University of Otago Registry Building

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]

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 Auckland 2000i 26,030[4] 18,935[4] 2,143 150 7,963 8.8
Lincoln University Lincoln 1878 5,819[5] 2,934[5] 610 41 12,662 5.3
Massey University Palmerston North 1927 27,445[6] 16,850[6] 2,994 185 9,849 6.4
University of Auckland Auckland 1883 41,866[7] 33,118[7] 4,909 389 11,819 6.7
University of Canterbury Christchurch 1873 18,771[8] 15,378[8] 1,907 152 12,739 6.3
University of Otago Dunedin 1869 21,159[9] 19,174[9] 3,838 271 14,731 4.9
University of Waikato Hamilton 1964 12,278[10] 10,018[10] 1,520 102 10,257 6.6
Victoria University of Wellington Wellington 1897 22,273[11] 17,861[11] 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: [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 Culture and Society 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 Auckland 65 61 68 82 83 94 92 82 81 82 85 83 81 85 87 68
University of Otago 124 125 135 130 133 155 159 173 169 151 175 176 184 194 217 206
Massey University 283 299 302 329 308 343 346 337 340 316 332 287 272 284 292 239
Victoria University of Wellington 227 229 225 237 237 265 275 229 228 219 221 215 223 236 275 241
University of Waikato 378 314 316 357 374 401–410 401–410 338 324 292 274 266 375 373 331 250
University of Canterbury 186 188 189 212 221 238 242 211 214 214 231 227 270 258 284 256
Lincoln University — — — — — 481–490 411–420 373 343 319 317 356 387 372 368 362
Auckland University of Technology — — — — 451–500 471–480 501–550 481-490 441-450 441-450 464 442 437 451 486 407

According to THE World University Rankings:[24]

Institution 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
University of Auckland 145 173 161 164 175 172 165 192 201-250 179 147 137 139
University of Otago — 201–225 226–250 226–250 251-275 201-250 201-250 201-250 201-250 201-250 201-250 201-250 301-350
Victoria University of Wellington — 251–275 251–275 276–300 276-300 351-400 351-400 401-500 401-500 501-600 501-600 501-600 401-500
University of Canterbury — 301–350 301–350 301–350 301-350 401-500 351-400 351-400 301-350 301-350 401-500 501-600 601-800
University of Waikato — 301–350 301–350 301–350 351-400 401-500 401-500 351-400 401-500 501-600 501-600 401-500 401-500
Massey University — 350–400 351–400 — — 501-600 401-500 401-500 501-600 501-600 601-800 601-800 601-800
Auckland University of Technology — — — — — 601-800 501-600 401-500 301-350 251-300 251-300 201-250 251-300
Lincoln University — — — — — — 401-500 501-600 501-600 501-600 601-800 501-600 401-500

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 Auckland 201–250 202–301 203–300 201–300 203–304 201–302 201–302 201–300 201–300 151–200 201–300 201–300 201-300 151-200 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300
University of Otago 351–400 202–301 301–400 201–300 305–402 201–302 201–302 201–300 201–300 201–300 201–300 201–300 201-300 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400
Victoria University of Wellington — — 401–500 401–500 403–510 402–503 402–501 401–500 401–500 401–500 401–500 401–500 — 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400 401-500 401-500 401-500
University of Canterbury — — 401–500 401–500 403–510 402–503 402–501 401–500 401–500 401–500 401–500 401–500 — 301-400 401-500 401-500 401-500 401-500 401-500 401-500
Massey University 351–400 404–502 401–500 401–500 305–402 303–401 402–501 401–500 401–500 401–500 401–500 — — — 501-600 501-600 601-700 601-700 701-800 601-700
Lincoln University — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 601-700 701-800 801-900 801-900 701-800 701-800
The University of Waikato — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 601-700 701-800 701-800 701-800 701-800 701-800
Auckland University of Technology — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 901-1000 701-800 901-1000 701-800 701-800

Endowment

New Zealand universities by endowment (millions NZD)
Institution 2019 2020 2021 2022
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] $261[46]
University of Waikato $5.3 [47] $8.8 [48] $14 [49] $13 [50]
Victoria University of Wellington $70 [51] $74 [52] $84 [53] $75 [54]

See also

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