List of universities in New Zealand

University of Otago Registry Building

This is a list of universities in New Zealand. In 2013, universities provided tertiary education to over 180,000 students or 132,553 equivalent full-time students (EFTS).[1] 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.

New Zealand universities

AUT
Lincoln
Massey
Auckland
Canterbury
Otago
Waikato
Victoria
Locations for 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 Auckland 2000i 18,837 2,143 150 7,963 8.8
Lincoln University Lincoln 1878 3,238 610 41 12,662 5.3
Massey University Palmerston North 1927 19,074 2,994 185 9,849 6.4
University of Auckland Auckland 1883 33,028 4,909 389 11,819 6.7
University of Canterbury Christchurch 1873 12,108 1,907 152 12,739 6.3
University of Otago Dunedin 1869 18,896 3,838 271 14,731 4.9
University of Waikato Hamilton 1964 10,094 1,520 102 10,257 6.6
Victoria University of Wellington Wellington 1897 17,227 1,886 159 9,501 9.1
Overall: 132,502 19,807 1,449 11,094 6.7
* 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
University of Auckland 67 52 46 50 65 61 68 82 83 94 92
University of Otago 114 186 79 114 124 125 135 130 133 155 159
University of Canterbury — — 333 188 186 188 189 212 221 238 242
Victoria University of Wellington — — 222 234 227 229 225 237 237 265 275
Massey University 108 188 213 242 283 299 302 329 308 343 346
University of Waikato — — 340 319 378 314 316 357 374 401–410 401–410
Lincoln University — — — — — — — — — 481–490 411–420
Auckland University of Technology — — — — — — — — 451–500 471–480 501–550

According to THE World University Rankings:[7]

Institution 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
University of Auckland 145 173 161 164 175
University of Otago — 201–225 226–250 226–250 251-275
Victoria University of Wellington — 251–275 251–275 276–300 276-300
University of Canterbury — 301–350 301–350 301–350 301-350
University of Waikato — 301–350 301–350 301–350 351-400
Massey University — 350–400 351–400 — —

According to Academic Ranking of World Universities:[8]

Institution 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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
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
Victoria University of Wellington — — 401–500 401–500 403–510 402–503 402–501 401–500 401–500 401–500 401–500 401–500
University of Canterbury — — 401–500 401–500 403–510 402–503 402–501 401–500 401–500 401–500 401–500 401–500
Massey University 301–400 404–502 401–500 401–500 305–402 303–401 402–501 401–500 401–500 401–500 401–500 —

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The NZ University System". Universities New Zealand. 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.
  6. ↑ "QS World University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited.
  7. ↑ "THE World University Rankings". Times Higher Education.
  8. ↑ "ARWU". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Retrieved 2014-08-17.

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