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 comprising the six earliest universities as constituent colleges.

New Zealand Universities

AUT

Lincoln

Massey

Auckland

Canterbury

Otago

Waikato

Victoria

Name	Main Campus	Established	Students (EFTS, 2009)	Government Funding ($M, 2009)
Auckland University of Technology	CBD, Auckland	2000	&1000000000001782100000017,821	&10000000000000132000000132
Lincoln University	Lincoln	1878	&100000000000026680000002,668	&1000000000000003100000031
Massey University	Palmerston North	1927	&1000000000001942400000019,424	&10000000000000176000000176
University of Auckland	CBD, Auckland	1883	&1000000000003168800000031,688	&10000000000000337000000337
University of Canterbury	Christchurch	1873	&1000000000001562400000015,624	&10000000000000140000000140
University of Otago	Dunedin	1869	&1000000000001917900000019,179	&10000000000000248000000248
University of Waikato	Hamilton	1964	&1000000000001060600000010,606	&1000000000000009100000091
Victoria University of Wellington	Wellington	1897	&1000000000001778500000017,785	&10000000000000142000000142

* 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
Massey University	108	188	213	242	283	299	302	329
University of Auckland	67	52	46	50	65	61	68	82
University of Canterbury	-	-	333	188	186	188	189	212
University of Otago	114	186	79	114	124	125	135	130
University of Waikato	-	-	340	319	378	314	316	357
Victoria University of Wellington	-	-	222	234	227	229	225	237

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