List of universities in New Zealand

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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.[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.

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New Zealand Universities[2][edit]

List of universities in New Zealand is located in New Zealand
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 2000i 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[edit]

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 [3] - - - - - - - - 500

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Provider-based enrolments". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 
  2. ^ Financial information of universities, 2009
  3. ^ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10833180

External links[edit]

  • No Major Drama - for lists of all majors for Bachelor degrees available from New Zealand universities, grouped in subject areas
List of universities in Oceania
Sovereign states
Dependencies and
other territories
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