New Zealand's world-ranked university
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland is New Zealand's pre-eminent research-led institution.
No 1 ranked New Zealand university
- The University is ranked 65th in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2025,* making it New Zealand’s highest ranked university. It is also the largest and most comprehensive, with more than 45,000 students, including international students representing around 100 countries.
Fourth in Oceania and 17th in world for sustainability
- As ranked by the 2025 QS Sustainability University Rankings.* The University’s place has been assessed against 1,743 tertiary institutions worldwide.
13th in Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2024
- The University of Auckland ranked 13th-equal overall and in the top 20 for three of the Sustainable Development Goals.*
Top 200 in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025
- The University of Auckland ranked 152nd equal in the THE World University Rankings,* making us the top-ranked university in New Zealand.
Top 300 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
- The University of Auckland is the highest-ranked University in New Zealand on the ARWU rankings.*
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
The University of Auckland ranked within the top 50 for a range of subjects in the QS World University Subject Rankings 2025.*
- Sports-related subjects
- Archaeology
- Education
- Marketing
- Civil and Structural Engineering
Shanghai Ranking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2024
In the 2024 Shanghai Ranking,* the University of Auckland ranked within the top 100 for the following subjects:
- Food Science & Technology
- Atmospheric Science
- Education
- Business Administration
- Geography
- Civil Engineering
- Psychology
- Library & Information Science
Other rankings
The University of Auckland is placed in a range of other ranking systems
- 44th in the Times Higher Education 2025 list of the world's most international universities
- 132nd in the US News Best Global Universities Rankings 2024-2025
- 218th in the NTU Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers 2024