By email
: [FYI request #11767 email]
Dear Ali
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT REQUEST OIA-19-91 – PhD students
I refer to your official information request dated 2 December for information related to PhD enrolments. The
information you requested is below. You requested
1) The total number of PhD students enrol ed 2015-2019 and
2) The total number of PhD students who graduated 2015-2019 and
3) The total number of PhD students who dropped out from 2015-2019
The information requested in questions 1-3 can be found in the table below.
Headcount
DEC-15
DEC-16
DEC-17
DEC-18
OCT-19
Enrolments
1045
1119
1104
1069
1038
Completions
164
164
184
157
157
Withdrawn
14
17
12
26
16
4)
Total number of PhD students accepted into the PhD without thesis and
5)
Total number of PhD students accepted with Dean approval
Al PhD students are enrol ed on a case by case basis. This information is held within their individual student file
and is not readily extractable. To obtain the data requested in questions 4 and 5, the University would need to
review each individual student file. For this reason, the information is refused under s18(f), it cannot be made
without substantial col ation or research.
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.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact [details of contact person].
Yours sincerely
Rachael McGregor
Information Advisor