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 collegiate university that existed from 1870 to 1961. All universities are public. In 2021, they provided tertiary education to over 182,900 students or 142,720 equivalent full-time students (EFTS).[1]

University of Otago Registry Building

General information
List of universities in New Zealand is located in New Zealand
AUT
AUT
Lincoln
Lincoln
Massey
Massey
Auckland
Auckland
Canterbury
Canterbury
Otago
Otago
Waikato
Waikato
Victoria
Victoria
The locations of the main campus of each university
Name Main campus Established Student
headcount		 Equivalent
full-time
students		 Staff
(FTE, 2013)[2]		 Government
funding
($ millions,
2013)[3]		 Funding (NZD)
per student		 Students
per staff
member
Auckland University of Technology Auckland2000i 29,014[4]19,971[4]2,1431507,9638.8
Lincoln University Lincoln1878 5,819[5]2,934[5]6104112,6625.3
Massey University Palmerston North1927 31,501[6]18,944[6]2,9941859,8496.4
University of Auckland Auckland1883 41,866[7]33,118[7]4,90938911,8196.7
University of Canterbury Christchurch1873 18,771[8]15,378[8]1,90715212,7396.3
University of Otago Dunedin1869 20,796[9]18,531[9]3,83827114,7314.9
University of Waikato Hamilton1964 12,278[10]10,018[10]1,52010210,2576.6
Victoria University of Wellington Wellington1897 22,273[11]17,861[11]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: [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Subject area 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 Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences

Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao – 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 Division of Health, Engineering, Computing and Science Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science
Business Otago Business School

(Division of Commerce)

 UC Business School 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 Faculty of Health Faculty of Health College of Health Division of Health, Engineering, Computing and Science 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 Division of Health, Engineering, Computing and Science Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies Faculty of Engineering
Law Faculty of Law Faculty of Law Faculty of Law Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences Faculty of Business, Economics and Law Faculty of Law
Fine Arts, Architecture Ilam School of Fine Arts 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 Faculty of Education Faculty of Education Institute of Education Division 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.[20][21][22]

According to QS World University Rankings:[23]

Institution 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
University of Auckland65616882839492828182858381858768
University of Otago124125135130133155159173169151175176184194217206
Massey University283299302329308343346337340316332287272284292239
Victoria University of Wellington227229225237237265275229228219221215223236275241
University of Waikato378314316357374401–410401–410338324292274266375373331250
University of Canterbury186188189212221238242211214214231227270258284256
Lincoln University—————481–490411–420373343319317356387372368362
Auckland University of Technology————451–500471–480501–550481-490441-450441-450464442437451486407

According to THE World University Rankings:[24]

Institution 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
University of Auckland145173161164175172165192201-250179147137139
University of Otago—201–225226–250226–250251-275201-250201-250201-250201-250201-250201-250201-250301-350
Victoria University of Wellington—251–275251–275276–300276-300351-400351-400401-500401-500501-600501-600501-600401-500
University of Canterbury—301–350301–350301–350301-350401-500351-400351-400301-350301-350401-500501-600601-800
University of Waikato—301–350301–350301–350351-400401-500401-500351-400401-500501-600501-600401-500401-500
Massey University—350–400351–400——501-600401-500401-500501-600501-600601-800601-800601-800
Auckland University of Technology—————601-800501-600401-500301-350251-300251-300201-250251-300
Lincoln University——————401-500501-600501-600501-600601-800501-600401-500

According to Academic Ranking of World Universities:[25]

Institution 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
University of Auckland201–250202–301203–300201–300203–304201–302201–302201–300201–300151–200201–300201–300201-300151-200201-300201-300201-300201-300201-300201-300
University of Otago351–400202–301301–400201–300305–402201–302201–302201–300201–300201–300201–300201–300201-300301-400301-400301-400301-400301-400301-400301-400
Victoria University of Wellington——401–500401–500403–510402–503402–501401–500401–500401–500401–500401–500—301-400301-400301-400301-400401-500401-500401-500
University of Canterbury——401–500401–500403–510402–503402–501401–500401–500401–500401–500401–500—301-400401-500401-500401-500401-500401-500401-500
Massey University351–400404–502401–500401–500305–402303–401402–501401–500401–500401–500401–500———501-600501-600601-700601-700701-800601-700
Lincoln University——————————————601-700701-800801-900801-900701-800701-800
The University of Waikato——————————————601-700701-800701-800701-800701-800701-800
Auckland University of Technology———————————————901-1000701-800901-1000701-800701-800

Endowment
New Zealand universities by endowment (millions NZD)
Institution2019202020212022
Auckland University of Technology $2.0 [26] $2.1 [27] $2.4 [28] $2.4 [29]
Lincoln University $0.47 [30] $0.71 [31] $0.97 [32]
Massey University $48 [33] $55 [34] $56 [35] $56 [36]
University of Auckland $223 [37] $251 [38] $293[39] $269[40]
University of Canterbury $137 [41] $142 [42]
University of Otago $242 [43] $258 [44] $280[45]
University of Waikato $5.3 [46] $8.8 [47] $14 [48]
Victoria University of Wellington $70 [49] $74 [50] $84 [51] $75 [52]

See also

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