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). 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)	Staff (FTE, 2013)	Government funding ($M, 2013)
Auckland University of Technology	Auckland	2000	18,837	2,143	150
Lincoln University	Lincoln	1878	3,238	610	41
Massey University	Palmerston North	1927	19,074	2,994	185
University of Auckland	Auckland	1883	33,028	4,909	389
University of Canterbury	Christchurch	1873	12,108	1,907	152
University of Otago	Dunedin	1869	18,896	3,838	271
University of Waikato	Hamilton	1964	10,094	1,520	102
Victoria University of Wellington	Wellington	1897	17,227	1,886	159

* i. ^ predecessors established in 1895.

International rankings

These three ranking systems are regarded as the most influential and widely observed international university rankings.

According to QS World University Rankings:

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:

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:

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

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

External links

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