List of universities in New Zealand

University of Otago Registry Building

This is a list of universities in New Zealand. In 2009, there were 469,107 students enrolled in higher education. Of this total, 33 percent were enrolled at a university, and 9 percent were international students. 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, 2009)	Government Funding ($M, 2009)
Auckland University of Technology	CBD, Auckland	2000	700417821000000000017,821	7002132000000000000132
Lincoln University	Lincoln	1878	70032668000000000002,668	700131000000000000031
Massey University	Palmerston North	1927	700419424000000000019,424	7002176000000000000176
University of Auckland	CBD, Auckland	1883	700431688000000000031,688	7002337000000000000337
University of Canterbury	Christchurch	1873	700415624000000000015,624	7002140000000000000140
University of Otago	Dunedin	1869	700419179000000000019,179	7002248000000000000248
University of Waikato	Hamilton	1964	700410606000000000010,606	700191000000000000091
Victoria University of Wellington	Wellington	1897	700417785000000000017,785	7002142000000000000142

* i. ^ predecessors established in 1895.

International rankings

According to QS World University Rankings (formerly THE–QS World University Rankings):

Institution	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Massey University	108	188	213	242	283	299	302	329	308
University of Auckland	67	52	46	50	65	61	68	82	83
University of Canterbury	-	-	333	188	186	188	189	212	221
University of Otago	114	186	79	114	124	125	135	130	133
University of Waikato	-	-	340	319	378	314	316	357	374
Victoria University of Wellington	-	-	222	234	227	229	225	237	237
Auckland University of Technology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	500

Rankings in italic indicate the highest ranking achieved by the respective university.

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 degrees available from New Zealand universities, grouped in subject areas