Future Focused
The University’s capital works programme is one of the country’s largest construction programmes and is well supported by philanthropic partners and careful financial management. It covers investment both in refurbishment and in significant new buildings. Major new developments have greatly enhanced the campus environment. The state-of-the-art Science Centre, incorporates leading-edge design in teaching, learning and laboratory facilities. The Grafton Campus redevelopment was part of a NZ$240 million masterplan project, completed over six years. The Faculty of Engineering moved into their brand- new, purpose-built engineering building in late 2019. The building provides students with tailor-made spaces to support learning, accommodate larger student cohorts, and encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration. In response to ever-increasing demand from domestic and international students the University now provides accommodation for more than 3,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in catered and self-catered residential communities. Construction has also commenced on new recreation centre, one of a number of initiatives designed to continue to support student and staff wellbeing.
The ten-year period to 2020 saw a capital investment in excess of $1.5 billion into the development, maintenance, and remediation of our estate. Over the next decade a similar level of capital programme is planned. Our estate strategy, Te Rautaki Tūāpapa, requires the development of new campus masterplans, new operational plans, a sustainable estate and a net-zero carbon plan and will be integral to the University’s Long-Term Financial Plan.
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