Creative Arts and Industries

Caro and Roger Manins in performance, Caro sings expressively to an audience off camera, supported by Kevin Field on keys, a double bass player and Roger on soprano saxophone. Photo: Ben McNicoll

The latest happenings from Creative Arts and Industries staff, students and alumni from around the world.

Pānuitia ā mātou kōrero | Read our stories

Many people in a gallery exhibition, with framed photos on the walls.

Exhibitions, performances, public lectures, seminars and shows are regular features in our faculty's creative life. Find out what’s on!

Tūhuratia | Discover now

Decorative image of a University student looking into distance, background has graphic design treatment in blues and purples

Get a taste of your future and have your questions about undergraduate study with us answered at our online and on-campus events.

Rēhita ināianei | Register now

Music graduate sitting in front of keyboards and computer in his music production studio, smiling into the distance.

Explore your creativity in architecture, design, dance, fine arts, music or urban planning.

Hōparatia | Explore

Artwork by Sue Nelson titled Flesh of all Things, artwork contains multiple sculptures placed around a room with a painted red floor and walls.

Enhance your practice, advance your professional knowledge or make a career change with postgraduate study.

Kimihia me pēhea | Find out how

Four students sitting at separate large desks in front of computers in an architecture studio.

Studios, workshops and equipment

Studying here includes access to our studios, workshops, practice rooms, recording spaces, digital equipment, fabrication tools and expert technical staff.

Music and Global Studies student standing in building foyer wearing a grey sweatshirt and pounamu smiling at camera.

Get to know our students, why they chose to study a creative degree at University and what it's like to study here.

Pānui ināianei | Read now

Architecture graduate wearing a denim dress and black shirt smiles while standing and leaning on desk in the architectural firm where she works, models and sketches are on the walls behind her.

Explore creative career paths and hear what some of our students have chosen to do after graduating.

Pānui tonu | Keep reading

Three students sitting and talking at a table, with maps and paper in front of them.

Explore the courses you can enrol into for your degree.

Tūhuratia | Discover now

Close up of small architectural models on table

New Zealand’s leading tertiary educator in architecture and the built environment.

Kimihia te roanga atu | Find out more

Person sitting cross-legged on ground, arms in air, mid dance pose

Move your thinking at our internationally celebrated centre of dance research and practice.

He whakamārama atu anō | Learn more

2 people on computer, 2 people in background using virtual reality headsets and equipment

See the future, then design it. Our Design Programme pushes the boundaries of what design can be and do.

He whakamārama atu anō | Learn more

Person pointing to their artwork on wall, as a group of people sit and stand around them, looking at the art

Study at one of the world's top art schools.

Kimihia te roanga atu | Find out more

Close up person playing drums, as other students watch them, sitting near musical equipment

Our comprehensive music school is a hub of performance, research and creativity.

Kimihia te roanga atu | Find out more

Group of people smiling and holding certificates

Discover the wide range of scholarships and awards available to Creative Arts and Industries students.

Rapua | Search

Students laughing together in a building foyer

Have questions? Our friendly staff at the Student Hubs will provide you with help on any aspect of your studies and life at the University of Auckland.

Whakapā mai | Contact us