Overview
The University of Auckland was formally opened on 23 May 1883 as Auckland University College, part of the University of New Zealand. Today, The University of Auckland is the largest university in New Zealand, hosting over 40,000 students on five Auckland campuses. Almost all teaching staff engage in research which attempts to advance the frontiers of knowledge and understanding, and around 5000 students are enrolled for postgraduate studies, 1200 of whom are undertaking doctorates.
The University of Auckland is New Zealand's leading university and is the only one ranked among the world's top 100 universities by the Times Higher Education - Quacquarelli Symonds (THE-QS) World Rankings of Universities. The University of Auckland has a strong international focus and is the only New Zealand member of Universitas 21 and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities - international consortia of research-led universities. Today more than 4,000 students from 93 countries choose to study here.
The University of Auckland also ranked very highly in subject areas*
| The University of Auckland |
61 |
| Arts and Humanities |
42 |
| Social Sciences |
37 |
| Technology (now Engineering & IT) |
55 |
| Life Sciences and Biomedicine |
40 |
| Natural Sciences |
83 |
The University's motto is: "Ingenio et Labore"; freely translated from Latin, it means "by natural ability and hard work".
Location & Facilities
Campuses:
The University of Auckland spans five main and three satellite campuses. Its main City Campus incorporates important historic buildings such as Old Government House alongside striking modern architecture, notably the new Business School.
City:
The University of Auckland's main City Campus is located in the heart of Auckland, which is ranked fourth out of 215 world cities for quality of living in the 2009 Mercer Quality of Living Survey (see www.mercer.com/qualityofliving).
Auckland's harbour setting, magnificent beaches and verdant bush make it a great place to study and work, while the University's close proximity to New Zealand's major business city enables staff and students to rub shoulders with leading practitioners in their field. For example, medical students work alongside leading specialists at Auckland City Hospital while the Faculty of Law is within walking distance of the courts and major legal firms. The Business School has a close relationship with leading Auckland companies and academics from our Faculty of Engineering, School of Population Health and School of Architecture and Planning serve on think-tanks helping to shape the city's future.
Accommodation options:
Our catered Halls of Residence and self-catered residences offer you quality living facilities and a great lifestyle while you are studying. Students from all over the world are welcome at all our residences. We can cater for specific cultural requirements, such as halal food or single gender accommodation, so you can feel comfortable in your new environment.
List of Departments / Schools / Faculty / College
Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts is one of the world's leading research centres for the humanities, languages and social sciences. It offers bachelor, postgraduate and doctoral degrees in areas as diverse as History, Spanish, Philosophy and Anthropology.
Business School
The Business School is committed to producing the world-class graduates, research and ideas required to support and grow New Zealand's knowledge-based economy.
National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries (NICAI)
NICAI is a vibrant hub for interdisciplinarity, connectivity and collaboration and comprises the School of Architecture and Planning, Elam School of Fine Arts, the School of Music and the Dance Studies Programme.
Faculty of Education
The home of cutting-edge education research and professional practice, the Faculty of Education offers innovative undergraduate programmes in teacher education, social work and human services. A full range of postgraduate programmes are also available as well as professional development opportunities, consultancy and support services for teachers, schools, principals and those in social services.
Faculty of Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering offers a range of specialisations. Alongside traditional offerings like civil and environmental engineering and mechanical engineering, new specialisations such as software, mechatronics and biomedical engineering have been introduced in response to the changing needs of society.
Faculty of Law
New Zealand's largest law faculty, The University of Auckland's Faculty of Law boasts authorities in a variety of fields from commercial law to public law, including human rights and environmental law.
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
The Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences includes schools of Nursing, Pharmacy, Population Health, Medical Sciences and Medicine. Teaching takes place at the University's Grafton and Tamaki Campuses, with clinical schools at Auckland City, Middlemore and Waikato Hospitals and additional clinical placements in Northland.
Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science offers a wide range of subjects and specialisations at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The scope of these subjects reflects the need for both theoretical and applied science as well as the interdisciplinary nature of many problems science and technology can resolve.
Courses Offered
| Sr.no |
Level |
Name of the Program |
| 1 |
PG |
Academic Practice |
| 2 |
UG/PG |
Accounting |
| 3 |
UG/PG |
Ancient History |
| 4 |
UG |
Anthropological Science |
| 5 |
UG/PG |
Anthropology |
| 6 |
UG/PG |
Applied Geology |
| 7 |
UG/PG |
Applied Mathematics |
| 8 |
UG/PG |
Architectural Design |
| 9 |
UG/PG |
Architectural History, Theory and Criticism |
| 10 |
UG/PG |
Architectural Media |
| 11 |
UG/PG |
Architectural Professional Studies |
| 12 |
UG/PG |
Architectural Technology |
| 13 |
UG/PG |
Architecture – General |
| 14 |
UG/PG |
Art History |
| 15 |
UG/PG |
Arts – General |
| 16 |
UG/PG |
Asian Studies |
| 17 |
PG |
Audiology |
| 18 |
UG |
BTech Projects |
| 19 |
UG/PG |
Biblical Studies |
| 20 |
PG |
Bioengineering |
| 21 |
PG |
Bioinformatics* |
| 22 |
UG/PG |
Biological Sciences |
| 23 |
UG/PG |
Biomedical Engineering |
| 24 |
PG |
Biomedical Science |
| 25 |
PG |
Biosecurity |
| 26 |
UG |
Biotechnology |
| 27 |
UG/PG |
Business |
| 28 |
PG |
Business Administration |
| 29 |
PG |
Cardiac Rehabilitation |
| 30 |
UG/PG |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
| 31 |
UG/PG |
Chemistry |
| 32 |
UG/PG |
Chinese |
| 33 |
UG/PG |
Christian Thought and History |
| 34 |
UG/PG |
Civil Engineering |
| 35 |
UG |
Classical Studies |
| 36 |
PG |
Clinical Education |
| 37 |
UG/PG |
Commercial Law* |
| 38 |
UG/PG |
Comparative Literature |
| 39 |
UG/PG |
Computer Science |
| 40 |
UG/PG |
Computer Systems Engineering |
| 41 |
UG |
Cook Islands Maori |
| 42 |
PG |
Creative Writing |
| 43 |
UG |
Criminology |
| 44 |
UG |
Croatian |
| 45 |
UG/PG |
Dance Studies* |
| 46 |
PG |
Development Studies |
| 47 |
UG |
Disability Studies |
| 48 |
UG/PG |
Drama |
| 49 |
UG |
Ecology |
| 50 |
UG/PG |
Economics |
| 51 |
UG/PG |
Education |
| 52 |
UG |
Education Curriculum Māori |
| 53 |
UG |
Education Curriculum Pasifika |
| 54 |
UG |
Education Curriculum Secondary Diploma |
| 55 |
UG |
Education Curriculum Studies |
| 56 |
UG |
Education Foundation |
| 57 |
UG |
Education Foundation Māori |
| 58 |
UG |
Education Māori |
| 59 |
UG/PG |
Education Practice |
| 60 |
UG |
Education Practice Māori |
| 61 |
UG |
Education Practice Pasifika |
| 62 |
UG/PG |
Education Professional Studies |
| 63 |
UG/PG |
Education Professional Studies Māori |
| 64 |
UG |
Education Professional Studies Pasifika |
| 65 |
UG |
Education Special |
| 66 |
UG/PG |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| 67 |
UG |
Electronics and Computing |
| 68 |
UG/PG |
Employment Relations and Organisation Studies |
| 69 |
UG |
Energy Technology |
| 70 |
UG/PG |
Engineering Science |
| 71 |
UG/PG |
Engineering, General |
| 72 |
UG/PG |
English |
| 73 |
UG |
English Writing |
| 74 |
UG |
English as a Second Language |
| 75 |
UG |
English for Academic Purposes |
| 76 |
UG/PG |
Environmental Engineering |
| 77 |
PG |
Environmental Management |
| 78 |
UG/PG |
Environmental Science |
| 79 |
UG |
Ethics |
| 80 |
UG |
Ethnomusicology |
| 81 |
UG/PG |
European Studies |
| 82 |
PG |
Exercise Rehabilitation |
| 83 |
UG/PG |
Film, Television and Media Studies |
| 84 |
UG/PG |
Finance |
| 85 |
PG |
Finance – Graduate Programmes |
| 86 |
UG/PG |
Fine Arts |
| 87 |
UG/PG |
Food Science |
| 88 |
PG |
Forensic Science |
| 89 |
UG/PG |
French |
| 90 |
UG |
General Education |
| 91 |
UG/PG |
Geography |
| 92 |
UG/PG |
Geology |
| 93 |
UG/PG |
Geophysics |
| 94 |
UG/PG |
German |
| 95 |
UG/PG |
Greek |
| 96 |
PG |
Health Informatics |
| 97 |
PG |
Health Management |
| 98 |
PG |
Health Psychology |
| 99 |
UG/PG |
Health Sciences |
| 100 |
UG/PG |
History |
| 101 |
PG |
Human Biology |
| 102 |
PG |
Human Resource Management |
| 103 |
UG |
Human Services |
| 104 |
UG |
Industrial Mathematics |
| 105 |
UG |
Information Management |
| 106 |
UG/PG |
Information Systems |
| 107 |
PG |
Information Systems – Graduate Programmes |
| 108 |
UG |
Information Technology |
| 109 |
UG/PG |
International Business |
| 110 |
UG/PG |
Italian |
| 111 |
UG/PG |
Japanese |
| 112 |
UG |
Jazz |
| 113 |
UG/PG |
Korean |
| 114 |
|
Language Study Abroad |
| 115 |
UG/PG |
Language Teaching and Learning |
| 116 |
PG |
Languages and Literature |
| 117 |
UG/PG |
Latin |
| 118 |
UG |
Latin American Studies |
| 119 |
UG/PG |
Law |
| 120 |
PG |
Law – Commercial |
| 121 |
PG |
Law – Environmental |
| 122 |
PG |
Law – General |
| 123 |
PG |
Law – Honours |
| 124 |
PG |
Law – Public |
| 125 |
UG/PG |
Linguistics |
| 126 |
UG/PG |
Logic and Computation |
| 128 |
PG |
MMgt/PGDipBus* |
| 129 |
UG/PG |
Management |
| 130 |
UG/PG |
Marine Science |
| 131 |
UG/PG |
Marketing |
| 132 |
PG |
Marketing – Graduate Programmes |
| 133 |
UG/PG |
Mathematics |
| 134 |
UG/PG |
Mechanical Engineering |
| 135 |
UG |
Medical Physics and Imaging Technology |
| 136 |
UG/PG |
Medical Science |
| 137 |
PG |
Medical Statistics |
| 138 |
PG |
Medicinal Chemistry |
| 139 |
PG |
Medicine |
| 140 |
PG |
Medieval and Early Modern European Studies |
| 141 |
PG |
Museums and Cultural Heritage |
| 142 |
UG/PG |
Music |
| 143 |
UG/PG |
Music Education |
| 144 |
PG |
Māori Development |
| 145 |
UG/PG |
Māori Health |
| 146 |
UG/PG |
Māori Studies |
| 147 |
PG |
New Venture Management |
| 148 |
UG/PG |
Nursing |
| 149 |
PG |
Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| 150 |
UG/PG |
Operations Management |
| 151 |
PG |
Operations Management – Graduate Programmes |
| 152 |
UG |
Operations Research |
| 153 |
PG |
Ophthalmology* |
| 154 |
UG |
Optoelectronics |
| 155 |
UG/PG |
Optometry and Vision Science |
| 156 |
UG/PG |
Pacific Studies |
| 157 |
UG/PG |
Paediatrics |
| 158 |
PG |
Performing Arts |
| 159 |
PG |
Pharmacology |
| 160 |
UG/PG |
Pharmacy |
| 161 |
UG/PG |
Philosophy |
| 162 |
UG/PG |
Physics |
| 163 |
PG |
Physiology |
| 164 |
UG/PG |
Planning |
| 165 |
UG |
Polish |
| 166 |
UG/PG |
Political Studies |
| 167 |
UG/PG |
Polymers and Coatings Science |
| 168 |
UG/PG |
Population Health |
| 169 |
PG |
Population Health Practice |
| 170 |
UG/PG |
Practical Theology |
| 171 |
PG |
Professional Supervision |
| 172 |
UG/PG |
Property |
| 173 |
PG |
Psychiatry |
| 174 |
UG/PG |
Psychology |
| 175 |
PG |
Public Policy |
| 176 |
UG/PG |
Russian |
| 177 |
UG |
Samoan |
| 178 |
PG |
Science Enterprise |
| 179 |
UG |
Science – General |
| 180 |
PG |
Screen Production |
| 181 |
PG |
Social Science Research Methods |
| 182 |
UG |
Social Science for Public Health |
| 183 |
UG/PG |
Social Work |
| 184 |
UG/PG |
Social Work Child and Family Practice |
| 185 |
UG/PG |
Social Work Health Practice |
| 186 |
UG/PG |
Social Work Youth Practice |
| 187 |
UG/PG |
Sociology |
| 188 |
UG/PG |
Software Engineering |
| 189 |
PG |
Sound Recording and Design |
| 190 |
UG/PG |
Spanish |
| 191 |
PG |
Speech Science |
| 192 |
UG/PG |
Sport and Exercise Science |
| 193 |
UG/PG |
Statistics |
| 194 |
UG/PG |
Theology |
| 195 |
UG |
Tongan |
| 196 |
PG |
Translation Studies |
| 197 |
PG |
Urban Design |
| 198 |
UG |
Visual Arts |
| 199 |
PG |
Wine Science |
| 200 |
UG/PG |
Women's Studies |
| 201 |
UG |
Writing Studies |
| 202 |
UG |
Youth Work |
Scholarships
The University of Auckland administers Doctoral Scholarships for international postgraduate students. We also have University of Auckland Commonwealth Scholarships for postgraduate students who are citizens of the Commonwealth. New Zealand Development Scholarships funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade are available for international students intending to study undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in New Zealand.
Intake
There are 2 intakes in a year - March and July. International students are advised to start the application process as early as possible to allow sufficient time to apply for a visa. The closing date for applications varies across programmes of study and intending students should check the university website for more details.
Application Form
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