RNZ
Enrolments at Lincoln University are up 20 per cent on last year thanks to strong uptake in agriculture-based studies.
The university said domestic enrolments for semester one were up 21 per cent while international enrolments had risen 13 per cent.
The top programmes of choice this year were: Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Bachelor of Commerce (Agriculture), Bachelor of Land and Property Management, and Master of Applied Computing.
Vice-chancellor Professor Grant Edwards said there had been a 58 per cent increase in postgraduate students with the university on track to exceed 5000 students by the end of the year.