Top Ranking Universities in New Zealand 2023

Updated Date: 12th January 2023

New Zealand has been a provider of quality education for a long time and has been hosting international students from all over the world for years now. Universities in New Zealand are known for their international standards of teaching and research facilities. Every year, many of them are ranked among the top universities by various entities. Here are some of the top Universities in New Zealand Rankings:

Top Universities in New Zealand Ranking 2023

1. University of Auckland:

The University of Auckland has six campuses in New Zealand and has more than 40000 active students enrolled at a time. It is the most sought-after university in New Zealand and the most highly-ranked university.  It was established in 1883 and was previously a college under the University of New Zealand.

2. University of Otago

Ranked as one of the most beautiful universities in The Daily Telegraph and Huffington Post, the University in Otago is known for its infrastructure and iconic clock tower. Established in 1869, it is one of the oldest universities. It was the first university in Australasia to permit women to study a law degree. Just like the University of Auckland, the university was a part of the University of New Zealand between 1874 and 1961.

3. Victoria University of Wellington

The Victoria University of Wellington offers a number of courses in a number of campuses spread across the country. There is a large range of courses for international students, in the departments like Architecture and Design, Business, Education, Engineering, Research, Social Sciences and Humanities, Law, and Science.

4. University of Canterbury:

The University of Canterbury is the second oldest university in New Zealand. The degrees offered at the University of Canterbury are Commerce, Engineering, Arts, Commerce, Education, Health Sciences, Law, Music, Sports Coaching, Speech and Language Pathology. The university has more than 140 cultural societies and clubs in the students to partake in.

5. Massey University

The first non-engineering university to be recognized by the Royal Aeronautical Society, Massey University is the only university in New Zealand offering aviation, veterinary medicine, and nanoscience degrees. An international university in the true sense, Massey University has more than 3000 international students from more than 100 countries.

6. University of Waikato

Waikato University has a very unique department of education, the department of Māori and Indigenous Studies. The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand, and the university also has them as key students in it. However, it caters to international students, also. There are other faculties such as Arts and Social Sciences, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Education, Health, Sport and Human Performance, Law, Science and Engineering, Management.

7. Lincoln University

Lincoln University has the oldest agricultural school in the southern hemisphere. The university started in 1878 as the School of Agriculture, and from 1896 to 1961, it was under the University of New Zealand. From 1961 to 1990, was Lincoln College under the University of Canterbury.  The departments at Lincoln University are agribusiness and commerce, agriculture and life science, and a faculty for Environment, society, and design.

8. Auckland University of Technology

Auckland University of Technology was formed in 2000 when the technical college was converted into the University. The lineage of the college goes back to 1895. The university is also known for its diversity, with more than 4000 international students enrolled in the university. The five departments of AUT are Te Ara Poutama (related to indigenous Maori people), Health and Environment Science, Design and Creative Technology, Business and Law, and Culture and Society.

Universities in New Zealand have always been welcoming to international students and the country is only growing as a more and more prominent study-abroad destination in recent years.

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