University of Auckland
Also known as The University of Auckland, Auckland University College, UoA
university in Auckland, New Zealand
Key facts
- Other name
- Auckland University (AU)
- Motto
- Ingenio et labore ( Latin )
- Motto in english
- By natural ability and hard work
- Type
- Public flagship research university
- Established
- 1883 (143 years ago) ( 1883 )
- Affiliations
- ACU , APAIE , APRU , Universitas 21 , WUN
- Endowment
- NZD $293 million (31 December 2021)
- Budget
- NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021)
- Chancellor
- Cecilia Tarrant
- Vice chancellor
- Frank Bloomfield ( Interim )
- Academic staff
- 2,455 ( FTE , 2023)
- Administrative staff
- 3,875 (FTE, 2023)
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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. University House, a former synagogue, leased by the university
The University of Auckland (UoA; Māori: Waipapa Taumata Rau) is a public research university in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in 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. In its early years the college operated from a disused courthouse and jail. The University’s Māori name, Waipapa Taumata Rau, was gifted by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei in 2021.