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This is a list of the universities in New Zealand, of which there are eight. As of 2024, all universities are public. All of the universities, with the exception of AUT, are descended from the former University of New Zealand, a collegiate university that existed from 1870 to 1961.
The University of New Zealand system – where it was the only degree-granting university in New Zealand – lasted until 1961. [3] Now the colleges are independent universities in their own right, and since 1961 four new universities have been created: Auckland University of Technology, Lincoln University, Massey University and Waikato University.
Universities and colleges in New Zealand by subject (8 C) Defunct universities and colleges in New Zealand (8 P) People by university or college in New Zealand (3 C)
The Graduate Longitudinal Study New Zealand is a survey launched in 2011. Commissioned by Universities New Zealand, the study is government-funded and aims to determine the ongoing impact of a tertiary education on graduates’ lives. About 14,000 final-year students will be surveyed in 2011 and again in 2013, 2016 and 2021.
Public sector organisations in New Zealand comprise the state sector organisations plus those of local government. Within the state sector lies the state services , and within this lies the core public service.
In August 1988 the Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand, published Tomorrow's Schools which accepted most of the recommendations of the Picot Report, [67] [31] setting the changes into law with the Education Act 1989. [68] [69] Schools became autonomous entities, managed by Boards of Trustees and as of 2024, this model continues. [70] [71]
Victoria University of Wellington (Māori: Te Herenga Waka) is a public research university in Wellington, New Zealand.It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand.
The University of Otago negotiated to keep its title of "university" when it joined the University of New Zealand in 1874, but it agreed to award degrees of the University of New Zealand. [1] The colleges in Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington were known as "university colleges" rather than "universities" throughout most of the history of the ...