7. Quality education programs New Zealand University ProfessorNew Zealand has a high-quality education system and a quality assurance framework to maintain standards. It means choosing to study in New Zealand brings relatively little risk that you will be let down by poor instruction. The quality of New Zealand's tertiary education system flows from the general quality of schooling. In international skill development tests of 15 year-old students, the Kiwis rank 7th in the world. They are fractionally behind Canada as the leading English-speaking country. These figures come from the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment. Seven out of eight of New Zealand's universities are ranked in the world's top 500 according to major ranking reports. Such assessments are based mainly on research output. New Zealand academics are usually required to combine teaching and research. The university system is strongly integrated with Europe and academics often move to and from New Zealand.