The University of Auckland

Founded in 1883, the University of Auckland is the country’s largest university, with more than 45,000 students from around 100 countries.

New Zealand's world-ranked University

for 19 subjects1

and 67th in the world2

New Zealand university for Graduate Employability3

for sustainability5

represented by international students

THE World University Rankings4

¹The University of Auckland is ranked within the top 100 in the world for 19 subjects in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026:

² QS World University Rankings 2027

³ QS Graduate Employability Outcomes 2026

⁴ Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026

⁵ QS Sustainability Rankings 2026

40^th in the Times Higher Education 2026 list of the world’s most international universities
117^th equal in the US News Best Global Universities Rankings 2026-27
179^th in the NTU Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers 2026
Top 300 globally, and the highest-ranked university in New Zealand, in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking) 2026

In the 2025 Shanghai Ranking, the University of Auckland ranked within the top 100 for the following subjects.