Rankings and reputation
Our 10 schools and departments provide outstanding quality teaching and diverse research opportunities.
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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 8.913* students.
- 1,779 (19.95%) are international students*
- 6913 are undergraduate students*
- 2000 are postgraduate taught students*
- 806 are postgraduate research students (masters and PhD students)*
*EFTS – equivalent full-time students, correct as of 31 December 2023