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University of Waikato
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato (Māori)
University of Waikato logo.svg
Coat of Arms of the University of Waikato
Motto Māori: Ko te tangata
Motto in English
For The People
Type Public research university
Established1964; 60 years ago
Endowment NZ$13.6 million (31 December 2021) [1]
BudgetNZD $263.6 million (31 December 2020) [2]
Chancellor Sir Anand Satyanand, GNZM, QSO, KStJ
Vice-Chancellor Neil Quigley
Administrative staff
1,499 (FTS, 2020) [2]
Students10,537 (EFTS, 2021) [3]
Location
Hamilton
,
Waikato
,
New Zealand (Māori: Kirikiriroa, Waikato, Aotearoa)

37°47′13″S175°18′50″E / 37.78694°S 175.31389°E / -37.78694; 175.31389
Campus Suburban
65 ha (160 acres)
Student Magazine Nexus
Colours UW Red, Gold and Black
   
Affiliations ACU, ASAIHL,
AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS
Website Waikato.ac.nz
University of Waikato logo 2.svg

The University of Waikato (Māori : Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato), established in 1964, is a public research university located in Hamilton, New Zealand. An additional campus is located in Tauranga. [4] The university performs research in numerous disciplines such as 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. [5]

Contents

History

In the mid-1950s, regional and national leaders recognised the need for a new university and urged the then University of New Zealand (UNZ) and the government to establish one in Hamilton. Their campaign coincided with a shortage of school teachers, and after years of lobbying, Minister of Education Philip Skoglund agreed to open a teachers' college in the region. In 1960, the newly established Hamilton Teachers' College, joined by a fledgling university (initially a branch of the University of Auckland), opened a joint campus at Ruakura

In 1964, the two institutions moved to their new home, and the following year the University of Waikato was officially opened by then Governor-General Sir Bernard Fergusson. [6]

At that time, the university comprised a School of Humanities and a School of Social Sciences. [6] In 1969 a School of Science was established. [7] This was followed by the creation of the Waikato Management School in 1972, [6] Computer Science and Computing Services in 1973, [6] and the School of Law in 1990. [8]

In 1990 the Hamilton Teacher's college merged with the University of Waikato [9]

From the beginning, it was envisaged that Māori studies should be a key feature of the new university, [6] and the Centre for Māori Studies and Research was established in the School of Social Sciences in 1972. [6] A separate School of Māori and Pacific Development was formally established in 1996 and in 2016, became Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies. [10] In 1999, the original Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences were merged to form the School of Arts and Social Sciences. [11]

In 2018 the university was reorganised under a divisional structure which resulted in its Schools and Faculties being brought under four Divisions and a School; Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences, Division of Education, Division of Health, Engineering and Computer Sciences, Waikato Management School and the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies. Although the university has had a presence in Tauranga since the 1990s, it officially opened its dedicated Tauranga campus in 2019 located in Tauranga's CBD. This added to the university's presence in the Bay of Plenty with the Adams Centre for High Performance in Mount Maunganui and the Coastal Marine Field Station in Sulphur Point on the Tauranga Harbour. In November 2020, the university also opened a new algal research and aquaculture facility in Sulphur Point.

In July 2023, the Pā was opened in the heart of the University, following years of preparation and construction. The structure's name, the Pā, refers to a fortified Māori village/settlement, occurring mainly north of New Zealand's Lake Taupō. Key components of this structure include the Marae, inside which is a Wharenui (meeting house), and the Student Hub, which includes study and meeting spaces, food and beverage retail stores, a social space, and a multi-purpose stage. [12]

Proposed medical school

In October 2016, Waikato University and the Waikato District Health Board made a joint bid to the New Zealand Government to establish a third medical school in Hamilton. While the bid was opposed by the University of Auckland and the University of Otago (which host New Zealand's two medical schools), it was supported by Hamilton East Member of Parliament (MP) David Bennett of the National Party. [13] On 10 April 2017, several local and regional territorial councils voiced support for the proposed Waikato medical school at a meeting of the Waikato Mayoral Forum in Hamilton. [14] In November 2017, the Waikato District Health Board reiterated its support for the third medical school and outlined its proposal. The Waikato proposal envisioned a four-year graduate entry program focusing on clinical training and supporting local clinical services. [15]

In late June 2018, Waikato District Health Board interim chief executive Derek Wright confirmed there was no update on the third medical school apart from an indication that the Government would not make a decision on the proposal until 2019. Wright stated that district health board would continue lobbying for the Waikato medical school proposal. [16] In 2019, the Labour-led coalition government rejected the idea of establishing a third medical school and instead supported Health Minister David Clark's proposal for multi-disciplinary training hubs in rural areas. In November 2019, the National Party released a discussion document on education supporting the Waikato proposal during the lead-up to the 2020 New Zealand general election. National's proposal was supported by Waikato University Vice Chancellor Neil Quigley, the Waikato District Health Board, and the New Zealand General Practice Network. [17]

In May 2021, the university School of Health's leadership Dean Sarah Strasser and rural health Professor Roger Strasser revived the medical school proposal and proposed partnering with Māori, Pasifika and the rural community to improve local access to health services. This announcement came in light of the Labour Government's plans to reform the 20 district health boards into a Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) and Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority). The Health Minister Andrew Little did not rule out the Waikato medical school proposal during a rural health conference in Taupō but stated that work was needed. The National Party's health spokesperson Shane Reti supported the revived Waikato proposal, stating it was an opportunity to train rural doctors and partner with Māori communities. [18]

In early July 2023, the National Party made campaign pledge to build the Waikato medical school during the leadup to the 2023 New Zealand general election. [19] [20] In September 2023, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) reported that Vice-Chancellor Quigley had worked with several National Party figures including health spokesperson Reti, former National cabinet minister Steven Joyce and his lobbying firm Joyce Advisory to develop National's Waikato medical school policy. Waikato University then hired Joyce's former press secretary and political advisor Anna Lillis to promote the school. In response, Tertiary Education Union's Waikato University organiser Shane Vugler criticised the university leadership for compromising its political independence. According RNZ, Quigley had told a senior National MP that the Waikato Medical School could be a "gift" for a future National government. [21] In June 2023, RNZ had also reported that Waikato University had paid nearly NZ$1 million in consultancy fees to Joyce Advisory. [22] In response to media coverage, Luxon defended Waikato University's process for establishing a third medical school, and emphasised that National and Waikato had supported the proposal for several years. [23]

Campuses

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. [24]

Hamilton

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. [6]

Tauranga

The University of Waikato previously shared campuses with Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology in Tauranga at Windmere in the central city. In March 2019, the university opened a stand-alone campus in the central city. [25]

The Student Centre officially opened in 2011 by Waikato alumnus Governor-General Jerry Mateparae. [26]

Administration and organisation

The village green is the social hub of the University of Waikato's Hamilton campus University of Waikato village green.jpg
The village green is the social hub of the University of Waikato's Hamilton campus

The university is organized around faculties and schools, grouped in divisions; as of 2024: [27]

Te Wānanga o Ngā Kete Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences

Division of Health, Engineering, Computing and Science

Division of Education

Division of Management

Not part of a division

Executive leadership

The chief executive of the University of Waikato is the vice-chancellor, currently Professor Neil Quigley, who was appointed to a five-year term in 2014 and another in 2019. The university is governed by a council, headed by the university's chancellor, who is currently former New Zealand governor-general Sir Anand Satyanand. [28]

Te Rōpū Manukura was formed in 1991 as a consultative body to the university council. Te Rōpū Manukura is currently made up of members from over 20 different iwi within the catchment area of the university.

The following list shows the university's chancellors: [29]

One of three lakes on the University of Waikato's Hamilton campus University of Waikato lake by the village green.jpg
One of three lakes on the University of Waikato's Hamilton campus
NamePortraitTerm
1 Denis Rogers No image.png 1964–1969
2Bruce McKenzie No image.png 1970–1972
3Henry Bennett No image.png 1973–1978
4Douglas Arcus No image.png 1979–1980
5 David Tompkins No image.png 1981–1985
(3)Henry Bennett No image.png 1986–1987
6 Joy Drayton No image.png 1988–1991
7Gerald Bailey No image.png 1992–1997
8Caroline Bennett No image.png 1998–2002
9John Gallagher No image.png 2003–2005
10John Jackman No image.png 2006–2007
11 Jim Bolger Jim Bolger ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg 2007–2019
12 Anand Satyanand Anand Satyanand 2020 (cropped).jpg 2019–present

Research institutes and centres

The university has several research institutes and research centres, as well as numerous other research groups and projects; as of 2024: [30]

Research institutes

Research centres

Academic profile

Rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World [31] 801–900 (2023)
QS World [32] 235 (2025)
THE World [33] 401–500 (2024)
USNWR Global [34] =739 (2023)

In the 2025 QS World University Rankings, the University of Waikato ranked 235th globally. [35] Additionally, the university has been ranked between 501 and 600 for the Times Higher (THE) World University Rankings and between 101 and 200 in the THE Impact Rankings. [36]

Notable people

Notable alumni

Waikato Management School

Division of Arts, Law and Social Sciences

Division of Health, Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Science

Division of Education

Faculty of Maori and Indigenous Studies

The University of Waikato's official website lists other notable alumni, referred as "Distinguished Alumni" by the university. [38]

Notable academic staff and honorary doctorates

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