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 =65th overall, making it the highest ranked university in the country.
QS World University Rankings By Subject 2024
Subject area rankings
- Life Sciences and Medicine (#89)
- Natural Science (#171)
Subjects ranked in the top 50
- Anthropology (#48)
- Archaeology (#39)
- Geography (#43)
- Psychology (#45)
Subjects ranked in the top 100
- Life Sciences and Medicine (#89)
- Computer Science (#99)
Ranked 1st nationally, 2024
Subject areas
- Natural Science
- Life Sciences and Medicine
Subjects
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Earth and Marine Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
- Geography
- Geology
- Geophysics
- Material Sciences
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Psychology
- Statistics
Teaching and learning
The Faculty of Science has 8907* students.
- 1718 (19.29%) are international students*
- 5503 are undergraduate students*
- 1045 are postgraduate taught students*
- 641 are postgraduate research students (masters and PhD students)*
*EFTS – equivalent full-time students, correct as of 31 January 2025