College/University Name : University of Auckland
Street Address : Private Bag 92019
City : Auckland State : N/A
Zip : 1020 Country : New Zealand
Email :
Phone : 080-061-6263 Fax : 080-061-6264
Accreditation :
ETS Code : 0
Degrees Offered : Bachelors
Year Established : N/A
Enrollment : N/A
College/University Profile :
The University of Auckland is New Zealand's largest research-based university by student numbers. Established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand, the university is now made up of seven faculties over four campuses, and has more than 32,000 students.
The City campus, in central Auckland, has the bulk of the students and faculties. It covers 160,000 m?.
The Tamaki campus, established in 1991, covers 320,000 m? in the suburb of Glen Innes, 12 km from the City campus. The degrees available here are based on Health, Sports Science, Environmental Science, Information Technology, Communications and Electronics, Materials and Manufacturing, Food and Biotechnology, and Information Management.
The Medical and Health Services Campus, established in 1968, is located close to the City Campus in the suburb of Grafton, opposite Auckland Hospital. The Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and the department of Optometry are based here.
The North Shore Campus, established in 2001, is located in the suburb of Takapuna. It offers a Bachelor of Business and Information Management degree.
On 1 September 2004, the Auckland College of Education amalgamated into the University to form the newest Faculty of the University (by merging the School of Education (presently part of the Arts Faculty) and the college. The faculty is based at the existing college campus at Epsom.
The University is currently developing a new business school building, following the completion of the new E-Commons, to revitalize the business school.
The business school also boasts one of the strongest International Business departments in Asia Pacific, offering two masters programs, a Master of Commerce in International Business and a Master of International Business.
Recently the former Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Hood (PhD, LLD), was appointed Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Professor Stuart McCutcheon (currently Vice-Chancellor at the Victoria University of Wellington) will succeed Dr. Hood from 1 January 2005.
The University is ranked #1 in the 2003 Performance Base Research Funds exercise conducted by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC).
In its overall findings, the Commission commented: ?On virtually any measure, the University of Auckland is the country?s leading research university. Not only did it achieve the highest quality score of any TEO [tertiary education organization], but it also has by far the largest share of A-rated researchers in the country.?
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Online Distance Education Page : http://www.auckland.ac.nz/
College/University Main Page : http://www.auckland.ac.nz/