Top New Zealand Universities and Colleges Ranking
New Zealand offers great standard of education and excellent opportunities post studies. New Zealand universities and colleges are excellent in educational tradition and equipped with technological support to help international students to be successful globally.
New Zealand universities rank very high in world rankings, mainly because of the quality of the education. New Zealand has eight state sponsor universities. All of those 8 universities offer full range of internationally recognized qualifications – from bachelor degrees to master to doctoral programs. Three of the eight universities feature in the Times Higher list of the top 200 universities in the world and five appear in the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Top 500 World University rankings.
Government owned University Established Year
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 2000
Lincoln University, Lincoln 1878
Massey University, Palmerston North 1927
University of Auckland, Auckland 1883
University of Canterbury, Christchurch 1873
University of Otago, Dunedin 1869
University of Waikato, Hamilton 1964
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 1897
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Official Ranking
Students often inquire about ranking of universities and colleges in Newzealand. Though there is NO Official Ranking of New Zealand Colleges & Universities, there are many surveys that give fair idea about rankings or ratings. Usually, rankings are decided on several parameters such as Alumni, Employability Success Rate, History of the institute, Courses offered, Faculty, Teaching Quality, Research involvement, Industry outlook and Infrastructure etc.
Top Rankings of New Zealand University
1. Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010-2011
National Rank University Name World Rank
1 University of Auckland 173
2 University of Otago 201-225
3 Victoria University of Wellington 251-275
4 University of Canterbury 301-350
5 University of Waikato 301-350
6 Massey University 351-400
2. 2011 Shanghai Jiao Tong Newzealand University’s Academic Ranking
National Rank University Name World Rank
1-2 The University of Auckland 201-300
1-2 University of Otago 201-300
3-5 Massey University 401-500
3-5 University of Canterbury 401-500
3-5 Victoria University of Wellington 401-500
3. QS World Ranking of New Zealand Universities
Institution Name 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Massey University 188 213 242 283 299 302
University of Auckland 52 46 50 65 61 68
University of Canterbury – 333 188 186 188 189
University of Otago 186 79 114 124 125 135
University of Waikato – 340 319 378 314 316
Victoria University of Wellington – 222 234 227 229 225
4. 2011 Webometrics Ranking of Universities and Colleges in New Zealand
National Rank University Name World Rank
1 University of Auckland 335
2 University of Waikato 450
3 University of Canterbury 531
4 Victoria University of Wellington 557
5 University of Otago 561
6 Massey University 626
7 Auckland University of Technology 975
8 Lincoln University Canterbury 1882
9 Waikato Institute of Technology 2944
10 Unitec New Zealand 3221
16 Otago Polytechnic 6540
18 Whitireia Polytechnic 7477
19 Wellington Institute of Technology 7507
20 Manukau Institute of Technology 7619
Does Ranking Matter
Rankings are fine for general overview. However decision of choosing education institute should not only depend on rankings, rather is should depend on your future goals and academic background.
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