List of universities in New Zealand

This is a complete list of the universities in New Zealand, of which there are eight.

The former University of New Zealand ran from 1870 to 1961. It was a federal university composed of the six earliest universities as constituent colleges, and issued degrees to their students. In 2013, the universities provided tertiary education to over 180,000 students or 132,553 equivalent full-time students (EFTS).[1]

New Zealand universities

AUT
Lincoln
Massey
Auckland
Canterbury
Otago
Waikato
Victoria
The locations of the main campus of each university
Name Main campus Established Students
(EFTS, 2013)[1]
Staff
(FTE, 2013)[1]
Government
funding ($M, 2013)[2]
Funding (NZD)
per student
Students
per staff
Auckland University of Technology Auckland2000i18,8372,1431507,9638.8
Lincoln University Lincoln18783,2386104112,6625.3
Massey University Palmerston North192719,0742,9941859,8496.4
University of Auckland Auckland188333,0284,90938911,8196.7
University of Canterbury Christchurch187312,1081,90715212,7396.3
University of Otago Dunedin186918,8963,83827114,7314.9
University of Waikato Hamilton196410,0941,52010210,2576.6
Victoria University of Wellington Wellington189717,2271,8861599,5019.1
Overall:132,50219,8071,44911,0946.7

* i. ^ Predecessors established in 1895.

International rankings

These three ranking systems are regarded as the most influential and widely observed international university rankings.[3][4][5]

According to QS World University Rankings:[6]

Institution 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
University of Auckland6752465065616882839492828182
University of Otago11418679114124125135130133155159173169151
University of Canterbury333188186188189212221238242211214214
Victoria University of Wellington222234227229225237237265275229228219
Massey University108188213242283299302329308343346337340316
University of Waikato340319378314316357374401–410401–410338324319
Lincoln University481–490411–420373343292
Auckland University of Technology451–500471–480501–550481-490441-450441-450

According to THE World University Rankings:[7]

Institution 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
University of Auckland145173161164175172165192
University of Otago201–225226–250226–250251-275201-250201-250201-250
Victoria University of Wellington251–275251–275276–300276-300351-400351-400401-500
University of Canterbury301–350301–350301–350301-350401-500351-400351-400
University of Waikato301–350301–350301–350351-400401-500401-500351-400
Massey University350–400351–400501-600401-500401-500
Auckland University of Technology601-800501-600401-500
Lincoln University401-500501-600

According to Academic Ranking of World Universities:[8]

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 Wellington401–500401–500403–510402–503402–501401–500401–500401–500401–500401–500301-400301-400
University of Canterbury401–500401–500403–510402–503402–501401–500401–500401–500401–500401–500301-400401-500
Massey University301–400404–502401–500401–500305–402303–401402–501401–500401–500401–500401–500

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The NZ University System". Universities New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  2. "The Tertiary Education Performance Report 2013". The Tertiary Education Commission. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  3. Ariel Zirulnick (2010-09-16). "New world university ranking puts Harvard back on top". The Christian Science Monitor.
  4. "We're fighting above our weight when it comes to uni rankings". The Australian. 2012-07-18.
  5. Indira Samarasekera and Carl Amrhein (2010-10-03). "Top schools don't always get top marks". The Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 2010-10-03.
  6. "QS World University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15.
  7. "THE World University Rankings". Times Higher Education.
  8. "ARWU". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  • No Major Drama - for lists of all majors for bachelor's degrees available from New Zealand universities, grouped in subject areas
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