Rankings and reputation
Our 10 schools and departments provide outstanding quality teaching and diverse research opportunities.
QS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings is an annual publication that ranks the world’s universities and their subjects of study according to six different values:
- Academic reputation
- Employer reputation
- Faculty/student ratio
- Citations per faculty
- International faculty ratio
- International student ratio
Out of 1000 universities worldwide the University of Auckland ranks =87th overall, making it the highest ranked university in the country.
QS World University Rankings By Subject 2022
Subject area rankings
- Life Sciences and Medicine (#96)
- Natural Science (#132)
- Social Sciences and Management (#58)
Subjects ranked in the top 50
- Anthropology (#37)
- Archaeology (#43)
- Geography (#30)
- Psychology (#42)
- Sports-related subjects (which includes Exercise Sciences) (#=32)
Subjects ranked in the top 100
Ranked 1st nationally, 2022
Subject areas
- Natural Science
- Social Sciences and Management
- Life Sciences and Medicine
Subjects
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Computer Science and Information Systems
- Earth and Marine Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
- Geography
- Material Sciences
- Mathematics
- Physics and Astronomy
- Psychology
- Statistics and Operational Research
QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022
The University of Auckland ranks =68th overall for employability and 1st in New Zealand.
Teaching and learning
The Faculty of Science has 8,991* students.
- 1,746 (19.4%) are international students.
- 7,214 are undergraduate students*
- 954 are postgraduate taught students*
- 822 are postgraduate research students (masters and PhD students)*
- 2,082 PhD completions (headcount 2001 to current; 138 in 2021)
*EFTS – equivalent full-time students, correct as of 31 December 2021