Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau (Māori) | |
Other name | AUT, AUT University |
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Former name |
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Motto | For the changing world |
Type | Public research university |
Established | 2000 (lineage back to 1895) |
Endowment | NZ$2.37 million (31 December 2021)[1] |
Budget | NZ$425.4 million (31 December 2020)[2] |
Chancellor | Rob Campbell CNZM |
Vice-Chancellor | Damon Salesa |
Academic staff | 1,194 (2020)[2] |
Administrative staff | 1,255 (2020)[2] |
Students | 29,118 (2020)[2] |
Undergraduates | 13,319 (2020)[2] |
Postgraduates | 2,586 (2020) [2] |
Location | , New Zealand (Māori: Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa) 36°51′13″S 174°45′59″E / 36.8536°S 174.7665°E |
Campus | Multiple sites: City, North, South |
Student Magazine | Debate |
Affiliations | |
Website | www |
Auckland University of Technology (abbr. AUT; Māori: Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. AUT is New Zealand's third largest university in terms of total student enrolment, with approximately 29,100 students enrolled across three campuses in Auckland.[3] It has five faculties, and an additional two specialist locations: AUT Millennium and AUT Centre for Refugee Education.[4]
AUT enrolled more than 29,000 students in 2018,[5][2]: 16 including 4,194 international students from 94 countries[2]: 20 and 2,417 postgraduate students.[2]: 19 Students also represent a wide age range with 22% being aged 25–39 years and 10% being 40 or older.[2]: 20
AUT employed 2,474 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in 2016, including both professional and academic.[2]: 23