Key statistics
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The Times Higher Education publishes the top 400 universities each year. The methodology for calculating rankings is based on 13 indicators across five broad areas of activity: teaching, industry income, citations, research and international outlook. The University of Auckland is the only New Zealand university included in the top 200. Auckland’s ranking of 173 is the same as the University of New South Wales and is sixth highest of all Australian and New Zealand universities.
Auckland was ranked in the top 50 universities in two subject areas: Arts and Humanities (43) and Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health (48).
For more information see: Times Higher Education
QS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings publishes the world's top 500 universities. The rankings are based on peer review, citations per staff member, the ratio of staff to students, recruiter review, and the proportion of international staff and international students. In 2011 The University of Auckland was the highest ranked New Zealand university at 82, with the next, The University of Otago, at 130 and the University of Canterbury at 212.
Auckland ranks well in each of the QS World University Ranking of broad subject areas: Arts and Humanities (55), Life Sciences & Medicine (50), Natural Science (73), Social Sciences & Management (41) and Engineering and Technology (62).
Since 2011 QS also offers rankings by 52 individual subjects. Auckland ranks well in QS’s ranking of individual subjects, and is in the top 50 worldwide for 20 of the 26 subjects ranked. The University ranks particularly well in Law (18), Modern Languages (23) and Psychology (27).
For more information see: QS World University Rankings
Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities
Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranks the world's universities on several indicators of academic or research performance including alumni and staff winning Nobel prizes, highly cited researchers, articles published and the per capita academic performance of an institution. In 2011 The University of Auckland was the highest ranked New Zealand university placed near the top of the 201-300 band.
For more information see: AWRU
The Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF)
This is how the New Zealand Government assesses research output and quality, and allocates research funding to tertiary institutions. Three measures determine how the funding is apportioned: i) Quality evaluation. ii) Research degree completions. iii) External research income. In the latest round in 2006 The University of Auckland had 200 of the 600 A-rated researchers in the country.
| PBRF Assessment Year | A | B | C | Research Quality Average Score |
PBRF Eligible FTE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | % | Staff | % | Staff | % | ||||
| 2003 | 152 | 10.8% | 518 | 36.7% | 482 | 34.1% | 3.96 | 1,411.81 | |
| 2006 | 201 | 13.5% | 532 | 35.9% | 509 | 34.3% | 4.19 | 1,482.86 | |
| Top subjects in 2006 | |||||||||
| Engineering and Technology | 29 | 21% | 46 | 33% | 52 | 37% | 4.8 | ||
| Biomedical | 22 | 19% | 42 | 35% | 48 | 40% | 4.8 | ||
| Education | 9 | 11% | 19 | 23% | 26 | 31% | 3.0 | ||
| Clinical Medicine | 9 | 9% | 30 | 33% | 36 | 39% | 3.7 | ||
| Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Sciences |
8 | 13% | 23 | 36% | 26 | 42% | 4.2 | ||
| Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour | 8 | 20% | 17 | 41% | 13 | 33% | 5.1 | ||
| Law | 8 | 14% | 27 | 49% | 10 | 17% | 4.7 | ||
| Molecular, Cellular and Whole Organism Biology |
8 | 10% | 26 | 33% | 24 | 29% | 3.5 | ||
| Psychology | 8 | 16% | 18 | 37% | 13 | 28% | 4.4 | ||
| Pure and Applied Mathematics | 8 | 16% | 17 | 36% | 17 | 36% | 4.5 | ||
| History, History of Art, Classics and Curatorial Studies |
7 | 14% | 19 | 38% | 20 | 39% | 4.4 | ||
| Statistics | 7 | 23% | 10 | 33% | 5 | 15% | 4.7 | ||
| Philosophy | 6 | 27% | 11 | 47% | 4 | 16% | 5.8 | ||
| Public Health | 6 | 12% | 11 | 21% | 30 | 61% | 3.6 | ||
| Chemistry | 5 | 8% | 20 | 30% | 26 | 39% | 3.4 | ||
| Anthropology and Archaeology | 5 | 21% | 12 | 49% | 7 | 28% | 5.6 | ||
| Foreign Languages and Linguistics | 5 | 12% | 16 | 37% | 12 | 29% | 4.0 | ||
| Management, Human Resources, Industrial Relations and Other Businesses |
5 | 9% | 18 | 32% | 20 | 35% | 3.5 | ||
| Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy | 5 | 26% | 7 | 36% | 5 | 26% | 5.2 | ||
| English Language and Literature | 5 | 18% | 11 | 44% | 9 | 34% | 5.1 | ||
| Marketing and Tourism | 4 | 21% | 7 | 36% | 7 | 37% | 5.0 | ||
| Physics | 4 | 17% | 12 | 53% | 5 | 22% | 5.4 | ||
| Music, Literary Arts and Other Arts | 4 | 12% | 11 | 38% | 10 | 36% | 4.3 | ||
| Accounting and Finance | 3 | 11% | 8 | 30% | 6 | 21% | 3.3 | ||
| Architecture, Design, Planning, Surveying | 3 | 10% | 12 | 47% | 9 | 37% | 4.5 | ||
| Economics | 2 | 9% | 18 | 63% | 6 | 20% | 5.0 | ||
| Human Geography | 2 | 15% | 7 | 53% | 4 | 32% | 5.3 | ||
| Visual Arts and Crafts | 2 | 10% | 11 | 51% | 7 | 35% | 4.7 | ||
For more information, please refer to the TEC website.
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Faculties
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Arts |
5,188
|
5,349
|
5,455
|
5,687
|
5,758
|
5,598
|
5,295
|
5,506
|
5,556
|
5,782
|
6,081
|
5,890 |
| Undergraduate |
4,461
|
4,630
|
4,648
|
4,821
|
4,909
|
4,765
|
4,580
|
4,757
|
4,766
|
4,962
|
5,234
|
5,079 |
| Postgraduate |
727
|
718
|
807
|
867
|
849
|
832
|
715
|
749
|
790
|
820
|
847
|
810 |
|
Faculty of Business and Economics |
4,764
|
5,156
|
5,714
|
6,219
|
6,275
|
6,011
|
5,571
|
5,469
|
5,375
|
5,663
|
5,750
|
5,655 |
| Undergraduate |
4,004
|
4,336
|
4,921
|
5,347
|
5,420
|
5,228
|
4,871
|
4,781
|
4,656
|
4,885
|
4,948
|
4,900 |
| Postgraduate |
760
|
821
|
793
|
872
|
855
|
783
|
700
|
688
|
719
|
778
|
802
|
755 |
|
Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries |
1,161
|
1,278
|
1,438
|
1,497
|
1,522
|
1,527
|
1,548
|
1,600
|
1,637
|
1,650
|
1,756
|
1,760 |
| Undergraduate |
961
|
1,049
|
1,163
|
1,209
|
1,254
|
1,269
|
1,316
|
1,371
|
1,268
|
1,171
|
1,263
|
1,254 |
| Postgraduate |
200
|
229
|
275
|
288
|
268
|
258
|
231
|
230
|
369
|
479
|
493
|
507 |
| Faculty of Education |
921
|
813
|
709
|
628
|
3,927
|
3,695
|
3,305
|
3,173
|
2,999
|
3,358
|
3,363
|
3,176 |
| Undergraduate |
552
|
347
|
304
|
256
|
3,515
|
3,199
|
2,445
|
2,138
|
2,001
|
2,155
|
2,240
|
2,178 |
| Postgraduate |
369
|
465
|
405
|
372
|
412
|
495
|
860
|
1,035
|
998
|
1,203
|
1,122
|
998 |
| Faculty of Engineering |
1,791
|
1,815
|
1,964
|
2,104
|
2,223
|
2,388
|
2,397
|
2,453
|
2,581
|
2,728
|
2,838
|
2,855 |
| Undergraduate |
1,464
|
1,552
|
1,645
|
1,727
|
1,876
|
2,036
|
2,007
|
2,078
|
2,140
|
2,221
|
2,264
|
2,259 |
| Postgraduate |
327
|
263
|
320
|
377
|
347
|
352
|
390
|
374
|
441
|
507
|
574
|
597 |
| Faculty of Law |
1,013
|
1,052
|
1,103
|
1,118
|
1,139
|
1,095
|
1,215
|
1,418
|
1,390
|
1,400
|
1,389
|
1,395 |
| Undergraduate |
944
|
973
|
989
|
986
|
1,005
|
987
|
1,084
|
1,271
|
1,243
|
1,229
|
1,217
|
1,220 |
| Postgraduate |
69
|
79
|
115
|
132
|
133
|
108
|
131
|
148
|
147
|
171
|
172
|
175 |
|
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences |
1,868
|
2,093
|
2,299
|
2,510
|
2,765
|
2,891
|
2,912
|
3,086
|
3,185
|
3,364
|
3,525
|
3,577 |
| Undergraduate |
1,194
|
1,375
|
1,609
|
1,789
|
1,966
|
1,988
|
1,991
|
2,091
|
2,095
|
2,254
|
2,346
|
2,404 |
| Postgraduate |
674
|
718
|
690
|
721
|
799
|
903
|
921
|
995
|
1,090
|
1,110
|
1,179
|
1,173 |
| Faculty of Science |
5,925
|
6,121
|
6,485
|
6,696
|
6,969
|
6,823
|
6,503
|
6,689
|
6,676
|
6,956
|
7,203
|
7,204 |
| Undergraduate |
4,918
|
5,167
|
5,511
|
5,595
|
5,801
|
5,630
|
5,353
|
5,523
|
5,518
|
5,710
|
5,824
|
5,860 |
| Postgraduate |
1,007
|
954
|
974
|
1,102
|
1,168
|
1,194
|
1,150
|
1,167
|
1,158
|
1,246
|
1,379
|
1,344 |
|
Auckland Bioengineering Institute |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
49
|
52
|
53
|
67
|
58 |
| Undergraduate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
| Postgraduate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
49
|
52
|
53
|
67
|
58 |
| Liggins Institute |
|
|
|
|
|
|
33
|
45
|
36
|
35
|
34
|
26 |
| Undergraduate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
| Postgraduate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
32
|
45
|
36
|
35
|
34
|
26 |
| UoA @ Manukau |
54
|
395
|
438
|
446
|
405
|
413
|
371
|
387
|
355
|
334
|
303
|
256 |
| Undergraduate |
54
|
395
|
438
|
446
|
405
|
413
|
371
|
377
|
345
|
331
|
298
|
254 |
| Postgraduate |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10
|
10
|
3
|
5
|
2 |
| Other |
246
|
157
|
250
|
263
|
394
|
359
|
300
|
356
|
330
|
365
|
346
|
340 |
| Undergraduate |
|
|
|
131
|
365
|
326
|
272
|
313
|
325
|
360
|
342
|
334 |
| Postgraduate |
|
|
|
132
|
30
|
34
|
28
|
43
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
6 |
| Total EFTS |
22,931
|
24,228
|
25,856
|
27,168
|
31,375
|
30,800
|
29,451
|
30,232
|
30,172
|
31,689
|
32,655
|
32,193 |
Note: The School of Theology was integrated into the Faculty of Arts from 2010.
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 28,092 | 29,465 | 31,502 | 33,226 | 40,498 | 39,420 | 37,924 | 38,502 | 38,551 | 39,940 | 40,977 | 40,379 |
| Postgraduate | 6,914 | 7,200 | 7,782 | 10,155 | 10,525 | 10,557 | 10,708 | 10,323 | ||||
| Undergraduate | 21,178 | 22,265 | 23,720 | 28,347 | 28,026 | 29,383 | 30,269 | 30,056 | ||||
| Female | 14,563 | 15,546 | 16,648 | 17,764 | 23,632 | 22,839 | 21,945 | 22,229 | 22,057 | 22,856 | 23,389 | 22,998 |
| Male | 13,529 | 13,919 | 14,854 | 15,462 | 16,866 | 16,581 | 15,979 | 16,273 | 16,494 | 17,084 | 17,588 | 17,381 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| European | 14,077 | 13,977 | 13,191 | 13,859 | 16,901 | 15,756 | 14,970 | 15,745 | 16,066 | 16,758 | 17,335 | 17,069 |
| Maori | 1,872 | 1,804 | 1,650 | 1,823 | 2,996 | 2,806 | 2,468 | 2,526 | 2,547 | 2,582 | 2,769 | 2,737 |
| Pacific Island | 1,783 | 1,839 | 1,780 | 2,069 | 3,231 | 3,126 | 3,027 | 3,124 | 3,079 | 3,102 | 3,210 | 3,151 |
| Asian | 8,509 | 9,089 | 9,619 | 11,420 | 12,871 | 13,081 | 13,129 | 13,376 | 13,634 | 14,403 | 14,632 | 14,670 |
| Other (including not stated) | 1,851 | 2,756 | 5,262 | 4,055 | 4,499 | 4,651 | 4,330 | 3,731 | 3,225 | 3,095 | 3,031 | 2,752 |
| Residency | ||||||||||||
| Domestic | 26,492 | 27,009 | 27,829 | 28,466 | 35,137 | 34,179 | 33,147 | 33,999 | 34,268 | 35,474 | 36,268 | 35,505 |
| International | 1,600 | 2,456 | 3,673 | 4,760 | 5,361 | 5,241 | 4,777 | 4,503 | 4,283 | 4,466 | 4,709 | 4,874 |
| Country of international students | ||||||||||||
| China | 244 | 836 | 1765 | 2606 | 3024 | 2744 | 2097 | 1484 | 1,077 | 996 | 1,100 | 1,315 |
| Malaysia | 147 | 166 | 190 | 202 | 209 | 275 | 374 | 524 | 570 | 662 | 691 | 597 |
| United States | 122 | 165 | 213 | 305 | 427 | 487 | 460 | 474 | 508 | 509 | 548 | 532 |
| Korea, Republic of | 141 | 147 | 184 | 198 | 231 | 279 | 345 | 401 | 421 | 459 | 458 | 460 |
| India | 12 | 35 | 101 | 154 | 142 | 104 | 97 | 91 | 110 | 140 | 196 | 209 |
| Germany | 71 | 93 | 124 | 161 | 207 | 229 | 274 | 318 | 324 | 330 | 224 | 151 |
| Japan | 91 | 97 | 77 | 85 | 81 | 82 | 88 | 83 | 74 | 57 | 63 | 107 |
| Canada | 19 | 28 | 119 | 115 | 104 | 93 | 72 | 84 | 89 | 91 | 88 | 94 |
| United Kingdom | 29 | 36 | 49 | 43 | 68 | 66 | 69 | 86 | 80 | 90 | 85 | 93 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 70 | 76 | 93 | 88 |
| Norway | 42 | 71 | 74 | 110 | 104 | 74 | 71 | 49 | 38 | 44 | 62 | 74 |
| Vietnam | 7 | 16 | 29 | 53 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 68 | 47 | 51 | 55 | 72 |
| Taiwan | 64 | 59 | 62 | 51 | 48 | 61 | 58 | 66 | 67 | 64 | 68 | 69 |
| Iran | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 28 | 43 | 62 |
| Hong Kong | 117 | 115 | 32 | 35 | 61 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 75 | 59 | 57 |
| Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 53 |
| France | 11 | 22 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 42 | 47 | 59 | 58 | 75 | 66 | 53 |
| India | 12 | 35 | 101 | 154 | 142 | 104 | 97 | 91 | 47 | 41 | 51 | 53 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 35 | 57 | 62 | 52 |
| Russian Federation | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 49 | 57 | 61 | 63 | 68 | 52 | 56 | 50 |
| All other countries | 607 | 520 | 468 | 387 | 396 | 373 | 393 | 394 | 454 | 519 | 583 | 633 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3,367 | 3,293 | 3,533 | 3,617 | 4,221 | 4,332 | 4,361 | 4,351 | 4,493 | 4,607 | 4,725 | 4,784 |
| Academic | 1,556 | 1,561 | 1,692 | 1,740 | 1,933 | 1,974 | 1,956 | 1,949 | 1,981 | 1,981 | 2,037 | 2,050 |
| General | 1,811 | 1,732 | 1,841 | 1,877 | 2,288 | 2,358 | 2,405 | 2,402 | 2,512 | 2,627 | 2,688 | 2,734 |
Note: From 2004 former Auckland College of Education staff numbers are included.
