New Zealand's universities

New Zealand is home to eight universities of the highest quality. All are ranked in the top 3% of universities in the world.

New Zealand graduates enjoy some of the best graduate outcomes in the world – with high completion and employment rates and low rates of under-employment.

Our universities have a robust and multi-layered quality assurance system, which ensures programmes, teaching and learning are of a very high standard. Seven of our universities are comprehensive universities, offering a broad range of subjects, including arts, sciences, commerce, engineering and health sciences. Lincoln University is a specialist land-based university.

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Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland 

Auckland University of Technology

University of Waikato

Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University

Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury 

Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University

University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka