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UniServices Statistics Faculties, Engineering 11 BUSINESSES 306 key academic units Chemical and Materials created to commercialise patents licensed in past 5 years (84 in 2018) Civil and Environmental University research in 2018 Arts Electrical, Computer and Software Cultures, Languages and Linguistics Engineering Science Humanities Mechanical $169 Social Sciences Web: engineering..ac.nz new research The 653 Te Wānanga o Waipapa – School of Māori contracts in 2018 Law MILLION invention disclosures in past 5 years Studies and Web: law.auckland.ac.nz 2019–2020 Profile Entrepreneurial Universities Web: arts.auckland.ac.nz raised by In 2018, two world leaders in Augmented Medical and Health Sciences $148 our spin-out Research centres Reality (AR) joined our Bioengineering Business and Economics and institutes across Medical Sciences companies in Institute as part of the Accounting and Finance The University of past five years the University Medicine Auckland MILLION Government’s Entrepreneurial Universities Commercial Law programme. Dr Suranga Nanayakkara Nursing Private Bag 92019 (above) set up the Augmented Human Economics and Vision Science Auckland 1142, New Zealand Lab (AHLab) at Auckland, and Professor Information Systems and Research Mark Billinghurst established the Operations Management Pharmacy Phone: +64 9 373 7999 Empathic Computing Laboratory. Management and International Business Population Health Email: [email protected] Our researchers are at the leading edge of Centres of Research Excellence Dr Nanayakkara brought his research Marketing Te Kupenga Hauora Māori Web: auckland.ac.nz innovation. We are international research As well as having more than 50 research units, team from the University of Singapore Web: fmhs.auckland.ac.nz leaders in inductive (wireless) power centres and institutes at departmental, faculty to Auckland to set up his AHLab. His Property transfer, computational physiology, artificial and University level, we host, or co-host, innovations include FingerReader, Graduate School of Management Science intelligence, human-machine interfaces, five of New Zealand’s ten National Centres of HapticChair, MuSS-Bits and StickEar. He Web: business.auckland.ac.nz Biological Sciences cancer, heart and brain disease research and Research Excellence. is also developing wearable and sensory better outcomes for mothers and babies. Chemical Sciences • Centre for Molecular devices that can enable the vision- or Creative Arts and Industries More than 12,000 staff and postgraduate Biodiscovery, targeting serious disease: hearing-impaired to perceive and make Architecture and Planning Computer Science students are involved in fundamental and sense of their environment. ahlab.org mauricewilkinscentre.org Dance Studies Environment applied research, which generates more than Exercise Sciences $200 million in annual research revenue. • Medical Technologies Centre, developing Elam new technologies to improve hospital, Music Marine Science Commercialising research community and home-based healthcare, Research facilities Web: creative.auckland.ac.nz Mathematics and nurturing an enhanced MedTech Examples of our top research facilities include: Auckland UniServices Ltd is the Physics commercialisation and knowledge transfer business sector: cmdt.org.nz/medtechcore Education and Social Work Centre for Advanced Magnetic Psychology arm of the University. UniServices works • Te Pūnaha Matatini, the Centre for Complex Counselling, Human Services and Social Work alongside academic staff to identify and Resonance Imaging (CAMRI) Statistics Systems and Networks, transforming Critical Studies in Education protect discoveries with commercial potential, complex data about New Zealand’s CAMRI has the most advanced 3T Skyra MRI Web: science.auckland.ac.nz Curriculum and Pedagogy find business partners and negotiate licence environment, economy and society into research scanner in the world. agreements. It is the largest company of its Learning, Development and knowledge, tools and insights: The Structures Testing Laboratory Large-scale research kind in Australasia. tepunahamatatini.ac.nz Professional Practice This world-class facility conducts a wide range Te Puna Wānanga / School of Māori and institutes Centre for Innovation and • Brain Research New Zealand, Rangahau of structures and earthquake engineering- Indigenous Education Entrepreneurship (CIE) Roro Aotearoa, ground-breaking research related experiments. Auckland Bioengineering Institute Centre for Learning and Research in Higher Our aim is to unleash the spirit of innovation on the ageing brain and ageing-related Education (CLeaR) Web: abi.auckland.ac.nz and entrepreneurship at the University. Based neurological disorders: brnz.ac.nz Augmented Human Laboratory Web: education.auckland.ac.nz at the Business School, the CIE provides the • Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Enables human-computer interfaces to Liggins Institute knowledge, environment and inspiration to Māori Centre of Research Excellence, become natural extensions of our body, mind Web: liggins.auckland.ac.nz all staff and students through experiential conducting research of relevance to Māori and behaviour. programmes, events and workshops. We communities and global indigenous affairs: Unleash Space also offer a Master of Commercialisation maramatanga.co.nz and Entrepreneurship for people wanting This is the University’s vibrant Innovation and to develop the capabilities to effectively National Science Challenges Entrepreneurship Hub – available for anyone at commercialise and capture value from the University to collaborate and create. We are Challenge Contractor for two of innovation and research. New Zealand’s National Science Challenges. National Conservation Laboratory for Velocity A Better Start: aims to reduce obesity and Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Velocity is the University’s student-led improve learning skills and mental health in The only facility of its type in the South Pacific, entrepreneurial development programme, New Zealand children. abetterstart.nz this laboratory offers specialist services supported by the CIE. It was set up in 2003 High-Value Nutrition: tackles key nutrition including wet site evaluation and management, and alumni have since launched more than questions with the goal of developing foods artefact assessment, chemical/physical 120 ventures, attracted more than $220 million with proven health benefits for the consumers analysis, documentation, collection surveys, in investment and created 700-plus jobs. of tomorrow. highvaluenutrition.co.nz treatment and archival packing. auckland.ac.nz Students Domestic 34,739 Doctorate 3,028 Budget Economic contribution Campuses International 8,020 Other 905 TOTAL The University makes a substantial contribution 1 City STUDENT Undergraduate* 30,412 to the economy of the Auckland region. In 2018 NUMBERS 42,759 Postgraduate* 9,167 *Includes multiple enrolments for individual students Revenue it had $3.48 billion in total assets and an annual Located in Auckland City, home to the revenue of $1.2 billion. The University owns key University’s administration, Arts, Engineering, RANKED historic and architecturally significant public Science, Law, Business and Creative Arts and UNIVERSITY Industries faculties. * buildings in the city including Old Government IN NEW ZEALAND 20% House, the Sir Owen G. Glenn Building and 2 Grafton 28% the ClockTower. Home to the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and adjacent to Auckland Hospital.

23% 3 Newmarket Innovation Precinct 16% Covering five hectares, this campus is adjacent to the major business area in Newmarket and 13% has state-of-the-art facilities for the faculties IN NEW ZEALAND of Engineering and Science as well as business Alumni co-location. for graduate employability** Young entrepreneur – Alliv Samson International student Sporting career – Government grants for SAC* Alliv is one of the founders of tech start-up – Anwar Hegazy 2018 was a historic year for commerce TOTAL ALUMNI 4 Tamaki Kami. This is an easy-to-use web application The recipient of a New Zealand student Stacey Michelsen, who is studying for Domestic student fees A campus specialising in postgraduate and that allows users to collaborate, view, Development Scholarship, Anwar Hegazy a Law Business conjoint degree. As captain research activity, especially in the area of International student fees edit and annotate digital documentation is from Alexandria in Egypt and pursuing a of the Black Sticks Women’s hockey team for health innovation, biodiversity and biosecurity like never before. Founded in 2013 by Alliv doctorate in Mechanical Engineering. His the 2018 , Stacey led 199,744 innovation. External research revenue Leading university and two fellow University alumnae, Kami research focuses on energy and energy her team to a historic gold at the Gold Coast 5 now has more than six million users, with engineering, especially thermo-fluid event. With an impressive 250 caps to her Other revenue Overseas alumni 21,653 Epsom The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s highest-ranked, largest a strong presence in the North American systems. “My goal is to develop as a top name, Stacey was further honoured when she New Zealand alumni 178,091 The main Faculty of Education and Social Work IN THE WORLD education market. Alliv has a BA in Political researcher in my field,” he says. Anwar is was chosen as New Zealand’s flag bearer at campus, ten minutes’ drive from the city. and most comprehensive university. It is internationally recognised as Studies and Media Studies and kicked off designing an energy and water conservation the closing ceremony. Expenditure Among our distinguished alumni are: one of the world’s top five emerging leaders in entrepreneurship and Times Higher Education her entrepreneurial journey with Kami agricultural procedure. “By the end of my 6 Tai Tokerau in Whangarei University Impact Rankings 2019 • Distinguished mathematician and Fields as a finalist in Velocity, the University’s study, my objective is to reach an applicable Three hours north of Auckland, it offers courses innovation, and is the most innovative university in New Zealand. Medal winner Sir Entrepreneurship Challenge. and fully optimised design of the system.” 3% run by the Faculty of Education and Social Work. 12% *83rd in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World • International artist Luke Willis Thompson We conduct teaching and research across University Rankings (up 11 places since 2014) QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS: • Innovator and founder of international eight faculties and two large-scale research • 1st globally in the inaugural Times Higher Education artificial intelligence company Soul 13 SUBJECTS IN THE WORLD’S TOP 50 (THE) University Impact Rankings • **71st in the QS Staff 6 institutes, and have the largest graduate Staff fellowships and awards Eminent scientist – Distinguished Machines Dr Mark Sagar Graduate Employability Rankings • 201-250 band in TOTAL STAFF Professor Dame 53% school in the country, with a third of all of New NUMBER* Zealand’s postgraduates obtaining a University the THE World University Rankings • 201-300 band 8,441 National Teaching Excellence Awards 28 32% • noted composer Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Archaeology 23 for the Academic Ranking of World Universities of Auckland degree. We are also New Zealand’s Academic 4,438 Brimble was made a Dame Grand • 142nd in the US News Best Global Universities Fellows of the Royal Society of London 4 • Māori historian Dr Aroha Harris leading university for graduate employability. Education 26 Rankings • 39th in the Reuters Top 75, Asia’s Most Professional 4,310 Companion of the New Zealand Order 1 Fellows of the Royal Society of 89 of Merit in the 2019 New Year Honours Led by Alumni Relations and Development, 2 Founded by an Act of Parliament in 1883, the Geography 28 Innovative Universities rankings * Some staff have both academic and professional roles 3 New Zealand list. She is the only New Zealand-based the campaign “For All Our Futures” set a target 5 4 University of Auckland has, from our earliest Pharmacy and Pharmacology 30 woman scientist elected as a Fellow of the of $300 million to address critical challenges days, admitted both male and female students. Top teachers Rutherford Medal holders 9 People costs Royal Society of London. A professor of facing our communities. Auckland We are committed to equity across gender, Nursing 36 (the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Pacific leader Since the Government introduced National chemistry, Dame Margaret is renowned for Operating costs We have been working with donors, alumni and sexual orientation, ethnicity, cultural and highest honour for the advancement and Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards in 2001, her work in medicinal chemistry and has other supporters to answer questions such as: religious practices and for those with disabilities. Engineering (Civil and Structural) 37 Associate Professor Toeolesulusulu Damon development of science, mathematics, Auckland has won 28 awards. Associate developed the drug Trofinetide, which is in Depreciation and amortisation ‘Can we dramatically improve cancer survival We have a wide network of international Salesa is the University’s first Pro Vice- social science, or technology) English Language and Literature 38 Professor Christine Woods and Associate Phase III Human Clinical trials and promises rates?’; ‘Can we have the best school system affiliations and formal agreements with (Pacific). Of Samoan descent, Surplus North Island Professor Mānuka Hēnare from the Business holder 1 a new treatment for Rett Syndrome, in the world?’; and ‘Can we build a modern, 182 universities in 39 countries. We are the Philosophy 41 Dr Salesa is a leading author and historian School received National Tertiary Teaching (Awarded internationally for Fragile X Syndrome and autism disorders. robust economy?’ only New Zealand member of , of Pacific studies and race relations. He *Student achievement component Sports-related Subjects 41 Excellence Awards in 2018. outstanding discoveries in Mathematics) Her research group is also pioneering the Worldwide Universities Network, and the was also the first person of Pacific Island alumni.ac.nz innovative chemical technology to generate Association of Pacific Rim Universities. Law 44 origin to become a Rhodes scholar at the . cancer vaccines. Linguistics 46 8000 120 Anthropology 49 Top teachers students countries Psychology 50 Since the Government introduced National from enrolled in 2019 Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards in 2001, Auckland has won 28 national awards. We are a global leader in Pacific research and Associate Professors Mānuka Hēnare and teaching and in 2018 appointed the world’s Christine Woods (pictured below) from the first Pro-Vice Chancellor Pacific. We educate Business School received National Tertiary 75 percent of New Zealand’s Pacific students Teaching Excellence Awards in the 2018. and employ 90 percent of the country’s academics of Pacific Island descent. Associate Professor Christine Woods received a Dr Mark Sagar, distinguished Engineering alumnus, Dr Aroha Harris, Arts alumna, Māori historian and Luke Willis Thompson, Creative Arts and Industries National Teaching Excellence Award in 2018. Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble is renowned for her work in medicinal chemistry. Academy Award winner, artificial intelligence pioneer. acclaimed author. alumnus, short-listed for Britain’s 2018 Turner Art Prize.