List of universities in New Zealand

This is a list of the universities in New Zealand, of which there are eight. Many of the universities are descended from the former University of New Zealand, a federal university that existed from 1870 to 1961. In 2013, the universities provided tertiary education to over 180,000 students or 132,553 equivalent full-time students (EFTS).[1]

University of Otago Registry Building

General information
AUT
Lincoln
Massey
Auckland
Canterbury
Otago
Waikato
Victoria
The locations of the main campus of each university
Name Main campus Established Student headcount Equivalent full-time students Staff
(FTE, 2013)[1]		 Government
funding ($M, 2013)[2]		 Funding (NZD)
per student		 Students
per staff
Auckland University of Technology Auckland2000i 29,014[3]19,971[3]2,1431507,9638.8
Lincoln University Lincoln1878 5,819[4]2,934[4]6104112,6625.3
Massey University Palmerston North1927 31,501[5]18,944[5]2,9941859,8496.4
University of Auckland Auckland1883 41,866[6]33,118[6]4,90938911,8196.7
University of Canterbury Christchurch1873 14,830[7]11,931[7]1,90715212,7396.3
University of Otago Dunedin1869 20,796[8]18,531[8]3,83827114,7314.9
University of Waikato Hamilton1964 12,278[9]10,018[9]1,52010210,2576.6
Victoria University of Wellington Wellington1897 Over 21,000[10]Nearly 17,000[10]1,8861599,5019.1
Overall: 132,50219,8071,44911,0946.7
* i. ^ Predecessors established in 1895.

Faculties and colleges

The top-level divisions (faculties, colleges) of each university can vary widely from university to university. While all universities have faculties of science, for instance, fewer have faculties of education. The table below summarises the faculties and colleges of every university in New Zealand: [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

University of Otago University of Canterbury Lincoln University Victoria University (Wellington) Massey University University of Waikato AUT University of Auckland
Arts Division of Humanities College of Arts Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies

 Faculty of Culture and Society

Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Development

 Faculty of Arts
Sciences Division of Sciences College of Science Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Faculty of Environment, Society, and Design

 Faculty of Science College of Sciences Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Faculty of Science and Engineering

 Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science
Business Otago Business School

(Division of Commerce)

 College of Business and Law Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce Victoria Business School Massey Business School Waikato Management School Faculty of Business, Economics and Law University of Auckland Business School
Health Sciences Division of Health Sciences College of Education, Health, and Human Development Faculty of Health College of Health Faculty of Health, Sport and Human Performance Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Medicine Otago Medical School, Faculty of Dentistry School of Medicine
Engineering College of Engineering Faculty of Engineering College of Sciences Faculty of Science and Engineering Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies Faculty of Engineering
Law College of Business and Law Faculty of Law Faculty of Law Faculty of Business, Economics and Law Faculty of Law
Fine Arts, Architecture School of Landscape Architecture Faculty of Architecture and Design College of Creative Arts Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries
Education College of Education, Health, and Human Development Faculty of Education Faculty of Education Faculty of Education and Social Work

International rankings

These three ranking systems are regarded as the most influential and widely observed international university rankings.[19][20][21]

According to QS World University Rankings:[22]

Institution 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
University of Auckland6561688283949282818282858381
University of Otago124125135130133155159173169151151175176184
University of Canterbury186188189212221238242211214214214231227270
Victoria University of Wellington227229225237237265275229228219219221215223
Massey University283299302329308343346337340316316332287272
University of Waikato378314316357374401–410401–410338324319292274266375
Lincoln University—————481–490411–420373343292319317356387
Auckland University of Technology————451–500471–480501–550481-490441-450441-450441-450464442437

According to THE World University Rankings:[23]

Institution 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
University of Auckland145173161164175172165192
University of Otago—201–225226–250226–250251-275201-250201-250201-250
Victoria University of Wellington—251–275251–275276–300276-300351-400351-400401-500
University of Canterbury—301–350301–350301–350301-350401-500351-400351-400
University of Waikato—301–350301–350301–350351-400401-500401-500351-400
Massey University—350–400351–400——501-600401-500401-500
Auckland University of Technology—————601-800501-600401-500
Lincoln University——————401-500501-600

According to Academic Ranking of World Universities:[24]

Institution 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
University of Auckland201–300202–301203–300201–300203–304201–302201–302201–300201–300151–200201–300201–300201-300151-200201-300
University of Otago301–400202–301301–400201–300305–402201–302201–302201–300201–300201–300201–300201–300201-300301-400301-400
Victoria University of Wellington——401–500401–500403–510402–503402–501401–500401–500401–500401–500401–500—301-400301-400
University of Canterbury——401–500401–500403–510402–503402–501401–500401–500401–500401–500401–500—301-400401-500
Massey University301–400404–502401–500401–500305–402303–401402–501401–500401–500401–500401–500——501-600501-600

See also

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