Student Barometer Survey
Run once every two years, the Student Barometer Survey benchmarks the University of Waikato experience across the global student population and other universities worldwide.
Every two years, the University of Waikato runs an all-student survey in conjunction with Etio Global. This is to get an understanding of students’ experiences with enrolment, teaching and learning, their living situations, and their experiences with our support systems. The responses to the Student Barometer Survey are benchmarked across the global student population to track and compare the decision-making, expectations, perceptions and intentions of students from application to graduation.
Sent to current students enrolled with the University of Waikato, the survey is an opportunity for students to share what they think about their experience, including what they have enjoyed and where they think we need to improve.
Important information
- To access the Student Barometer Survey, eligible students will be sent an email from studentsurvey@waikato.ac.nz with their unique survey link.
- Participants may only complete the survey once.
- Reminder emails will be sent weekly to students who have not completed the survey.
- All responses are completely confidential; all individual identifiers will be removed before any results are released.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Student Barometer is an internationally benchmarked survey assessing all aspects of the student experience. This includes topics such as decision-making, application processes, arrival and orientation, support services, living experience and academic experience.
Responses to the survey enable the University of Waikato to enhance the student experience through developing work plans and strategies that consider the feedback provided by the student population.
The Student Barometer Survey will be sent to all currently enrolled students at the University of Waikato. Both domestic and international students, students studying on-campus and those studying through flexible delivery will be eligible to answer the survey.
Students enrolled in short course English Language programmes and those taking Unistart papers are excluded on the basis that many of the questions will not be relevant to their circumstances.
Responses to the Student Barometer Survey will be used to benchmark the University of Waikato against national and international institutions.
The data collected will enable the University of Waikato to understand the current student experience and make improvements to the areas identified as needing change.
The student voice collected through responses to this survey will be considered when work plans and strategies are developed and decisions to enhance the student experience can be made in an informed manner.
Throughout the survey period, the University of Waikato will conduct weekly prize draws to give away headphones, hoodies and café vouchers for Kahurangi and 101 Café Experiment. Students who complete the survey within each seven-day period will be in the corresponding weekly prize draw. Winners of the weekly draws will be notified by email and will have their names published on this webpage.
At the closing of the survey period, the major prizes of two $500 Flight Centre vouchers will be drawn. All students who submitted the survey will be eligible for this draw, including those who have previously won a spot prize.
If you win a spot prize or one of the grand prizes at the end of the survey period, you will be contacted directly by the University with details on how to collect your prize.
The team collecting the survey answers will be able to see your responses, however these will be kept strictly confidential. Any information distributed to the rest of the University including divisional staff, lecturers and paper convenors will be aggregated and any identifying information will not be shared.