Oldest Universities in New Zealand

Oldest Universities in New Zealand

Introduction

What are the oldest Universities in New Zealand? uniRank answers this question by publishing a list of 8 New Zealand Universities sorted by year of foundation and meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

  • being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate New Zealand higher education-related organization
  • offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
  • delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format

uniRank aims to highlight which New Zealand Universities have the longest history and tradition and whether this correlates to their uniRank University Ranking.

Oldest Universities in New Zealand


sort by: rank a-z town oldest
filter by: public private non-profit for-profit

# University Town
2 University of Otago Dunedin
4 University of Canterbury Christchurch
8 Lincoln University, New Zealand Lincoln ...
1 University of Auckland Auckland
3 Victoria University of Wellington Wellington
5 Massey University Palmerston North ...
6 University of Waikato Hamilton ...
7 Auckland University of Technology Auckland
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