Victoria University of Wellington

This article is about the New Zealand university. For other universities with "Victoria" in their name, see Victoria University (disambiguation).

Victoria University of Wellington
Te Herenga Waka (Māori)
MottoLatin: Sapientia magis auro desideranda
Motto in English
Wisdom is more to be desired than gold[1]
TypePublic
Established1897; 127 years ago (1897)
Academic affiliation
ACU, AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS
EndowmentNZ$83.6 million
(31 December 2021)[2]
BudgetNZ$460.5 million
(31 December 2021)[3]
ChancellorJohn Allen[4]
Vice-ChancellorNic Smith
Academic staff
1,147 (2021)[5]
Total staff
2,329 (2021)[5]
Students23,090 (2021)[5]
Location
Wellington
,
New Zealand

41°17′20″S 174°46′06″E / 41.28889°S 174.76833°E / -41.28889; 174.76833
CampusUrban
Student magazineSalient
ColoursGreen and white
   
Websitewgtn.ac.nz

Victoria University of Wellington (Māori: Te Herenga Waka) is a public research university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand.

The university is well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, and offers a broad range of other courses. Entry to all courses at first year is open, and entry to second year in some programmes (e.g. law, criminology, creative writing, architecture, engineering[6]) is restricted.

Victoria had the highest average research grade in the New Zealand Government's Performance Based Research Fund exercise in both 2012 and 2018, having been ranked 4th in 2006 and 3rd in 2003.[7] Victoria has been ranked 215th in the World's Top 500 universities by the QS World University Rankings (2020).[8]

  1. ^ Beaglehole, J. C. (1949). Victoria University College an Essay towards a History. pp. 60–61. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Foundation Trust Financial Statement" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Financial Statements" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Chancellor John Allen". victoria.ac.nz. Victoria University of Wellington. 1 January 2022. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Victoria University". www.victoria.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  7. ^ Performance-Based Research Fund—Evaluating Research Excellence: the 2012 assessment Archived 12 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  8. ^ "Victoria University of Wellington". Top Universities. Retrieved 25 March 2022.