This is a list of universities in New Zealand. In 2013, universities provided tertiary education to over 180,000 students or 132,553 equivalent full-time students (EFTS). The former University of New Zealand ran from 1870 to 1961. It was a federal university composed of the six earliest universities as constituent colleges, and issued degrees to their students.
These three ranking systems are regarded as the most influential and widely observed international university rankings.
According to QS World University Rankings:
According to THE World University Rankings:
According to Academic Ranking of World Universities: