Short-term Experiences
Short-term, big impact. Take a step towards global citizenship with a short-term Global Experience.
These programmes offer the perfect opportunity to explore diverse cultures, build meaningful connections, and gain a fresh perspective on the world.
2025 Experiences
An immersive programme dedicated to Technologies, Management and Innovation. Develop your knowledge and understanding of Disruptive Technologies and their influence on Modern Management with KEDGE Business School.
Programme Details
This programme will run for two weeks (13 - 24 January 2025) in Paris, France.
This course offers:
- 2 courses, each carrying 4 ECTS (24 contact hours)
- Each course is an intensive, 1-week module
- A Business Visit or business talk related to the content of the course
- A guided tour of Paris
- 1 Welcome coffee and 1 Dinner
- Official Transcripts and a Certificate
All courses will be taught in English.
Cost
This is a short-term exchange opportunity for Waikato students.
Students nominated by Kedge partner institutions as winter exchange students should speak with their academic advisor to discuss special conditions or contact short-terms@kedgebs.com.
Visit the programme website to see a full breakdown of fees.
Credit
Please speak to your Divisional Student Advisors if you would like to arrange credit for this programme.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this programme, students must:
- Be a 3rd year Bachelors student OR a Masters student
- Have a minimum B-grade average.
How to Apply
Email the Waikato Global Experiences team to express your interest: globalexperiences@waikato.ac.nz
Applications close Friday 29 November 2024.
Students have the opportunity to take part in a two-week online programme through WHU Otto Beishem School of Management in January 2025. This programme is designed for undergraduate students who want to learn more about the international business world in Europe.
Being among Europe’s top-ranked business schools, WHU provides you with a unique learning experience. You will have the opportunity to attend interactive live class meetings and work together with students from different locations via virtual breakout sessions.
Note: This programme incurs a fee of €125.00 Euros
Learning Modules
The planned modules for this programme are:
- The European Union & the Euro
- Entrepreneurship from a European Perspective
- The Relevance of Family Business in Europe
- German History and Society in a European Context
There are 52 academic hours in this programme.
Social Events
This programme also includes opportunities for you to socialise with other students on the programme:
- Get to know: Welcome Meeting
- Photo competition: Show us your favourite travel destination
- Buddy programme: Get in touch with a WHU student and learn more about WHU/Germany.
What former Participants say about the Programme
“I thoroughly enjoyed WHU's program and would 100% recommend it! I gained valuable insights and knowledge into how businesses operate in Europe and found all the professors to be excellent with great resources!” - Olivia Blakey, University of Waikato, New Zealand
“We were able to learn from a different teacher and professor each day about a different topic, and it was all well structured and easy to follow. Being able to learn about Business in Europe from my own home in Australia was both efficient and fun! I highly recommend the program to anyone thinking of participating.” - Rebecca Goodsell, Curtin University, Australia
5 Reasons You Should Do this Programme
- The program is interactive, e.g. live classes with break-out sessions, group discussions, and case studies.
- WHU is continuously ranked among Europe‘s Top Business Schools in major international rankings.
- You can study this programme from the comfort of your home.
- You meet online like-minded people from different countries and work together with them.
- The programme also includes social events, e.g., a welcome meeting, a photo competition, a buddy programme, and a virtual escape room.
Credit
Please speak to your Divisional Student Advisors if you would like to arrange credit for this programme.
How to Apply
- Apply to the Waikato Global Experiences Programme using the application form.
- After the deadline has passed, our team will review all applications and nominate students for the WHU programme.
- If you are nominated for the WHU programme, you will receive an email with further instructions to complete your registration.
Applications close on 15 November 2024.
Have you ever wondered why France is the country of origin of so many luxury brands? Why the South of France host most of the world-class fragrances and ultra-luxury events and services?
Studying luxury management in Nice, a UNESCO World Heritage site, will allow you to experience luxury retail, yachting, fragrances, ultra hospitality, palaces, automobiles, private jets, events, etc at your fingertips.
During this two-week programme, hosted by triple-crown accredited EDHEC Business School, students will understand the luxury sector and its specificities in a location where famous brands originate from.
Programme Outline
Week One: During your first week, you will receive a cultural, historical, and economic overview of the industry, along with insights into the specificities of luxury strategy, with a focus on luxury retail and in-store customer experience.
Week Two: Students can opt to follow one of two specialisations.
- Fine Perfumes & Luxury Beauty track: Apprehending the current challenges of the perfume & luxury beauty industry, with a focus on the marketing strategy & mix in the luxury fragrance industry.
Includes a two-day site visit. - Luxury Hospitality & Ultra-Luxury track: Understanding, creating and managing value in the luxury services sector, with a focus on the luxury hospitality and yachting sector in the French wine industry.
Includes two one-day site visits.
Eligibility criteria:
To be eligible for this programme, students must be:
- An upper-bachelors (studying 300-level papers) student, OR
- A Master's student
- Have a B-grade average.
Costs
This programme incurs a service cost of €650 / $1162 NZD*
*Fees are set in Euros. Costs in New Zealand Dollars are approximate values only based on the exchange rate in November 2025.
Students should also expect to pay for:
- Passports/visas
- Flights
- Travel Insurance
- Accommodation
- Course materials
- Personal spending money.
How to Apply
Contact the Waikato Global Experiences team to express your interest in this programme.
Applications close Wednesday 19 February 2025.
Participating in a University of Groningen winter school is a great opportunity to broaden your knowledge on relevant topics in your field, develop new skills, and expand your network by engaging with peers and experts from across the globe.
Current opportunities
Climate Change and the Long-Term Future
Climate change is among the biggest challenges humanity faces today. How should individuals, societies, and humanity at large respond to climate change and other long-term challenges? In this winter school, different researchers will take a PPE perspective in exploring climate change and our ethical and political obligations towards future people.
Programme dates: 9 - 10 January 2025
Location: Online.
Discourses of Sustainability Transitions
Over the course of this winter school, participants will study the relationship between discourse, worldview, ontology and ethics, particularly in regard to questions of just sustainability transitions. How are arguments for more sustainable ways to live on this planet being mediated to audiences? Who is doing the mediating, and how does the message change, depending on the speaker and audience?
Programme dates: 19 - 24 January 2025
Location: Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Intercultural Competence for Professionals
If you have the responsibility to develop intercultural competence in others, the winter school is for you. The programme is intended for professionals in the fields of intercultural competence development and internationalisation. It offers a comprehensive overview of intercultural training design with an emphasis on using developmental approaches to enhance cultural learning.
Programme dates: 20 - 24 January 2025
Location: Groningen, Netherlands.
Narrative and the Mind
Narratives are not only products of human minds, but also constitutive to them. Stories help to integrate information about events, agents, motivations, experiences, and their interconnections, and as such, are a key tool for understanding the world, others and ourselves. This edition
of the Netherlands Winter School on Narrative focuses on the interplay between narrative and the mind.
Programme dates: 20 - 24 January 2025
Location: Groningen, Netherlands.
Promoting Sustainable Health Systems in Africa
The African continent faces various challenges and opportunities for improving the sustainability of health systems, as well overall public health through measures of health prevention. How can better law and governance address new and existing health challenges and improve long-term sustainability of health systems?
Programme dates: 27 - 31 January 2025
Location: Arusha, Tanzania.
Waikato Global Experiences Travel Award
Students enrolled in these programmes may be eligible for a Waikato Global Experiences Travel Award. If you plan to enrol in one of these programmes, let us know: globalexperiences@waikato.ac.nz
Yonsei University, located at the heart of Seoul, South Korea, provides easy access to a wealth of traditional Korean cultural experiences. Within close proximity to campus, students can delve into the rich heritage of the Joseon Dynasty through visits to historical sites such as Deoksugung, Changdeokgung, and Gyeongbokgung, each offering insights into Korea’s 500-year history. Surrounding Yonsei’s campus, Sinchon buzzes with vibrant youth culture, featuring lively dancing and busking performances, where students can experience contemporary Korean youth culture firsthand.
Programme Details
This programme will run for 3 weeks (27 December 2024 - 17 January 2025) at Yonsei University's Sinchon campus in South Korea.
This programme offers courses in the following areas:
- Korean language
- Korean studies
- Science and Technology
- Social sciences
- East Asian studies
- Economics and management
Each course is worth 3 credits. Students can take up to 3 courses (9 credits). You may be able to transfer credit back to Waikato - please contact your Divisional Student Advisors for more information.
The programme also offers thrilling one-day excursions to students, including:
- A tour of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea
- Skiing at one of South Korea's top Ski resorts
- Taekwondo classes
- Korean cooking classes - learn to prepare traditional Korean dishes such as tteokbokki, rice cakes, bulgogi, and more!
Download the programme brochure.
Cost
There is a 100,000 KRW application fee (approximately $120 NZD).
Tuition Fees differ depending on the number of courses you take. Please see the programme brochure for a breakdown of the costs involved.
Eligibility
Students interested in this programme must:
- Be an undergraduate student
- Have a minimum B-grade average.
How to Apply
This is a short-term exchange opportunity.
Applications close Tuesday 29 October 2024.
Sustainable Development through Collaboration, in partnership with the Fijian Government.
It’s no secret that employers hugely value ‘soft skills,’ global understanding and practical work experience. Through this programme, you’ll develop all three whilst we facilitate the same self-developing experience for young Fijians in rural communities. This project is for enthusiastic individuals who want to step out of their comfort zone, experience true cultural immersion and develop their skills, whilst exploring and contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The result is one of the most rewarding and extraordinary experiences of your life.
Programme Details
This 16-day programme takes place from 21 June to 6 July (during the break between A & B trimesters) in 2025.
There are two parts to this programme:
- Morning Workshops
- The Culture Course
In the Morning Workshops, students will take part in activities and work alongside Fijians aged 18-35 enrolled in local youth groups. These sessions are active, fun and engaging and crucially open up a cross-cultural discussion across a range of subjects.
As the name suggests, these sessions take place in the mornings of your project weekdays and are facilitated in small groups of international participants and Fijian youth, taking turns to lead discussions and activities.
The Culture Course celebrates the indigenous Fijian lifestyle. You will be on the receiving end of an initiative in partnership with the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs (Arts, Heritage and Culture). You will learn about Fiji’s culture from those who know it best, the youth in your village, as they deliver an interactive cultural education course that boosts their own skills and cultural competency. Appreciating and celebrating traditional Fijian lifestyle specific to each village.
See the full programme brochure.
Cost
This programme is not funded; students will be required to pay the following:
- Registration Fee: $345 AUD (approx. $380 NZD*)
- Project Fee: $2550 AUD (approx. $2,800 NZD*)
*Note: all NZD costs are an approximation only. Exchange rates fluctuate so the actual NZD cost at the time of the programme may change.
In addition to the Registration and Project Fees, students should also expect to pay for:
- Flights
- Travel Insurance
- Spending money for extra food and snacks, Fijian clothes, and items of a personal nature.
How to Apply
Students interested in this programme should apply on the Think Pacific website.
Prime Minister's Scholarship Programmes
If you’re looking for a “taster” of a global experience in Asia or Latin America, a group programme may be for you! Discover new cultures, explore your academic interests, and make new friends while travelling as part of a group.
2025 experiences
Waikato ki Roto, Waikato ki Waho: Ngā Tauira Māori o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato ki Colombia - 4 Week Programme (26 Jan - 23 Feb)
Do you want to experience the rich culture of Latin America?
Want to understand what it truly means to be a Global Citizen from an Indigenous lens, while being able to connect with other Indigenous communities on their own whenua?
About the Programme
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato has a unique opportunity that allows up to 8 Māori students to create meaningful connections with other Indigenous communities in Colombia, kānohi ki te kānohi. During this exciting 4 week programme, tauira will be able to explore different areas of Indigenous development both significant to Māori and Indigenous nations in Colombia, including reo me ōna tikanga (language & culture), tōrangapū (politics), pakihi (business), mātauranga (education) and te taiao (environment).
Tauira will be able to visit and go beyond the capital of Bogotá to gain a holistic understanding of Indigenous culture and life across the region. Additionally, tauira will work on and present a group project that brings together Māori and Colombia Indigenous values and aspirations, on mutually significant challenges. This combination of knowledge between Māori and Indigenous peoples in Colombia will uncover new approaches to creating intergenerational wealth and health, for both peoples.
Key elements of the programme also include:
- A robust orientation that prepares tauira for the trip and values whakawhanaungatanga with other participants and traveling staff.
- Introductory language and culture lessons.
- Project presentations in Colombia and New Zealand to share key findings and experiences.
- Regular check-ins with the project team.
Eligibility
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
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Be of Māori descent;
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Be a current UoW student;
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Be in your second year or above year of undergraduate degree or higher qualification in 2024;
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Be available for the entire programme;
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Demonstrate strong leadership potential.
How to Apply
Applications have closed.
If you have any questions, please email luke.moss@waikato.ac.nz or nathan.rahui@waikato.ac.nz