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University Overview “We create globally transformative impacts through our distinctive strengths in world leading research, scholarship, teaching and collaborative partnerships, inspired by our unique position in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific.”
University in Numbers
RANKED UNIVERSITY IN NEW ZEALAND*
25% market Share of NZ tertiary sector
~$1.4bn in annual revenue
The University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau is Aotearoa New Zealand’s pre-eminent research-intensive university. A fully comprehensive, public university, it conducts
Professor Dawn Freshwater Vice-Chancellor
teaching and research across eight faculties and two large- scale research institutes, and has the largest graduate
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school in the country, with a third of all of New Zealand’s postgraduates obtaining a University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau degree. We are also New Zealand’s leading university for graduate employability. Founded by an Act of Parliament in 1883, the University of Auckland has, from our earliest days, admitted both male and female students. We are committed to equity across gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, cultural and religious practices and for those with disabilities. The University has a wide network of international affiliations and formal agreements with universities in 39 countries, and the only New Zealand member of Universitas 21, the Worldwide Universities Network, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities. The University is committed to remaining a global leader in Pacific research and teaching and in 2018 appointed the world’s first Pro-Vice Chancellor Pacific. The University was ranked in the top 50 for 8 subjects in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 and consistently in the top 100 universities (#68 QS World University Rankings 2024). We have retained our top ten ranking in the world for impact as measured by contribution to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals for four years. The University makes a significant contribution to the regional and national economy, demonstrating deep commitment to supporting the achievement of Māori and Pacific students and staff in particular. Long-term viability requires maintaining sufficient revenue and student numbers, as well as ensuring that the University’s revenue stream is sufficiently broad, and that we are recruiting students from diverse segments of the market. Guided by Waipapa Toitū, the University’s framework of principles, Taumata Teitei details the distinctiveness that the University will pursue – to be known globally for excellence and impact in our agreed transdisciplinary areas. These are evidenced and recognised by the University’s position in global university rankings, where we are measured against other tertiary education providers in the world on globally comparable benchmarks for compelling evidence of academic excellence, community engagement, and contributions towards the Sustainable Development Goals. To deliver on its goals, plans and strategic initiatives, it is important that the University is both viable and effective. The disruption from Covid-19 had a serious impact on all major Universities and their operations over the last three years. The University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau took swift and decisive action in the early stages of the pandemic to protect its financial position, and to support its students and employees. Coupled with exceptional demand for student enrolments, these measures have ensured the university continues to maintain a healthy financial position. This supports ongoing strategic investment while providing important resilience against the significant economic and other headwinds that have since emerged. University governance is both stable and supportive. With a mix of ministerial, lay (community leaders), staff and student appointees, Council provides an appropriate level of support and oversight for the Vice-Chancellor and leadership team. Senate provides academic governance. Since its founding in 1883, the University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau has grown to become New Zealand's flagship, research-led university, known for its excellence in teaching, research, and service to local, national and international communities Across the University we have more than 46,000 students of whom 20% are postgraduates. Our research programmes deliver across all disciplines and we are world leaders in such fields as cancer drug development, inductive power transfer and computational physiology. Auckland UniServices Ltd, our research commercialisation company, is recognised internationally for its achievements in transferring the outcomes of our research to industry. To find out more about the University’s history, our teaching and research strengths, our diverse networks and our vibrant, cosmopolitan campuses see the 2022 Annual Report.
>$325m revenue from research
720,000m 2 gross floor area
IN NEW ZEALAND
for graduate employability**
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$4bn value of land and buildings
>16% of students international
IN THE WORLD
Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2024
35,700 total students EFTS
>$250m annual capital plan
• *68th in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2024 • 5th in the QS Sustainability Rankings 2024 • **68th in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2024 • 150th in the THE World University Rankings 2024 • 12th in the THE Impact Rankings 2024 • 18th in the THE list of the world's most international universities 2023 • 35th in the Reuters Asia Pacific’s Most Innovative Universities 2019 • “Gold” rating for both Environmental Impact and Equal Opportunities in the QS SDG Ratings
4,500 beds in student halls 10x CBD hotels
~6,100 FTE Staff
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