Victoria University of Wellington

Location

New Zealand

International Students

Cost of Living

World Ranking

University info

Overview

Location / campuses

Kelburn campus
Pipitea campus
Te Aro campus
Miramar Creative Centre

Date established

1897

Numbers of students

Student headcount: over 20,605 (in 2024)
Equivalent full-time students: nearly 15,875 (in 2024)

Specialisation/s

Governing for the future
Living and making the Wellington vibe
Being Asia-Pacific globally minded
Thriving through creativity
Honouring Te Tiriri o Waitangi
Commitment to sustainability and wellbeing

Rankings / awards

Overall, Wellington University is in the top 2 percent of the world’s 18,000 universities.
In 19 subject areas, Wellington University is among the top 1 percent of the world’s universities (2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject)
The University is ranked in the top 100 universities in the world for 12 subjects in total: Earth and Marine Sciences, English Language and Literature, Geography, Geology, Hospitality and Leisure Management, Law, Library and Information Management, Lingui
Wellington University is New Zealand’s top-ranked university for intensity of high-quality research (2018 Performance-Based Research Fund).
Wellington School of Business and Government is one of an elite group of commerce faculties worldwide that hold the Triple Crown of international accreditations of EQUIS, AACSB (Business) and AMBA.

Victoria has eight faculties that conduct teaching and research:

Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation
Wellington Faculty of Education
Wellington Faculty of Engineering
Wellington Faculty of Health
Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Law
Wellington Faculty of Science
Wellington School of Business and Government

The University is also home to more than 40 research centres conducting world-leading research in areas ranging from climate change and carbohydrate chemistry to engineering and applied physics.

In 2019, the University received $81.3 million in external research income.

In 2019, there were 2,178 publications resulting from the work of the University’s researchers.

In addition the University is home to:

Adam Art Gallery – Te Pātaka Toi, which presents a year-round programme of exhibitions, events and publications
International Institute of Modern Letters, which hosts the University’s Creative Writing programme and has seen many of its alumni establish successful writing careers
The New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī the country’s preeminent tertiary institution for music study.

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