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National Ranking :375
Founded :1964
Establishment :1964
Type :Public
Total Students :12642
The University of Waikato is a comprehensive university, which means an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines, established in 1964 and its main campus is located in Hamilton, New Zealand. Initially established as the Hamilton Teachers' College under a petition passed in 1956, the institution was given university status in 1964. The institution has affiliations from the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL), EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and the Association of MBAs (AMBA). The university provides a strong, research-led global contribution in the disciplines of education, social sciences, and management and is an innovator in environmental science, marine and freshwater ecology, engineering and computer science. It offers degrees in Health, Engineering, computer science, management, Māori and Indigenous Studies, the Arts, Psychology, Social Sciences and Education. The University of Waikato operates from two campuses, Hamilton, and Tauranga. Undergraduate degrees are also offered through a joint institute on a satellite campus at Zhejiang University City College in Hangzhou.
Currently, around 12,642 students are pursuing different under-graduate, doctoral and postgraduate degree programmes at the institution. It is home to more than 2000 international students from over 80 countries across the world. In the latest 2021 QS rankings, The University of Waikato is ranked at 373 out of the world’s top 1,000 universities. Additionally, the university has been ranked between 501-600 for the Times Higher (THE) World University Rankings and between 101-200 in THE Impact Rankings.
The main Hamilton campus is spread over 64 hectares of landscaped gardens and lakes and includes extensive sporting and recreational areas. Originally farmland, the campus was designed by architect John Blake-Kelly in 1964. The open space landscaping contains extensive native plantings, including a fernery, centred around three lakes. The campus features administrative offices, laboratories, classrooms, libraries, residences and recreational facilities. It also owns a satellite campus in Tauranga. The library complex of the university consists of three libraries across the campuses. These libraries possess over a million print volumes and about 275,000 e-resources to support teaching, research and learning. Other facilities featured on each campus include a gym, medical centre, athletic fields, a student centre, a dairy and swimming pools.
The University of Waikato previously shared campuses with Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology in Tauranga at Windemere in the central city. In March 2019, the University opened a stand-alone campus in the central city. The university manages two accommodations in Tauranga, including Mayfair Court Apartments and Durham Mews Apartments. Facilities offered at these accommodation units include televisions, free Internet connectivity, leisure centres, games rooms, computer rooms, paid parking and laundry services. The university renders a shuttle service to students and employees. Other modes of transport used on the campus include bicycles, cars, bikes and public vehicles.
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