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{{Short description|Public university in Auckland, New Zealand}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = University of Auckland
 | native_name            = {{Native name|mi|Waipapa Taumata Rau}}
 | image_name             = University of Auckland Coat of Arms.png
 | image_size             = 160px
 | caption                = [[Coat of arms]] of the University of Auckland
 | other_name             = Auckland University (AU)
 | motto                  = ''Ingenio et labore'' ([[Latin]])<ref name="Our history"/>
 | motto_lang             = LA
 | mottoeng               = ''By natural ability and hard work''
 | established            = {{start date and age|p=y|1883}}<ref name="Our history"/>
 | endowment              = [[New Zealand dollar|NZD]] $293 million (31 December 2021)<ref name="Annual Report to Donors 2021">{{cite web |title=Annual Report to Donors 2021 |url= https://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/assets/auckland/giving/donors/2021-Annual-Report/DonorReport2021.pdf |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
 | budget                 = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Auckland Annual Report 2021|url= https://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/assets/auckland/about-us/the-university/official-publications/annual-report/University-of-Auckland-Annual-Report-2021.pdf |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
 | chancellor             = Cecilia Tarrant<ref name=Officers>{{cite web|url=https://www.calendar.auckland.ac.nz/en/university-personnel/officers-of-the-university.html|title=Officers of the University | publisher=The University of Auckland | work=University Calendar |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref>
 | vice_chancellor        = [[Dawn Freshwater]]
 | city                   = [[Auckland]]
 | country                = New Zealand (Māori: ''Tāmaki Makaurau,  Aotearoa'')
 | academic_staff         = 2,455 (FTE, 2023)<ref name="auckland1">{{cite web | title=Annual Report 2023 | url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/assets/about-us/the-university/official-publications/annual-report/2023-annual-report-uoa-web2.pdf | access-date=15 August 2024 | archive-date=16 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816142211/https://www.auckland.ac.nz/assets/about-us/the-university/official-publications/annual-report/2023-annual-report-uoa-web2.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
 | administrative_staff   = 3,875 (FTE, 2023)<ref name="auckland1"/>
 | total_staff            = 6,330 (FTE, 2023)<ref name="auckland1"/>
 | students               = 35,337 (EFTS, 2023)<ref name="auckland1"/>
 | undergrad              = 26,312 (EFTS, 2023)<ref name="auckland1"/>
 | postgrad               = 9,025 (EFTS, 2023)<ref name="auckland1"/>
 | doctoral               = 474 (EFTE, 2023)<ref name="auckland1"/>
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[flagship]] [[research university]]
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]]
 | campus_size            = {{ubil
|City Campus: {{Convert|16|hectare}}
|Grafton Campus: {{Convert|2.75|hectare}}
|Newmarket Campus: {{Convert|5.2|hectare}}}}
 | free_label             = 
 | free                   = 
 | free_label1            = Student Union
 | free1                  = [[Auckland University Students' Association|AUSA]]
 | free_label2            = Student Magazine
 | free2                  = [[Craccum]]
 | colours                = Auckland Dark Blue and White<br /> {{color box|#00457d}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
 | affiliations           = [[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]], [[Asia-Pacific Association for International Education|APAIE]], [[Association of Pacific Rim Universities|APRU]], [[Universitas 21]], [[Worldwide Universities Network|WUN]]
 | website                = {{URL|auckland.ac.nz}}
 | logo                   = University of Auckland logo.svg
 | logo_size              = 
}}

[[File:University of Auckland Clock Tower.jpg|thumb|The ClockTower on the City Campus. The building is protected as a 'Category I' historic place, and was finished in 1926. It is considered an Auckland landmark and an icon of the university.<ref>[http://www.historic.org.nz/aboutus/AucklandBranch/auckland_places2visit_city.html#27 Heritage Sites to Visit: Auckland City]. [[Heritage New Zealand]]. Retrieved 6 November 2008.</ref>]]
[[File:University House, University of Auckland - an old synagogue.jpg|thumb|right|[[University House (Auckland)|University House]], a former synagogue, leased by the university]]

The '''University of Auckland''' ({{abbr|'''UoA'''|University of Auckland}}; {{lang|mi|Waipapa Taumata Rau}}) is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in Auckland, New Zealand. It was established in 1883 as Auckland University College, a constituent college of the [[University of New Zealand]], following the passage of the Auckland University College Act 1882.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Auckland and Wellington |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/education-university-university-of-new-zealand/page-4 |website=Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Auckland University College Act 1882 (46 VICT 1882 No 3) |url=https://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/auca188246v1882n3361/ |website=NZLII |publisher=New Zealand Legal Information Institute |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref> In its early years the college operated from a disused courthouse and jail.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Auckland |url=https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/university-auckland |website=EBSCO Research Starters |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Auckland: The First 125 Years |url=https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/the-university-of-auckland-the-first-125-years/ |website=Auckland University Press |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref> The University’s Māori name, Waipapa Taumata Rau, was gifted by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |title=University of Auckland given new Māori name |url=https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2021/07/27/university-of-auckland-given-new-maori-name/ |work=Te Ao Māori News |date=26 July 2021 |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref>

As of the mid-2020s, the University is widely reported as the largest in New Zealand by enrolment, with a student population of around 44,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Auckland |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-auckland |website=Times Higher Education |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref> Teaching and research are centred on three main campuses in central Auckland: City (the historic core), Grafton (home to the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences), and Newmarket (acquired in 2013 on the former Lion Breweries site).<ref>{{Cite news |title=University plans $240m medical faculty upgrade |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/university-plans-240m-medical-faculty-upgrade/CPQ4OAWGL6ZPYE3I6ZSWO4YVSY/ |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=16 May 2009 |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Uni to start demolishing brewery in June |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/uni-to-start-demolishing-brewery-in-june/GKQWL447ETPJVB47SIPZMV3J7Y/ |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=22 April 2013 |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Auckland University agrees to buy former Lion Breweries site in Newmarket |url=https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/auckland-university-agrees-to-buy-former-lion-breweries-site-in-newmarket |work=BusinessDesk |date=13 September 2012 |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref>

The university teaches and conducts research across six faculties, alongside institutes and centres; the City Campus hosts the majority of students and faculties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our faculties – The University of Auckland |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/our-faculties.html |website=University of Auckland |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref>

== History ==
===Origins===
The University of Auckland began as a constituent college of the [[University of New Zealand]], founded on 23 May 1883 as ''Auckland University College''. Stewardship of the university during its establishment period was the responsibility of [[John Chapman Andrew]] (Vice Chancellor of the University of New Zealand 1885–1903). Housed in a disused courthouse and jail, it started out with 95 students and 4 teaching staff: Frederick Douglas Brown, professor of chemistry (London and Oxford); [[Algernon Phillips Withiel Thomas]], professor of natural sciences (Oxford); [[Thomas George Tucker]], professor of classics ([[St John's College, Cambridge|Cambridge]]); and [[Mary Aldis (science writer)|William Steadman Aldis]], professor of mathematics (Cambridge).{{Efn|Steadman Aldis was first offered the position, but declined and recommended his student, George Francis Walker, instead. Walker arrived in Auckland but drowned in a boating accident before taking up the position. The chair was again offered to Steadman Aldis, and this time he accepted, and arrived in time to begin teaching in 1884. The 1883 mathematics course was taught by APW Thomas.<ref name="NZMS">{{cite web|title=NZMS Newsletter 27 Centrefold – William Aldis, Hugh Segar, Henry Forder and Frederick Chong|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwifs/mathnews/centrefolds/27/Apr1983.shtml|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.massey.ac.nz|archive-date=24 September 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050924190119/http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwifs/mathnews/centrefolds/27/Apr1983.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>|name=|group=}}<ref name=":0" /> By 1901, student numbers had risen to 156; the majority of these students were training towards being law clerks or teachers and were enrolled part-time.

===Development of a research culture===
The university conducted little research until the 1930s, when there was a spike in interest in academic research during the [[Great Depression]]. At this point, the college's executive council issued several resolutions in favour of academic freedom after the controversial dismissal of [[John Beaglehole]] (allegedly for a letter to a newspaper where he publicly defended the right of communists to distribute their literature), which helped encourage the college's growth.

In 1934, four new professors joined the college: [[William Arthur Sewell|Arthur Sewell]] (English), [[H.G. Forder]] (Mathematics), C.G. Cooper (Classics) and [[James Rutherford (historian)|James Rutherford]] (History). The combination of new talent, and academic freedom saw Auckland University College flourish through to the 1950s.<ref name="Our history">{{cite web |title=Our history: Key developments 1883-2000s |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about-us/about-the-university/the-university/university-history/key-developments-1883-2000s.html |access-date=August 18, 2024 |publisher=The University of Auckland}}</ref>

In 1950, the [[Elam School of Fine Arts]] was brought into the University of Auckland. Archie Fisher, who had been appointed principal of the Elam School of Fine Arts was instrumental in having it brought in the University of Auckland.

===Making a name===

[[File:Plaque Queen Mother UoA.jpg|thumb|right|Plaque commemorating the opening of the Science Centre of the University of Auckland by the Queen Mother in 1966.]]
The University of New Zealand was dissolved in 1961 and the University of Auckland was empowered by the University of Auckland Act 1961.<ref name="mcl66">{{cite encyclopedia |year=1966 |title=Education, University – University of New Zealand |encyclopedia=[[An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand]] |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/education-university-university-of-new-zealand |access-date=10 December 2013 |editor=[[McLintock, A.H.]]}}</ref>

The university was gifted its [[Māori language|Māori]] name, Waipapa Taumata Rau, by [[Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Auckland embraces gift of new Māori name – Waipapa Taumata Rau|url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2021/07/22/university-gifted-name-waipapa-taumata-rau.html | access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref>

In 1966, lecturers [[Keith Sinclair]] and Bob Chapman established The University of Auckland Art Collection, beginning with the purchase of several paintings and drawings by [[Colin McCahon]]. The Collection is now managed by the Centre for Art Research, based at the [[Gus Fisher Gallery]]. Stage A of the Science building was opened by [[Majesty|Her Majesty]] [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] on 3 May. In 1975–81 [[Marie Clay]] and [[Patricia Bergquist]], the first two female professors, were appointed.<ref name="Our history"/>

===Growth and consolidation===
[[File:Recreation Centre UoA.jpg|thumb|right|Inside the Recreation Centre of the University of Auckland, City Campus in 2019. The Recreation Centre was replaced by a new Recreation and Wellness Centre in late 2024.]]
[[Queen Elizabeth II]] opened the new School of Medicine Building at [[Grafton, New Zealand|Grafton]] on 24 March 1970. The Queen also opened the Liggins Institute in 2002.<ref name="fmhs-history">{{cite web |title=Buildings – FMHS History |url=https://fmhs-history.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/buildings/ |website=fmhs-history.blogs.auckland.ac.nz |publisher=University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences |access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref>

The North Shore Campus, established in 2001, was located in the suburb of [[Takapuna]]. It offered the Bachelor of Business and Information Management degree. The faculty was served by its own library. At the end of 2006, the campus was closed, and the degree relocated to the City campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brief history of the collections |url=https://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/about-us/our-organisation/brief-history-collections |website=www.library.auckland.ac.nz |publisher=University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services |access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref>

On 1 September 2004, the [[Auckland College of Education]] merged with the university's School of Education (previously part of the Arts Faculty) to form the [[University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work|Faculty of Education and Social Work]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty history |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/education/about-the-faculty/our-faculty/faculty-history.html |publisher=[[University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work]] |access-date=11 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122031922/https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/education/about-the-faculty/our-faculty/faculty-history.html |archive-date=22 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Maharey |first1=Steve |title=Auckland University and Auckland College of Education to merge |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/auckland-university-and-auckland-college-education-merge |website=Beehive.govt.nz |publisher=[[New Zealand Government]] |access-date=11 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311090159/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/auckland-university-and-auckland-college-education-merge |archive-date=11 March 2019 |date=29 July 2004}}</ref> The faculty was based at the [[Epsom, New Zealand|Epsom]] Campus of the former college,<ref>{{cite web |title=Epsom Campus |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/education/study-with-us/epsomcampus.html |publisher=University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work |access-date=13 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123141337/https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/education/study-with-us/epsomcampus.html|archive-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> with an additional campus in [[Whangārei]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our campuses |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/education/about-the-faculty/our-campuses.html |publisher=University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work |access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref>

Professor [[Stuart McCutcheon]] became vice-chancellor on 1 January 2005. He was previously the vice-chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington.<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor Stuart McCutcheon |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about-us/about-the-university/the-university/governance-and-committees/management-team/professor-stuart-mccutcheon.html |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref> He succeeded Dr [[John Hood (university administrator)|John Hood]] (PhD, Hon. LLD), who was appointed vice-chancellor of the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Equality for NZ just what the doctor ordered |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11117926 |access-date=8 April 2019 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=2 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105135900/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11117926 |archive-date=5 January 2014}}</ref> On 16 March 2020, McCutcheon was succeeded by Professor [[Dawn Freshwater]], the first female vice-chancellor in the university's history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to our new Vice-Chancellor |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2020/03/16/welcome-to-our-new-vice-chancellor.html |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref>

The university opened [[Owen G. Glenn Building|a new business school]] in 2007, following the completion of the Information Commons. It has recently gained international accreditations for all its programmes and now completes the "Triple Crown" ([[Association of MBAs|AMBA]], [[European Quality Improvement System|EQUIS]] and [[AACSB]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Accreditations |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/business/about-business-school/our-faculty/accreditations.html |website=www.auckland.ac.nz |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref>

In 2009, the university embarked on a NZ$1 billion 10-year plan to redevelop and expand its facilities.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10891168 |title = $1b Auckland Uni expansion on the books |work= [[The New Zealand Herald]] |date = 18 June 2013}}</ref> The $240 million Grafton Campus upgrade was completed in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url =https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10571736 |title = University plans $240m medical faculty upgrade0 |work= [[The New Zealand Herald]] |date = 12 May 2009}}</ref> In May 2013 the university purchased a site for new 5.2-hectare campus on a former [[Lion Nathan|Lion Breweries]] site adjacent to the major business area in [[Newmarket, New Zealand|Newmarket]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11189399 | title=Rebuild of old Lion Breweries site underway for university | work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] | date=January 21, 2014 | access-date=April 18, 2018 | author=Gibson, Anne}}</ref> The Faculty of Engineering and the School of Chemical Sciences moved into the new faculties in 2015.<ref name="Our history"/> The NZ$200 million new Science Centre was opened in July 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://educationcentral.co.nz/new-science-facilities-opened-at-university-of-auckland/ |title =New science facilities opened at University of Auckland |work =[[New Zealand Media and Entertainment|Education Central]] |date =29 August 2017 |archive-date =16 December 2019 |access-date =23 December 2019 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20191216063136/https://educationcentral.co.nz/new-science-facilities-opened-at-university-of-auckland/ |url-status =dead }}</ref> The NZ$280 million new Engineering Building was completed in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url =https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1912/S00024/dawn-of-a-new-era-at-the-faculty-of-engineering.htm |title = Dawn of a new era at the Faculty of Engineering |work= Scoop Independent News |date = 6 December 2019}}</ref> In 2017, work started on the building of a new $116m medical school building in Grafton Campus.<ref>{{cite news|url =https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11948355 |title = Work starts on new $116m university medical school building in Grafton |work= [[The New Zealand Herald]] |date = 27 November 2017}}</ref> In 2019, work began on the redevelopment of the University Recreation Centre in the City Campus.<ref>{{cite news|url =https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2018/10/19/green-light-for-rec-centre.html |title = Green light for rec centre |work= Ingenio |date = 19 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/on-campus/facilities-and-services/sport-and-recreation/recreation-centre-developments/recreation-centre-redevelopment.html |title = Recreation and Wellness Centre redevelopment  |work = The University of Auckland}}</ref> The new recreation centre, Hiwa, opened in 2024. The University of Auckland has also built multiple student accommodation buildings, and it became the largest provider of student accommodation in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news|url =https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1911/S00009/university-of-auckland-now-biggest-in-student-accomodation.htm |title =University of Auckland now biggest in student {{sic|accom|odation|nolink=y}}|work=Scoop Independent News |date = 4 November 2019}}</ref>

== Organisation and administration ==

=== Governance ===
The head of the university is the [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]], currently Cecilia Tarrant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governance and Committees |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about-us/about-the-university/the-university/governance-and-committees/management-team/chancellor.html |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=The University of Auckland}}</ref> However, this position is only [[Titular ruler|titular]]. The chief executive of the university is the [[vice-chancellor]], currently Professor [[Dawn Freshwater]], who is the [[List of Vice-Chancellors of The University of Auckland|university's sixth vice-chancellor]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/uoa-management |title=Uni. of Auckland Management |access-date=17 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210205655/http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/uoa-management |archive-date=10 February 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and the first woman to hold the role.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dawn of a new era – The University of Auckland |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2019/11/25/dawn-of-a-new-era.html |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=www.auckland.ac.nz}}</ref>

==== List of chancellors ====
{{maincat|Chancellors of the University of Auckland}}

Since 1957, when Auckland University College became the University of Auckland, the university has had 13 chancellors. Previously, the college council had been headed by a president (from 1923), or a chairman (1883–1923).

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!
!Name
!Portrait
!Term
|-
! colspan=4 | Chairman
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Maurice O'Rorke]] || [[File:George Maurice O’Rorke.jpg|60px]] || 1883–1916
|-
| align=center | 2 || [[Thomson Leys]] || [[File:T. W. Leys.jpg|60px]] || 1916–1920
|-
| align=center | 3 || [[George Fowlds]] || [[File:George Fowlds in 1927 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || 1920–1923
|-
! colspan=4 | President
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[George Fowlds]] || [[File:George Fowlds in 1927 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || 1923–1933
|-
| align=center | 2 || [[Kenneth Mackenzie (surgeon)|Kenneth Mackenzie]]|| [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 1933–1935
|-
| align=center | 3 || [[Tom Wells (headmaster)|Tom Wells]]|| [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 1935–1937
|-
| align=center | 4 || [[Harold Mahon]]|| [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 1937–1938
|-
| align=center | 5 || [[William Cocker]]|| [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 1938–1957
|-
! colspan=4 | Chancellor
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[William Cocker]]|| [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 1957–1961
|-
| align=center | 2 || [[Douglas Robb (surgeon)|Douglas Robb]] || [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 1961–1968
|-
| align=center | 3 || [[Henry Cooper (educator)|Henry Cooper]] || [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 1968–1974
|-
| align=center | 4 || [[Graham Speight]] || [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 1975–1980
|-
| align=center | 5 || [[Lindo Ferguson (ophthalmologist, born 1923)|Lindo Ferguson]]|| [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 1981–1986
|-
| align=center | 6 || [[Mick Brown (judge)|Mick Brown]] || [[File:Mick Brown 2013 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || 1986–1991
|-
| align=center | 7 || [[Ian Barker (jurist)|Ian Barker]] || [[File:Ian Barker 2018 (cropped).jpg|60px]] || 1991–1999
|-
| align=center | 8 || [[John Graham (rugby union)|John Graham]] || [[File:John Graham KNZM (cropped).jpg|60px]] || 1999–2004
|-
| align=center | 9 || [[Hugh Fletcher (businessman)|Hugh Fletcher]] || [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 2004–2008
|-
| align=center | 10 || [[Roger France]]|| [[File:Roger France ONZM (cropped).jpg|60px]] || 2008–2012
|-
| align=center | 11 || [[Ian Parton (engineer)|Ian Parton]]|| [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 2012–2016
|-
| align=center | 12 || [[Scott St John]]|| [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 2017–2021
|-
| align=center | 13 || [[Cecilia Tarrant]]|| [[File:No image.png|60px]] || 2021–present
|}

=== Faculties and schools ===
The university is made up of a number of faculties and schools.

==== List of faculties and schools ====
* [[University of Auckland Faculty of Arts|Faculty of Arts and Education]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Arts and Education |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/arts.html |access-date=31 March 2019 |publisher=University of Auckland}}</ref>
* [[University of Auckland Business School|Business School]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Business School |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/business.html |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[University of Auckland Faculty of Engineering and Design|Faculty of Engineering and Design]]<ref>[http://www.engineering.auckland.ac.nz/ Faculty of Engineering and Design]. The University of Auckland. Retrieved on 6 November 2008.</ref>
* [[University of Auckland Law School|Auckland Law School]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Auckland Law School |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/law.html |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences|Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Medical and Health Sciences |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/fmhs.html |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[University of Auckland Faculty of Science|Faculty of Science]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Science |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/science.html |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref>

=== Research institutes ===
* Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI)<ref>{{cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/abi/about-the-institute/our-institute/history.html |access-date=31 March 2019 |publisher=Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331035333/https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/abi/about-the-institute/our-institute/history.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Liggins Institute]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Liggins Institute |url=http://www.liggins.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/liggins-institute.html.html |access-date=31 March 2019 |publisher=University of Auckland}}</ref>
* Public Policy Institute (PPI)<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Policy Institute |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/arts/our-research/research-institutes-centres-groups/ppi.html |access-date=31 March 2019 |publisher=University of Auckland}}</ref>

=== Auckland University Press ===
{{Main|Auckland University Press}}
Auckland University Press is a publisher established in 1966, owned and operated by the University of Auckland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Auckland University Press – The University of Auckland |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about-us/about-the-university/the-university/university-history/auckland-university-press.html |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.auckland.ac.nz}}</ref>

=== Coat of arms ===
The University of Auckland's Arms (crest) were granted by [[Letters patent (United Kingdom)|letters patent]] on 15 February 1962, and are recorded in the [[College of Arms]], London, England.<ref name="Our history" /><ref name="Arms of the University">{{cite web |title=Arms of the University of Auckland |url=https://www.calendar.auckland.ac.nz/en/info/arms.html |access-date=April 18, 2018 |work=University Calendar |publisher=The University of Auckland}}</ref>

{{Emblem table|name=the University of Auckland|image=University_of_Auckland_Coat_of_Arms.png|escutcheon=The shield is azure (blue) with an argent (silver) mullet (five-pointed star). Between the stars is an open book ‘proper’ i.e. in its natural colours. The edge of the book and the binding are gold (‘Or’) and it is bound with seven gold clasps on either side which close the book securely. Its ‘chief’ (broad strip at the top of the shield) is wavy, that is the base of the chief is in a wave-like line. The chief is argent and on it are three kiwis ‘proper’ meaning they are shown in their natural colour.|symbolism=The open book together with the motto ‘Ingenio et Labore’, freely translated as ‘by natural ability and hard work’, reflects the aim of the institution and, combined with the three stars, expresses the idea of learning pursued under the Southern Hemisphere sky. The kiwis are indicative of New Zealand, as the bird is confined to its islands, and the silver wavy chief upon which they are set directs attention to the fact that Auckland is on the coast.|motto={{Lang | la | Ingenio et Labore.}} ([[Latin]]) <br> By natural ability and hard work|year_granted={{date and age|15 February 1962}}|years_in_use=}}

==Strategic Initiatives==
===Innovation and Entrepreneurship===
[[File:University of Auckland Unleash Space.jpg|thumb|The Unleash Space, located in the University of Auckland Engineering Building]]
In 2018, the University opened the Unleash Space ([[Māori language|Māori]]: ''Kura Matahuna''), a co-working area dedicated to entrepreneurial-minded students and staff featuring a maker space for designing and constructing prototypes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Auckland 'start-up' space a blueprint for the future|url=https://newsroom.co.nz/2018/02/22/auckland-start-up-space-a-blueprint-for-the-future/|website=newsroom.co.nz|date=22 February 2018 |access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref>

The University of Auckland ranked first in the 2023 Survey of Commercialisation Outcomes from Public Research (SCOPR) for the most active startup and spinout companies, with 47 recorded.<ref>{{cite web|title=UoA beats the Aussies, topping rankings for most active startups|url=https://www.nbr.co.nz/tech/university-of-auckland-tops-rankings-for-most-active-startups/|website=nbr.co.nz|date=14 October 2024 |access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref>

The University hosts several initiatives to promote innovation and entrepreneurship:

* The '''Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' (CIE), an academic entity that aims to promote innovation and entrepreneurship within the university.<ref name="About Us">{{cite web| title=About Us| url=https://www.cie.auckland.ac.nz/about-us/| website=cie.auckland.ac.nz|access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref> Under the leadership of director Darsel Keane<ref>{{cite web| title=Darsel Keane Profile| url=https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/d-keane|website=cie.auckland.ac.nz|access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref> and academic director [[Rod McNaughton]],<ref>{{cite web| title=Professor Rod McNaughton Profile| url=https://www.cie.auckland.ac.nz/newsroom/staff-profile-professor-rod-mcnaughton-academic-director/|website=cie.auckland.ac.nz|access-date=18 March 2025}}</ref> the Centre provides free co-curricular learning opportunities for students and staff. Since its founding in 2003, the Centre has supported over two hundred unique ventures and thousands of individuals<ref name="About Us"/> including the founders of Kami,<ref>{{cite web| last1=Corlett| first1=Eva| title=New Zealand company founded by students gives employees $10,000 'thank you' bonus| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/02/new-zealands-fastest-growing-company-kami-gives-employees-10000-thank-you-bonus| website = theguardian.com| date=2 November 2021|access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> Zenno Astronautics,<ref>{{cite web| title=Zenno Astronautics wants to move spacecraft around using electromagnets, not fuel| url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/05/zenno-astronautics-wants-to-move-spacecraft-around-using-electromagnets-not-fuel/| website=techcrunch.com| date=5 August 2022|access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> Tectonus,<ref>{{cite web| title=Tectonus: Building seismic resilience| url=https://www.uniservices.co.nz/case-studies/tectonus-building-seismic-resilience |website= uniservices.co.nz|access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> Auror,<ref>{{cite web| title=A head for business| url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2024/05/27/velocity-competition-21-years.html| website = auckland.ac.nz|access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> Halter,<ref>{{cite web| title=Innovation series: Engineering student's start-up has billion-dollar prospects| url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/innovation/90630290/innovation-series-engineering-students-startup-has-billiondollar-prospects| website = stuff.co.nz|access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> Wayve,<ref>{{cite web| title=Engineering alum Alex Kendall's AI start-up Wayve raises $1.7b| url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2024/05/09/engineering-alum-alex-kendalls-ai-start-up-wayve.html| website = auckland.ac.nz|access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> Kitea Health,<ref>{{cite web| title=After world-first brain implant, Kitea Health raising $20m| url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/after-world-first-brain-implant-kitea-health-raising-20m/VH2OTLP7FBF6ZKW2UEAJXAYQEU/| website = nzherald.co.nz| date=18 June 2024|access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> Hectre,<ref>{{cite web| title=Auckland agritech companies addressing 21st Century challenges| url=https://industry.aucklandnz.com/invest/news/Auckland-agritech-companies-addressing-21st-Century-challenges| website = industry.aucklandnz.com| date=13 June 2023|access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> Alimetry<ref>{{cite web| title=Unlikely entrepreneurs: medtech's most wanted| url=https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/business-of-health/unlikely-entrepreneurs-medtechs-most-wanted| website = businessdesk.co.nz|access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> and Spalk.<ref>{{cite web| title=Steven Adams backs NZ alternative commentary startup Spalk as it raises millions| url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/steven-adams-backs-nz-alternative-commentary-startup-spalk-as-it-raises-millions/42NBCS6WV7VU2E7Y5B4Q5V7OQ4/| website = nzherald.co.nz| date=7 July 2021|access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref>
* The '''Newmarket Innovation Precinct''', a co-working space and research and development community for deep-tech start-ups and businesses, based in the Faculty of Engineering and Design.<ref>{{cite web|title = Newmarket Innovation Precinct|url=https://nip.auckland.ac.nz/|website=nip.auckland.ac.nz|access-date = 17 March 2025}}</ref>
* '''UniServices''', a wholly owned university subsidiary that manages the University of Auckland’s Investors’ Fund, a contestable evergreen $41m seed/pre-seed fund, along with two investment committees: ''Momentum'', a student-led investment committee programme, and ''Return on Science'', a national research commercialisation programme.<ref>{{cite web| title = About Us| url=https://www.uniservices.co.nz/about-us|website=uniservices.co.nz|access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref>
* '''MedTech-iQ Aotearoa''', New Zealand's national innovation hub for medical technology, hosted by the University’s Auckland Bioengineering Institute.<ref>{{cite web| title = Our Story| url=https://www.medtechiq.co.nz/about|website=medtechiq.co.nz |access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref>
* '''New Zealand Product Accelerator''' (NZPA), a government-funded research network of researchers and industry partners based at the University’s Newmarket Campus.<ref>{{cite web|title=NZ Product Accelerator|url=https://www.nzproductaccelerator.co.nz/|website=nzproductaccelerator.co.nz|access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref> NZPA manages the National Testing Register, a comprehensive catalogue of over 700 pieces of testing equipment and facilities available for commercial testing.<ref>{{cite web|title = Research Capabilities| url=https://www.nzproductaccelerator.co.nz/ntr/|website = nzproductaccelerator.co.nz|access-date=21 March 2025}}</ref>
*'''Aotearoa Centre for Enterprising Women''', a research centre focused on generating research and creating outreach activities to support women in entrepreneurship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aotearoa Centre for Enterprising Women|url=https://www.enterprisingwomen.ac.nz/|website=enterprisingwomen.ac.nz|access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref> The Centre was launched with the support of philanthropic funding from businesswoman [[Theresa Gattung]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Theresa Gattung donates $2.5m to launch centre for women entrepreneurs|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/theresa-gattung-donates-25m-to-launch-centre-for-women-entrepreneurs/HUJAOHSNSFVBHUCAYG4N2MGOBE/|website=nzherald.co.nz|access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref>

==Campuses and facilities==<!-- Cleanup in progress based on the WikiProject Higher Education style guide (Date: August 2024) -->

===Campuses===
[[File:Alfred Nathan House The University of Auckland.jpg|thumb|right|Alfred Nathan House (Building 103) was built in 1882 and acquired by the University of Auckland in 1958.]]
The University of Auckland has a number of campuses in [[Auckland]], and one in [[Whangārei]] in the Northland Region.

From the start of the first semester of 2010, the university banned smoking on any of its property, including inside and outside buildings in areas that were once designated as smoking areas.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 March 2010 |title=Auckland Uni begins the year smoke free |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Auckland-Uni-begins-the-year-smoke-free-/tabid/420/articleID/144172/Default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020181822/http://www.3news.co.nz/Auckland-Uni-begins-the-year-smoke-free-/tabid/420/articleID/144172/Default.aspx |archive-date=20 October 2011 |work=[[3 News]]}}</ref>
[[File:Science Centre of The University of Auckland.jpg|thumb|right|Buildings 303 (left) and 302 (right) of the Science Centre at the City Campus of the University of Auckland]]

==== City Campus ====
The City Campus in the Auckland CBD has the majority of the students and faculties. It covers 16 hectares and has a range of amenities including cafes, health services, libraries, childcare facilities and a recreation centre.<ref name="Campus locations">{{cite web |title=Campus locations |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/on-campus/our-campuses/campus-locations.html |access-date=1 January 2025 |publisher=University of Auckland}}</ref>

==== Grafton Campus ====
[[File:Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland.jpg|thumb|right|Part of the Medical School buildings at Grafton]]
The Grafton Campus, established in 1968, is opposite [[Auckland City Hospital]] in the suburb of [[Grafton, New Zealand|Grafton]], close to the City Campus. The [[University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences|Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences]] is based here, along with the [https://www.optometryclinics.auckland.ac.nz/ Eye Clinic].<ref name="Campus locations" />

==== Newmarket Campus ====
The Newmarket Campus was acquired from [[Lion (Australasian company)|Lion]], when operations ceased at its Newmarket brewery in 2010, selling the site to the university in May 2013.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 April 2013 |title=Auckland Uni confirms brewery site buy |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Auckland-Uni-confirms-brewery-site-buy/tabid/423/articleID/295243/Default.aspx |work=[[3 News]] }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The university has built an engineering research space and a civil structures hall. This new campus houses the Faculties of Engineering and Science.<ref name="Campus locations" />

==== Other campuses and facilities ====

*The Tai Tokerau Campus in [[Whangārei]] offers teacher education courses to the Northland community.<ref>{{cite web |title=Why choose Tai Tokerau Campus? |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/education/study-with-us/tai-tokerau-campus/why-choose-tai-tokerau.html |access-date=8 April 2019 |publisher=University of Auckland}}</ref>
*The Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences also has several satellite campuses and research facilities including the Waitemata Health Campus (which services [[North Shore Hospital]] and [[Waitakere Hospital]]), the Freemasons' Department of Geriatric Medicine at North Shore Hospital, the South Auckland Clinical Campus at [[Middlemore Hospital]], and the Waikato Clinical School.<ref name="Campus locations" />
*The Leigh Marine Laboratory is effectively the marine campus and hosts postgraduate teaching and research at the [[Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve]] (Goat Island) near Warkworth. Situated on the east coast, about 100&nbsp;km north of the city of Auckland, it has access to a wide range of unspoiled marine habitats.<ref name="Campus locations" />
*The South Auckland Campus – Te Papa Ako o Tai Tonga opened in February 2020 in Manukau, and replaced the Faculty of Education courses that were offered at [[Manukau Institute of Technology]] (MIT) prior to the opening of the campus.<ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Tim |title=University's new southside home |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2020/02/18/1033433/universitys-new-southside-home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628070354/https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2020/02/18/1033433/universitys-new-southside-home |archive-date=28 June 2020 |access-date=25 June 2020 |work=[[Newsroom (website)|Newsroom]]}}</ref><ref name="Campus locations" />
*Goldie Estate – Wine Science Centre. In July 2011 Kim and Jeanette Goldwater gifted a 14-hectare winery in [[Waiheke Island]] to the university. The Wine Science Centre currently hosts the university's Wine Science courses.<ref>{{cite web |last=Alcock |first=Gil |date=20 July 2011 |title=Goldwaters' gift to uni |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/waiheke-marketplace/5313166/Goldwaters-gift-to-uni |access-date=31 January 2012 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]}}</ref><ref name="Campus locations" />

[[File:Building 529 of The University of Auckland.jpg|thumb|right|Building 529 (Old Liggins Building) of the University of Auckland Grafton Campus]]

==== Former campuses ====
[[File:University Of Auckland Tamaki Campus.jpg|thumb|The School of Population Health building on the Tāmaki Campus]]The '''Tāmaki Innovations Campus''' was located in the east Auckland suburb of [[St Johns, New Zealand|St Johns]].<ref name="Campus locations" /> It was a predominantly postgraduate campus offering training and research security in health innovation and "biodiversity and biosecurity innovation." The Tamaki campus was closed down in 2020 and its former programs were relocated to the city, Grafton, and Newmarket campuses.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tāmaki Innovation Campus |url=http://www.tamaki.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/tamaki-innovation-campus/about-tamaki-innovation-campus.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122005808/http://www.tamaki.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/tamaki-innovation-campus/about-tamaki-innovation-campus.html |archive-date=22 January 2019 |access-date=31 March 2019 |publisher=University of Auckland}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Tāmaki Innovation Campus is permanently closed |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/fmhs/news-events/notices/tamaki-campus-permanently-closed.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922090335/https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/fmhs/news-events/notices/tamaki-campus-permanently-closed.html |archive-date=22 September 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020 |publisher=University of Auckland}}</ref>

The '''Epsom Campus''', located in [[Epsom, New Zealand|Epsom]], Auckland, was the main teacher training campus, offering programmes in teacher education and social services. It had been the [[Auckland College of Education|Auckland College of Education's]] main campus, until the college merged with the university's School of Education in September 2004 to form the [[University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work|Faculty of Education and Social Work]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Epsom Campus |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/education/study-with-us/epsomcampus.html |access-date=31 March 2019 |publisher=University of Auckland}}</ref> There were plans to close down the Epsom Campus in 2020 and relocate the Faculty of Education and Social Work to the City Campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty history |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/education/about-the-faculty/our-faculty/faculty-history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122031922/https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/education/about-the-faculty/our-faculty/faculty-history.html |archive-date=22 January 2019 |access-date=31 March 2019 |publisher=[[University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work]]}}</ref> Later, the closure of the Epsom Campus was postponed to late 2023, with teaching resuming at the City Campus's refurbished Building 201 in early 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Relocation from Epsom Campus to City Campus |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/education/news-and-events/notices/Epsom-Campus-to-City-Campus-relocation.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727135050/https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/education/news-and-events/notices/Epsom-Campus-to-City-Campus-relocation.html |archive-date=27 July 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020 |publisher=University of Auckland}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=18 August 2020 |title=University project gets green light with shovel-ready funding |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2020/08/18/university-project-gets-green-light-with-shovel-ready-funding.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922090200/https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2020/08/18/university-project-gets-green-light-with-shovel-ready-funding.html |archive-date=22 September 2020 |access-date=16 December 2020 |publisher=University of Auckland}}</ref>

===Overseas campuses and facilities===

==== The University of Auckland Innovation Institute China (UOAIIC) ====
UOAIIC was established by the University of Auckland and [[UniServices]], the commercialisation arm and knowledge transfer company of the University of Auckland, in 2017 in the Chinese city of [[Hangzhou]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/aucklands-uniservices-sets-innovation-institute-china |title = Auckland's UniServices sets innovation institute in China |work= [[Otago Daily Times]] |date = 24 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=University of Auckland Innovation Institute China established |url=http://www.nzcta.co.nz/chinanow-profile/1890/university-of-auckland-innovation-institute-china-established/ |publisher=The New Zealand China Trade Association |access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1705/S00690/university-innovation-institute-china-seizes-opportunities.htm |title = University Innovation Institute China seizes opportunities |work= [[Scoop (website)|Scoop]] |date = 19 May 2017}}</ref> The Institute occupies a 2800m² physical space in the Hangzhou Qiantang New Area. UOAIIC is led by Dr Yuan Li. It organises annual conferences and meetings for the university to seek commercial opportunities for its research in China.

[[File:UOAIIC.jpg|thumb|right|The University of Auckland Innovation Institute China (UOAIIC) in Hangzhou, China]]

==== Aulin College ====
Aulin College, based in [[Harbin, China]], was set up by the University of Auckland and the [[Northeast Forestry University]] (NEFU) of China in 2019. The name 'Aulin' is a combination of the word "Au" (from the name "Auckland") and "Lin", which is the Chinese word for farming and agriculture. In September 2019, Aulin College had its first intake of undergraduate students. Aulin College offers Bachelor's and master's degrees in Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer Science and Technology. Graduates will receive degrees from both the University of Auckland and NEFU.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Auckland launches new Aulin College in China |url=https://enz.govt.nz/news-and-research/ed-news/university-of-auckland-launches-new-aulin-college-in-china/ |publisher=Education New Zealand |access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New college from international partnership between universities |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2019/09/04/new-college-international-partnership.html |publisher=The University of Auckland |access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1909/S00013/new-college-from-international-partnership.htm |title = New college from international partnership |work= [[Scoop (website)|Scoop]] |date = 5 September 2019}}</ref>

===Libraries===
[[File:University of Auckland General Library June 2012.JPG|thumb|[[Albert Barracks]] wall remnant and the General Library on the City Campus (June 2012)]]
The University of Auckland Library system consists of the General Library and four specialist libraries: the Davis Law Library, [[Leigh Marine Laboratory]] Library, the Philson Library (Medical and Health Sciences), and the [[Sylvia Ashton-Warner]] Library (Education and Social Work) on the Tai Tokerau campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Libraries and Learning Services |url=https://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/about-us/libraries |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref>

In mid-2018, Vice-Chancellor McCutcheon announced that the university would be closing its Fine Arts, Architecture and Planning, and Music and Dance Libraries. Their collections were merged into the General Library's collections.<ref name="Newshub 21 June 2018"/><ref name="RNZ Jun 2018" /><ref name="NZH 21 Jun 2018" />

The General Library Special Collections stores several rare books, manuscripts and archives and other material relating to the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. Some notable manuscript collections include the Western Pacific Archives (which contains British colonial records relating to that region between 1877 and 1978), the poet [[Robin Hyde]]'s papers, and the archives of the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre, local [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] branches, and the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (NZ)|New Zealand Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]]. The Special Collections also has several published collections including the Patterson Collection (which contains books on biblical studies, classics, and ancient history), children's author [[Betty Gilderdale]]'s collection of New Zealand children's books, the Philson Library's collections of pre-1900 medical books, and the Asian Language Collection (which contains 230 titles of rare Chinese books). Some notable microtext collections include the [[Māori Land Court]] Minute Books and the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau series.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Library Special Collections |url=https://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/about-us/collections/special-collections/general-library |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref>

===Student accommodation===
The University of Auckland provides a range of accommodation options for students. Several hundred live in Residential Halls and Apartments, which provide, food, accommodation, and social and welfare services alongside self-catered, private residences.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title = 600 more beds at University of Auckland – The University of Auckland|url = https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/news-events-and-notices/news/news-2015/10/600-more-beds-at-university-of-auckland-.html|website = www.auckland.ac.nz|access-date = 2015-11-22}}</ref> The university ceased leasing [[The Strand Station|Railway Campus]] in November 2008.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10541542">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10541542 |title=Uni quits Railway Campus over repairs |author=Gibson, Anne |date=7 November 2008 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=25 November 2011}}</ref>

The university has four residential halls including Grafton Hall, O'Rorke Hall, University Hall&ndash;Towers, and Waipārūrū Hall. These halls are full-catered and are aimed at first&ndash;year university students.<ref>{{cite web |title=Halls of residence general information |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/on-campus/accommodation/university-accommodation/catered-accommodation/halls-of-residence-general-information.html |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref>

In addition, the university runs nine self-catered student residences including Te Tirohanga o te Tōangaroa, Carlaw Park Student Village, Grafton Student Flats, 55 Symonds, University Hall&ndash;Towers, UniLodge Auckland, UniLodge on Whitaker, Waikohanga House, and the Goldie Estate Homestead on [[Waiheke Island]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Self-catered accommodation |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/on-campus/accommodation/university-accommodation/self-catered-accommodation.html |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> These halls and student residences are located in the Auckland CBD area near the university.<ref>{{cite web |title=University accommodation map |url=https://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/assets/auckland/on-campus/accommodation/university-accommodation/halls-of-residence/halls-of-residence-general-information/Accommodation%20Map%20Updated%202018.pdf |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=31 March 2019 |archive-date=11 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411213404/https://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/assets/auckland/on-campus/accommodation/university-accommodation/halls-of-residence/halls-of-residence-general-information/Accommodation%20Map%20Updated%202018.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Hiwa, Recreation Centre===
A new recreational centre, named Hiwa, opened in the city campus in November 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Kathryn |title=Auckland University's new 26,000 square metre recreation centre |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018965646/auckland-university-s-new-26-000-square-metre-recreation-centre |work=RNZ |date=25 November 2024 |access-date=1 January 2025 |language=en-nz}}</ref> It replaced the old recreation centre that was built in 1978, when the university had approximately 10,000 students studying on city campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Recreation Centre – The University of Auckland |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/on-campus/facilities-and-services/sport-and-recreation/new-recreation-and-wellbeing-centre.html |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=University of Auckland}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hiwa - The University of Auckland Recreation and Wellness Centre |url=https://wam.studio/work/university-of-auckland-recreation-and-wellness-centre |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=Warren and Mahoney |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Hiwa was built at a cost of NZ$320 million. Vice-Chancellor [[Dawn Freshwater]] and Infrastructure Minister [[Chris Bishop]] officially opened the building on 21 February 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lardies |first1=Gabi |title=The University of Auckland's new rec centre: 'world-class asset' or 'a luxury resort'? |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/25-02-2025/the-university-of-aucklands-new-rec-centre-world-class-asset-or-a-luxury-resort |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=[[The Spinoff]] |date=25 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250225193155/https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/25-02-2025/the-university-of-aucklands-new-rec-centre-world-class-asset-or-a-luxury-resort |archive-date=25 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Art Collection===
Established in 1966 by [[Keith Sinclair]] and Bob Chapman, The [https://artcollection.auckland.ac.nz/ Art Collection] is one of the university's most valuable and cherished assets.<ref>Dunn, Michael. ''The University of Auckland''. Auckland: Woolmore Publishing,1983.</ref> However, its most poignant value lies in its use as a resource for teaching, learning and research. Available on loan to departments and faculties on all campuses, the Collection has been built up over forty years to include major works by significant artists such as [[Frances Hodgkins]], [[Colin McCahon]], [[Luise Fong]], [[Billy Apple]] and [[Ralph Hotere]].<ref>Dunn, Michael. "The University of Auckland". ''Art New Zealand''. Number 26, Autumn 1983: 48</ref> Outcomes from postgraduate research on the Collection have included a thesis on its own history as an entity, monograph exhibitions on individual artists, and surveys of the impact of the evolution of the Collection on Auckland's dealer galleries, resulting in the exhibitions and publications Vuletic and His Circle (about the Petar/James Gallery) in 2003 and New Vision Gallery in 2008.

==Academic Profile==

===Admission and costs===
All universities in New Zealand require domestic students to achieve, at a minimum, NZQA University Entrance (UE) to be eligible to enrol.<ref>{{cite web | title=University Entrance | url=https://www2.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/understanding-secondary-quals/university-entrance/ | access-date=17 March 2025 | website=NZQA}}</ref> International students must achieve an equivalent, approved qualification from their home country or an approved [[Foundation programme]] provider in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minimum overseas entry requirements – The University of Auckland |url=http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/for/international-students/is-entry-requirements/is-minimum-overseas-entry-requirements |access-date=17 June 2015 |website=www.auckland.ac.nz}}</ref> International students whose first language is not English will also need to provide proof of their English proficiency.<ref>{{cite web |title = Undergraduate English language requirements | url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/applications-and-admissions/entry-requirements/undergraduate-entry-requirements/undergraduate-english-language-requirements.html | access-date = 17 March 2025 | website=www.auckland.ac.nz}}</ref> All students who did not complete their high school education or equivalent in English are required to provide a valid IELTS score (minimum of 6.0) or equivalent.<ref>"[http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/admission-and-enrolment/ae-undergraduate-students/ae-entry-requirements/ae-international-students/ae-english-language-requirements English language requirements]". The University of Auckland. Retrieved 20 July 2009.</ref>

The University of Auckland imposes a minimum rank score requirement for each programme offered, an entry requirement calculated based on the applicant's academic performance in secondary school or an equivalent approved qualification.<ref name="auckland.ac.nz">{{cite web |title=National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/applications-and-admissions/entry-requirements/undergraduate-entry-requirements/new-zealand-secondary-school-applicants/national-certification-educational-achievement.html |access-date=17 March 2025 |website=www.auckland.ac.nz}}</ref> Select programmes will require prior completion or concurrent enrolment in another programme.<ref name="auckland.ac.nz"/>

=== Academic reputation ===
{{Infobox Australian university ranking|QS_W=65|USNWR_W==198|ARWU_W=201-300|type=University|ARWU_W_year=2025|CWTS_W=223{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_W_year=2024|QS_W_year=2026|QS_W_Employability==68|QS_W_Employability_year=2022|THE_W==156|THE_W_year=2026|THE_W_Reputation=151–200|THE_W_Reputation_year=2025|USNWR_W_year=25/26|ARWU_N=1|ARWU_N_year=2025|CWTS_N=1{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_N_year=2024|QS_N=1|QS_N_year=2026|THE_N=1|THE_N_year=2026|USNWR_N=1|USNWR_N_year=25/26}}
In the 2024 ''Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities'', which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, the university attained a position of #128 (1st nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Results |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/artu/artu-results |website=Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities |publisher=[[University of New South Wales]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]}}</ref>

In the 2026 ''[[Quacquarelli Symonds]]'' [[QS World University Rankings|World University Rankings]] (published 2025), the university attained a position of #65 (1st nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings: Top Global Universities |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |website=[[QS World University Rankings]] |publisher=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|''Times Higher Education'' World University Rankings]] 2026 (published 2025), the university attained a tied position of #156 (1st nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings |work=[[Times Higher Education]] |publisher=Inflexion |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2025 ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'', the university attained a position of #201-300 (1st nationally).<ref name="ARWU Rankings">{{cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings |website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] |publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy |language=en |publication-place=[[Shanghai]], [[China]]}}</ref>

In the 2025–2026 [[U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking|''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Global Universities]], the university attained a tied position of #198 (1st nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |language=en-US |publication-place=[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]}}</ref>

In the ''[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]]'' 2024,{{efn|The [[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] is based on P (top 10%).|name=a}} the university attained a position of #223 (1st nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list |website=[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] (Centre for Science and Technology Studies) |publisher=[[Leiden University]] |language=en |publication-place=[[Leiden]], [[Netherlands]]}}</ref>

==Student life==
===Students' association===
{{Main|Auckland University Students' Association}}
The Auckland University Students' Association (AUSA) is the representative body of students, formed in 1891.<ref>{{cite web |title=What We Do – AUSA |url=http://www.ausa.org.nz/your-ausa/about/ |access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref> AUSA publicises student issues, administers student facilities, and assists affiliated student clubs and societies. AUSA produces the student magazine ''[[Craccum]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Craccum Magazine to Throw Off the Chains of Democracy |url=https://www.critic.co.nz/news/article/8102/craccum-magazine-to-throw-off-the-chains-of-democr |access-date=10 July 2020 |work=Critic – Te Arohi |issue=5 |date=2019}}</ref> and runs the radio station ''[[95bFM]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Student radio network |url=https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/about/our-funding-strategy/student-radio-network/ |website=www.nzonair.govt.nz |publisher=[[NZ on Air]] |access-date=10 July 2020 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The name of the alumni association is the University of Auckland Society.<ref>{{cite web |title=The University of Auckland Society |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/alumni/get-involved/the-university-of-auckland-society.html |website=www.auckland.ac.nz |publisher=University of Auckland |access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref>

=== Student demographics ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
! Ethnicity of students<ref>{{cite web|title=University demographic data 2024|url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about-us/about-the-university/equity-at-the-university/university-demographic-data.html|date=9 August 2025|website=The University of Auckland}}</ref>
!2024 !! 2023 !! 2022 !! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019
|-
| [[Asian New Zealanders|Asian]]
| 24,026 (51%) || 22,530 ({{Percentage|22,530|46,044|1}}) || 21,796 (47.1%) || 20,965 (45.5%) || 19,611 (45.6%) || 19,466 (45.1%)
|-
| [[European New Zealanders|European]] 
| 13,699 (29%) || 14,195 ({{Percentage|14,195|46,044|1}}) || 14,906 (32.2%) || 15,372 (33.4%) || 14,308 (33.3%) || 14,570 (33.8%)
|-
| [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]]
| 3,984 (8%) || 3,834 ({{Percentage|3,834|46,044|1}}) || 4,043 (8.7%) || 4,058 (8.8%) || 3,714 (8.6%) || 3,638 (8.4%)
|-
| [[Māori people|Māori]]
| 3,228 (7%) || 3,092 ({{Percentage|3,092|46,044|1}}) || 3,285 (7.1%) || 3,363 (7.3%) || 3,073 (7.1%) || 3,117 (7.2%)
|-
| Middle Eastern, Latin American, African ([[New Zealanders#Middle Eastern, Latin American and African|MELAA]])
| 1,871 (4%) || 1,761 ({{Percentage|1,761|46,044|1}}) || 1,675 (3.6%) || 1,689 (3.7%) || 1,607 (3.7%) || 1,579 (3.7%)
|-
| Other 
| 635 (2%) || 632 ({{Percentage|632|46,044|1}}) || 584 (1.3%) || 601 (1.3%) || 687 (1.6%) || 778 (1.8%)
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''47,443''' || '''46,044''' || '''46,289'''|| '''46,048'''|| '''43,000'''|| '''43,148'''
|}

==Controversies==
===Restructuring measures===
In April 2016, Vice-Chancellor Stuart McCutcheon announced that University of Auckland would be selling off its Epsom and [[Tamaki, New Zealand|Tamaki]] campuses in order to consolidate education and services at the city, Grafton, and Newmarket campuses. The Epsom Campus is the site of the University of Auckland's education faculty while the Tamaki campus hosts elements of the medical and science faculties as well as the School of Population Health.<ref>{{cite news |title=Auckland Uni to sell Tamaki Campus |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11620635 |access-date=11 March 2019 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=11 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Auckland University sells Tamaki campus to developer Tim Edney |url=https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/auckland-university-sells-tamaki-campus-developer-tim-edney-b-187405 |access-date=11 March 2019 |work=[[National Business Review]] |date=11 April 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In mid-June 2018, McCutcheon announced that the university would be closing down and merging its specialist fine arts, architecture, and music and dance libraries into the City Campus' General Library. In addition, the university would cut 100 support jobs. The Vice-Chancellor claimed that these cutbacks would save between NZ$3 million and $4 million a year.<ref name="Newshub 21 June 2018">{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Amanda Jane |title=Auckland University confirms library closures despite huge protests |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/06/auckland-university-confirms-library-closures-despite-huge-protests.html |access-date=11 March 2019 |publisher=[[Newshub]] |date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331044037/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/06/auckland-university-confirms-library-closures-despite-huge-protests.html|archive-date=31 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="RNZ Jun 2018">{{cite news |last1=Furley |first1=Tom |last2=Smith |first2=Anneke |title=Heated rally against shut uni libraries: 'It means the death of fine arts' |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/360147/heated-rally-against-shut-uni-libraries-it-means-the-death-of-fine-arts |access-date=11 March 2019 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119070443/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/360147/heated-rally-against-shut-uni-libraries-it-means-the-death-of-fine-arts|archive-date=19 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="NZH 21 Jun 2018">{{cite news |title=Three specialist libraries to close at University of Auckland, 45 jobs to go |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12075286 |access-date=8 April 2019 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408100052/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12075286 |archive-date=8 April 2019}}</ref> This announcement triggered criticism and several protests from arts faculty and students. Students objected to the closure of the Elam Fine Arts Library on the grounds that it would make it harder to access study materials. Thousands of dissenters circulated a petition protesting the Vice-Chancellor's restructuring policies. Protests were also held in April, May, and June 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garwood |first1=Annabella |title=Emotions high as Auckland University students protest library closure |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/04/emotions-high-as-auckland-university-students-protest-library-closure.html |access-date=11 March 2019 |publisher=[[Newshub]] |date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331044326/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/04/emotions-high-as-auckland-university-students-protest-library-closure.html|archive-date=31 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bateman |first1=Sophie |title=Huge protests at Auckland University over library closures |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/05/huge-protests-at-auckland-university-over-library-closures.html |access-date=11 March 2019 |publisher=[[Newshub]] |date=17 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519233319/http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/05/huge-protests-at-auckland-university-over-library-closures.html|archive-date=19 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="RNZ Jun 2018" />

===Fossil fuel divestment controversy===
In April 2017, more than 100 students from the Auckland University Medical Students Association marched demanding the removal of coal, oil and gas from the university's investment portfolio. In May 2017, 14 people from student group Fossil Fuel UoA occupied the Clocktower, urging current Vice Chancellor Professor Stuart McCutcheon to issue a statement in support of divestment from fossil fuels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/93077753/students-occupy-university-of-auckland-demanding-divestment-from-fossil-fuels|title=Students occupy University of Auckland, demanding divestment from fossil fuels|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref> After twelve hours, they were forcibly removed by police. The following day over two hundred students and staff marched to demand divestment from fossil fuels<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1706/S00003/hundreds-of-students-staff-march-for-divestment.htm|title=Hundreds of students, staff march for divestment |website=[[Scoop News]] |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref> and more than 240 members of staff from 8 faculties signed an open letter supporting divestment to the Boards of the University of Auckland Foundation and School of Medicine Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://350.org.nz/fossilfreeuoa/openletter/|title=Staff Open Letter to the UoA Foundation|access-date=18 April 2018|archive-date=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421232929/https://350.org.nz/fossilfreeuoa/openletter/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Today, the University of Auckland Foundation has a Responsible Investment Policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uoafoundation.org.nz/responsible-investment|title=University of Auckland Foundation Responsible Investment Policy|website=University of Auckland Foundation|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> The foundation has now effectively eliminated fossil fuels from its investment portfolio. As at 31 December 2021, only 0.005% (31 December 2020 0.49%) of the foundation's investments were held in companies deriving revenue from fossil fuels.

===Vice Chancellor's house===
In early December 2020, the [[Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand|Auditor-General's Office]] released its report criticising the University of Auckland's decision to purchase a NZ$5 million house in Auckland's [[Parnell, New Zealand|Parnell]] suburb for Vice Chancellor [[Dawn Freshwater]], ruling that the university had not been able to show a "justifiable business purpose" for purchasing the house apart from Freshwater's personal benefit. The purchase of the house had been criticised as frivolous by student unions. In October 2020, Vice Chancellor Freshwater had recommended that the university's board sell the house to pay off debt and because [[COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand|COVID-19 social distancing restrictions]] had made it impossible to host functions there.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leahy |first1=Ben |title=University's $5 million Parnell mansion purchase panned by watchdog |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/universitys-5-million-parnell-mansion-purchase-panned-by-watchdog/L2LL7PK6MOWBED63NMBFCKDH3A/ |access-date=4 December 2020 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202022843/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/universitys-5-million-parnell-mansion-purchase-panned-by-watchdog/L2LL7PK6MOWBED63NMBFCKDH3A/ |archive-date=2 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Summary: Inquiry into the University of Auckland's decision to purchase a house in Parnell |url=https://oag.parliament.nz/2020/inquiry-auckland-uni/docs/summary-university-of-auckland.pdf |publisher=[[Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand]] |access-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202015202/https://oag.parliament.nz/2020/inquiry-auckland-uni/docs/summary-university-of-auckland.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Siouxsie Wiles v University of Auckland ===
{{Main|Siouxsie Wiles#Wiles v University of Auckland|Shaun Hendy#Coronavirus pandemic}}

In January 2022 Siouxsie Wiles and Shaun Hendy filed claims with the [[Employment Relations Authority]] against the University of Auckland. They alleged that the University did not protect them from harassment for their COVID-19 commentary advocacy for vaccination.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Anthony |first=John |date=2022-01-03 |title=Covid-19 commentators make employment claim against University of Auckland |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/127426239/covid19-commentators-make-employment-claim-against-university-of-auckland |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023 |title=Siouxsie Wiles v University of Auckland: 'Victim blaming' HR staff told scientist to stop making public comments on Covid-19 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/siouxsie-wiles-v-university-of-auckland-threats-against-high-profile-scientist-played-to-court/PWNWS4UL5RHSTNDXXKTOVQI4PI/ |access-date=9 November 2023 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref> In October 2022, Hendy resolved the dispute after leaving the university.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Earley |first=Melanie |date=2023-11-06 |title=Covid-19 commentator Siouxsie Wiles received 'tsunami of abuse', court hears |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/133240201/covid19-commentator-siouxsie-wiles-received-tsunami-of-abuse-court-hears |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref> Wiles started the hearing in early November 2023, and at the end of three week hearing, Judge Holden [[Judgment (law)|reserved her decision]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGregor |first=Catherine |date=2023-11-06 |title=Siouxsie Wiles will have her day in court |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/06-11-2023/siouxsie-wiles-will-have-her-day-in-court |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=[[The Spinoff]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":32"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Earley |first1=Melanie |date=28 November 2023 |title=Decision in Dr Siouxsie Wiles employment case against Auckland Uni reserved after three week hearing |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/301016365/decision-in-dr-siouxsie-wiles-employment-case-against-auckland-uni-reserved-after-three-week-hearing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501130145/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/301016365/decision-in-dr-siouxsie-wiles-employment-case-against-auckland-uni-reserved-after-three-week-hearing |archive-date=1 May 2024 |access-date=8 July 2024 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]}}</ref> On 8 July 2024, the Employment Court ruled in Wiles' favour. The Court also ruled that the University did not breach her academic freedom. The University was ordered to pay Wiles' NZ$20,000 in damages.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Plummer |first1=Benjamin |last2=Davison |first2=Isaac |title=Siouxsie Wiles: Auckland University ordered to pay $20,000 in Employment Court decision |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/siouxsie-wiles-auckland-university-ordered-to-pay-20000-in-employment-court-decision/AT7N5ME66JA2NC4DFB2EPYCFME/ |access-date=8 July 2024 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=8 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708123103/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/siouxsie-wiles-auckland-university-ordered-to-pay-20000-in-employment-court-decision/AT7N5ME66JA2NC4DFB2EPYCFME/ |archive-date=8 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2024 student accommodation rent strike ===
In 2024, a group of students residing in University of Auckland accommodation initiated "rent strike" on 1 May 2024, following an 8% increase in accommodation costs for the academic year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Auckland Uni students announce rent strike over fee increase |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/19/auckland-uni-students-announce-rent-strike-over-fee-increase/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=[[1News]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-29 |title=University of Auckland rental strike to continue, experts warn students could face sanctions |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/518112/university-of-auckland-rental-strike-to-continue-experts-warn-students-could-face-sanctions |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref>

===2024 course review===
In August 2024 the University's leadership notified academics across the institution that a "course optimisation" was in progress.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morton |first=Jamie |date=2024-08-14 |title=Auckland Uni senior academics outraged over proposed course shake-up |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-uni-senior-academics-outraged-over-proposed-course-shake-up/6V7XCX4AERFGLEO2DHDKZ5ZLFE/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> This would reduce the number of courses offered at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and was met with outcry by faculty members. The senate, a group of senior faculty who advise the University Council, voted to pause the ongoing curriculum redesign that had prompted the proposed changes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morton |first=Jamie |date=2024-08-30 |title=University of Auckland academics in 'unprecedented' revolt over controversial course shake-up |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/university-of-auckland-academics-in-unprecedented-revolt-over-controversial-course-shake-up/ODXSAEWSHFHFLLPR73HWSOEMTE/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> There were also objections from students and Tertiary Education Union members, who formed a group protesting the changes.

==Notable people==
{{main category|University of Auckland alumni}}

===Notable alumni===
====Alumni recognition programmes====
The University of Auckland celebrates the achievements of its graduates through dedicated alumni recognition programmes. Each year, it hosts the [[Distinguished Alumni Awards]] to honour graduates who have made outstanding contributions in their fields.<ref>{{cite web |title=Distinguished Alumni – Nominate alumni |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/alumni/our-alumni/distinguished-alumni.html |website=University of Auckland |access-date=12 October 2025}}</ref>  
The University also runs a biennial [[40 Under 40 (University of Auckland)]] initiative, which recognises forty alumni aged forty and under, for their leadership, innovation, and service across a range of disciplines.<ref>{{cite web |title=40 Under 40 – About and nominate |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/alumni/our-alumni/40-under-40/40-under-40--about-and--nominate.html |website=University of Auckland |access-date=12 October 2025}}</ref>
====Academia====
[[File:RomHarre.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Horace Romano Harré|Rom Harré]]]]
* [[Alexandra Brewis Slade]], anthropologist
* [[Margaret Brimble]], organic chemist
* [[Dianne Brunton]], ecology academic, professor at [[Massey University]]
* [[Jemma Field]], historian
* [[Colleen M. Flood]], professor at [[University of Ottawa]] and Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Canada]]
* [[Horace Romano Harré|Rom Harré]], Oxford philosopher
* [[Christian Hartinger]], inorganic chemist
* [[Harry Hawthorn]], Canadian anthropologist
* [[John Hood (university administrator)|John Hood]], former Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Oxford]]
* [[Susan Kemp]], social work academic
* [[Charlotte Macdonald]], historian
* [[Diane M. Mackie]], social psychologist
* [[Constant Mews]], authority on medieval religious thought
* [[Snejina Michailova]], full professor at The University of Auckland
* [[Susan Moller Okin]], philosopher
* [[Janis Paterson]], academic [[developmental psychologist]], founding director of the longitudinal [[Pacific Islands Families Study]]
* [[Peter C. B. Phillips|Peter C. B. Phillip]]
* [[Elizabeth Rata]], professor of education
* [[Papaarangi Mary-Jane Reid]], public health academic
* [[Graham Smith (Māori academic)|Graham Smith]], academic
* [[Terry Sturm]], professor of English 
* [[Rory Sweetman]], historian
* [[Ronald Syme]], pre-eminent New Zealand classicist of the 20th century
* [[Tarisi Vunidilo]], Fijian archaeologist and curator
* [[Rorden Wilkinson]], political economist
* [[David Wills (writer)|David Wills]], translator of [[Jacques Derrida]]

====Art====
*[[Louie Bretaña]], artist
*[[Vidyamala Burch]], writer and mindfulness teacher
* [[Gill Gatfield]], sculptor
* [[Ian George (artist)|Ian George]], artist
*[[Bob Kerr (author and artist)|Bob Kerr]], artist and author
*[[Luise Fong]], artist and educator
*[[Rachael McKenna]], photographer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/99934161/how-to-photograph-cats-and-dogs-wanaka-portrait-artist-rachael-mckenna-explains|title=How to photograph cats and dogs: Wanaka portrait artist Rachael McKenna explains|last=Cook|first=Marjorie|date=2017-12-18|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>
*[[Reuben Paterson]], artist
*[[Cheryll Sotheran]], founder of the [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]]
*[[Benjamin Work]], artist
*[[Saraid de Silva]], writer

====Business====
[[File:Jane-Taylor-Photo.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Jane Taylor (lawyer)|Jane Taylor]]]]
*[[Vincent Cheng Hoi-Chuen|Vincent Cheng]], chairman of [[HSBC]]
*[[Shayne Elliott]] (born 1963/64), New Zealand banker
*[[Paul Huljich]], CEO of Best Corporation, author
* [[Ross Keenan]] (born 1943), businessperson<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6x8OAQAAMAAJ |access-date=6 May 2020 |last1=Lambert |first1=Max |year=1991 |edition=12th |publisher=Octopus |location=Auckland |page=336|isbn = 9780790001302}}</ref>
*[[Jane Taylor (lawyer)|Jane Taylor]], chair of [[New Zealand Post]] and [[Landcare Research]]

====Film and television====
[[File:Lucy Lawless by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Lucy Lawless]]]]
*[[Philippa Boyens]], [[Academy Award]]-winning screenwriter
*[[Niki Caro]], film director, producer and screenwriter. 
*[[Jacqueline Feather]], screenwriter
*[[Lucy Lawless]], actress
*[[Yasmine Ryan]] (ca. 1983 – 2017), journalist
*[[Christine Tan]], CNBC news anchor
*[[Karl Rock]], [[YouTuber]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karl Rock – The University of Auckland |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/alumni/our-alumni/40-under-40/a-z-list-of-profiles/karl-rock.html |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=www.auckland.ac.nz}}</ref>
*[[Antony Starr]], actor

====Music====
*[[Marcus Chang]], Taiwanese singer-songwriter & actor 
*[[Gary Chaw]], singer-songwriter
*[[Gareth Farr]], composer
*[[Tim Finn]], musician
*[[Jeffrey Grice]], pianist
*[[David Griffiths (composer)|David Griffiths]], composer, singer, lecturer
*[[Anthony Jennings (musician)|Anthony Jennings]], harpsichordist, organist, choral and orchestral director<ref>{{Cite Grove |author=J.M. Thomson|title=Jennings, Anthony|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42592|date=20 January 2001}}</ref>
*[[Ashley Lawrence (musician)|Ashley Lawrence]], conductor
*[[Marya Martin]], flautist
*[[Douglas Mews]], early music specialist
*[[Shirley Setia]], singer and actress
*[[Wilma Smith (musician)|Wilma Smith]], Fijian-born concert violinist and music teacher
*[[Derek Williams (musician)|Derek Williams]], composer, arranger, conductor, lecturer

====Politics and Law====
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*[[Jan Beagle]], Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
*[[Simon Bridges]], former [[Opposition Leader]], former leader of the [[New Zealand National Party]]
*[[Helen Clark]], former Prime Minister of New Zealand, former Administrator of the [[United Nations Development Programme]]
*[[Colin Craig]], businessman and leader of the [[Conservative Party of New Zealand]]
*[[Jennifer Curtin]], public policy
*[[Sian Elias]], New Zealand [[Chief Justice]] 1999–2019
*[[Jeanette Fitzsimons]], New Zealand politician and environmentalist
*[[Lowell Goddard]], Judge<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Profile: Justice Lowell Goddard|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31128853|access-date=4 February 2015|work=BBC|date=4 February 2015}}</ref>
*[[Jonathan Hunt (New Zealand politician)|Jonathan Hunt]], former [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]], [[Order of New Zealand]]
*[[Sir Kenneth James Keith]], New Zealand Judge appointed to the International Court of Justice
*[[David Lange]], former Prime Minister of New Zealand
*[[Viliami Latu]], Tongan Minister of Police
*[[Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi]], [[Prime Minister of Samoa]]
*[[Leslie Munro]], former New Zealand's permanent representative to the United Nations, former President of the Trusteeship Council, former President of the United Nations General Assembly, three times President of the Security Council
*[[Shai Navot]], former leader of [[The Opportunities Party]]
*[[Winston Peters]], politician and leader of the [[NZ First]] party
*[[Anthony Randerson]], New Zealand Chief High Court Judge from December 2004 to February 2010. Now a Judge of the New Zealand Court of Appeal
*[[Mike Rann]], former Premier of South Australia, and future [[List of High Commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom|Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom]]
*[[Anand Satyanand]], Governor General, New Zealand 2006–2011
*[[Peter Thomson (diplomat)|Peter Thomson]], Fijian diplomat, Fiji's former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, former President of the General Assembly of the United Nations
*[[Taufa Vakatale]], former Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji
*[[Vangelis Vitalis]], diplomat
*[[Helen Winkelmann]], New Zealand Chief Justice 2019–present

====Science and technology====
*[[Penelope Brothers]], chemist
*[[Howard Carmichael]], physicist
*[[Helen Danesh-Meyer]], ophthalmology academic
*[[Richard Faull|Sir Richard Faull]], Neuroscientist
*[[Lynnette Ferguson]]
*[[Crispin Gardiner]], physicist
*[[Ross Ihaka]], statistician
*[[Vaughan Jones|Sir Vaughan Jones]], [[Fields Medal|Fields medallist]]
*[[Harold Marshall (acoustician)|Sir Harold Marshall]], acoustician and architect
*[[Stephen Parke]], physicist
*[[Richard John Pentreath]], British marine scientist 
*[[William Sage Rapson]], chemist
*[[Daniel Frank Walls]], physicist
*[[Jennifer Mary Weller]], anaesthesiology academic
*[[Anne Wyllie]], microbial disease epidemiologist

====Sports====
[[File:Jo Aleh MNZM (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Jo Aleh]]]]
*[[Jo Aleh]] (born 1986), sailor, national champion, world champion, and Olympic champion
*[[Russell Coutts]] (born 1962), yachtsman
*[[Richard de Groen]] (born 1962), Test cricketer and Olympic and Commonwealth Games administrator
*[[Mahé Drysdale]] (born 1978), Australian-born New Zealand rower, [[Mayor of Tauranga]], 2024–present
*[[Michael Jones (rugby union)|Michael Jones]] (born 1965), rugby player and coach
*[[Jerome Kaino]] (born 1983), [[American Samoa]]n-born New Zealand rugby player
*[[Eliza McCartney]] (born 1996), New Zealand Olympic pole vaulter
*[[Jean Spencer (gymnast)|Jean Spencer]] (born 1940), United Kingdom-born New Zealand Olympic gymnast

===Notable faculty===
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[[File:ROGER C GREEN 002.jpg|thumb|upright|Portrait of Professor [[Roger Curtis Green]] from the Department of Anthropology]]
Until his death in 2009, the longest serving staff member was Emeritus Professor of Prehistory, [[Roger Curtis Green]], BA BSc ''(New Mexico)'', PhD ''(Harv.)'', FRSNZ, MANAS. He had been on the staff 1961–66 and from 1973 onwards. The longest serving, non-'retired' staff member is Bernard Brown, [[New Zealand Order of Merit|ONZM]], LLB (Hons) ''(Leeds)'', LLM ''(Sing.)''. He has been a full-time senior lecturer in the faculty of law 1962-65 and 1969 onwards. [[William Phillips (economist)|William Phillips]], the influential economist largely famed for his [[Phillips curve]], taught at the university from 1969 until his death in 1975. The programming language [[R (programming language)|R]], widely used by statisticians and data scientists, was developed at the university by [[Robert Gentleman (statistician)|Robert Gentleman]] and [[Ross Ihaka]] in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite tech report |url=https://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~ihaka/downloads/Interface98.pdf |title=R : Past and Future History |first=Ross |last=Ihaka |institution=Statistics Department, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand  |year=1998}}</ref>

According to the [[Association of University Staff of New Zealand]] (AUS) in 2007, New Zealand universities, including the University of Auckland, had been taking a more litigious approach to managing their staff in recent years and engaged lawyers and employment advocates to handle even minor matters. The University of Auckland "paid out more than $780,000 in 2006 to settle problems it listed as including personal grievances and disputes".<ref name="Kelly">{{cite web |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0710/S00036.htm |title=AUS tertiary update |date=11 October 2007 |work=Scoop News |publisher=[[Association of University Staff of New Zealand]] |access-date=28 April 2012}}</ref> For example, Paul Buchanan, a popular, world-renowned lecturer on international relations and security, was summarily dismissed in 2007 because a student to whom he sent an email complained that she found his comments about her performance in his class to be offensive.<ref name="Paul"/> He was later reinstated,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10533235 |title=Sacked lecturer reinstated |first=Edward |last=Gay |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=20 September 2008 |access-date=1 February 2012}}</ref> but this was just a formality<ref name="Paul"/> and he never returned to lecturing. As the AUS would not financially support a case for full reinstatement, Buchanan accepted the formal reinstatement and a nominal monetary payout as a settlement of his appeal to the Employment Court.<ref name="Paul">{{cite web |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1009/S00201/paul-buchanans-employment-at-auckland-uni-ends.htm |title=Paul Buchanan's employment at Auckland Uni ends |date=28 September 2010 |work=Scoop News |access-date=28 April 2012}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* ''A Complete Guide to Heraldry'' by A. C. Fox-Davies, 1909.
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