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	Auckland	2000^i	29,014[3]	19,971[3]	2,143	150	7,963	8.8
Lincoln University	Lincoln	1878	5,819[4]	2,934[4]	610	41	12,662	5.3
Massey University	Palmerston North	1927	31,501[5]	18,944[5]	2,994	185	9,849	6.4
University of Auckland	Auckland	1883	41,866[6]	33,118[6]	4,909	389	11,819	6.7
University of Canterbury	Christchurch	1873	14,830[7]	11,931[7]	1,907	152	12,739	6.3
University of Otago	Dunedin	1869	20,796[8]	18,531[8]	3,838	271	14,731	4.9
University of Waikato	Hamilton	1964	12,278[9]	10,018[9]	1,520	102	10,257	6.6
Victoria University of Wellington	Wellington	1897	Over 21,000[10]	Nearly 17,000[10]	1,886	159	9,501	9.1
		Overall:		132,502	19,807	1,449	11,094	6.7

* 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 Auckland	65	61	68	82	83	94	92	82	81	82	82	85	83	81
University of Otago	124	125	135	130	133	155	159	173	169	151	151	175	176	184
University of Canterbury	186	188	189	212	221	238	242	211	214	214	214	231	227	270
Victoria University of Wellington	227	229	225	237	237	265	275	229	228	219	219	221	215	223
Massey University	283	299	302	329	308	343	346	337	340	316	316	332	287	272
University of Waikato	378	314	316	357	374	401–410	401–410	338	324	319	292	274	266	375
Lincoln University	—	—	—	—	—	481–490	411–420	373	343	292	319	317	356	387
Auckland University of Technology	—	—	—	—	451–500	471–480	501–550	481-490	441-450	441-450	441-450	464	442	437

According to THE World University Rankings:[23]

Institution	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
University of Auckland	145	173	161	164	175	172	165	192
University of Otago	—	201–225	226–250	226–250	251-275	201-250	201-250	201-250
Victoria University of Wellington	—	251–275	251–275	276–300	276-300	351-400	351-400	401-500
University of Canterbury	—	301–350	301–350	301–350	301-350	401-500	351-400	351-400
University of Waikato	—	301–350	301–350	301–350	351-400	401-500	401-500	351-400
Massey University	—	350–400	351–400	—	—	501-600	401-500	401-500
Auckland University of Technology	—	—	—	—	—	601-800	501-600	401-500
Lincoln University	—	—	—	—	—	—	401-500	501-600

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 Auckland	201–300	202–301	203–300	201–300	203–304	201–302	201–302	201–300	201–300	151–200	201–300	201–300	201-300	151-200	201-300
University of Otago	301–400	202–301	301–400	201–300	305–402	201–302	201–302	201–300	201–300	201–300	201–300	201–300	201-300	301-400	301-400
Victoria University of Wellington	—	—	401–500	401–500	403–510	402–503	402–501	401–500	401–500	401–500	401–500	401–500	—	301-400	301-400
University of Canterbury	—	—	401–500	401–500	403–510	402–503	402–501	401–500	401–500	401–500	401–500	401–500	—	301-400	401-500
Massey University	301–400	404–502	401–500	401–500	305–402	303–401	402–501	401–500	401–500	401–500	401–500	—	—	501-600	501-600

See also

• Tertiary education in New Zealand
• Polytechnics and institutes of technology in New Zealand

References

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External links

• No Major Drama - for lists of all majors for bachelor's degrees available from New Zealand universities, grouped in subject areas