Auckland University of Technology: Global, National and Subject-wise Rankings 2021-2022

Auckland University of Technology, commonly known as AUT is a publicly-owned university for higher education and research. It is among the top 1.5% of universities in the world and has constantly clutched itself amid the top 4 universities to study in New Zealand. The institute has collaborated with big and small organizations including NASA, Air New Zealand, Spark, and more.

QS Top Universities ranked it # 451 in their global rankings for 2022 while US News and Times Higher Education gave the university 389th and 251–300th positions respectively in their global rankings for 2021. Over 250 programs are offered by the Auckland University of Technology in various disciplines of Sports, Design, Economics, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Psychology, Nursing, Tourism and Hospitality, and more.

Auckland University of Technology Ranking Highlights

• #=451 by QS Global World Rankings 2022
• #389 Best Global Universities Rankings by US News 2021
• #437 by QS Global World Rankings 2021
• #251–300 by THE World University Rankings 2021
• #4 Best Global Universities in New Zealand by US News 2021
• #3 by THE Best Universities in New Zealand 2021

Auckland University of Technology Global Ranking by QS

The ranking criteria by QS Top University include factors like academic reputation, employer reputation, citations, international faculty, and international students. It stood at 451st position in the latest 2022 rankings and 437th in 2021 rankings. And 442nd, 464th, and 450th spots in the years 2020, 2019, and 2018 respectively. The university’s international reputation has helped it in gaining respected ranks as International faculty and international students are the factors having the highest points, crowning the university for higher education in New Zealand.

uTrends for rankings given by QS Top Universities reveal that the university constantly dabbles within the top 450 and at times the top 500 universities in the world. QS’s ranking data for past years can be tabulated as-

US News gave 389th position in its 2021 Best Global Universities rankings, notably the highest among all ranking agencies. It has also ranked it as the 4th best in New Zealand and 27th best in New Zealand and Australia.

The Times Higher Education has given the institute 251–300th spot in their 2021 list. It is also ranked 23rd in THE’s Impact Rankings for 2020 and the third-best in New Zealand as well.

Auckland University of Technology Ranking in New Zealand

Even after having a relatively new establishment, the Times Higher Education ranked Auckland University of Technology as the 3rd in their Best universities in New Zealand rankings for 2021, below the University of Auckland and the University of Otago, the two most reputed universities in New Zealand, both having rankings among the top 150 and top 250 institutes around the globe respectively.

The US News’ Best Universities in New Zealand ranked the institute at the 4th spot, after the University of Auckland, the University of Otago, and the University of Canterbury. QS Top Universities also ranks the institute among the top ten in New Zealand.

So, Auckland University of Technology ranking in New Zealand according to various reputed agencies can be given as-

• Ranked 4th in Best Global Universities in New Zealand by US News for 2021
• Ranked 3rd in Times Higher Education’s Best Universities in New Zealand 2021

Auckland University of Technology Subject-wise Ranking by QS

The institute’s evolving research excellence and prominent international outlook as byproducts have given it top-notch faculties and facilities and thus decent subject-wise ratings and rankings. The highest subject-wise ranking is credited to Sports-related subjects and Hospitality and Leisure Management ranking 27th and 51-100th globally.

Most of the subjects taught at the institution are ranked mainly between 50 and 200th positions globally. Communications and Media Studies, Nursing, Art and Design, and Accounting & Finance come next as the third-highest ranking subject by QS, having a position 101-150th. Business and Management Studies, Economics, Medicine, Social Science & Management, and Arts & Humanities are some other high ranked subjects with global positions in between 200 - 400.

So, the subject-wise rankings by QS Top Universities can further be summarised as-

Auckland University of Technology Subject-wise Ranking by THE

Various programs of the Auckland University of Technology have been recognized globally or nationally. Given below are some of the rankings as per THE for various subjects and programs offered by the university. However, the agency has ranked Art & and Humanities, Clinical, Pre Clinical & Health, Social Science, Life Science and Education most preferred and top subject to study.

Auckland University of Technology Subject-wise Ranking by US News

Global research reputation, Regional research reputation, Publications, Normalized citation impact, total citations, number of publications are some of the factors included in the ranking methodology by the US News. The US News has ranking data for two subjects namely Clinical Medicine and Social Sciences and Public Health.

The below table demonstrates the subject ranking of Auckland University of Technology by the US News-

Auckland University of Technology Miscellaneous Rankings 

The university also has the following miscellaneous rankings under its name-

• 1st in New Zealand for Global Research Impact by THE
• Among the World’s Top 20 Millennial Universities by THE
• 23rd in Impact Rankings 2020 by THE
• 40th Young University Rankings by THE 2020
• 301-500th in the world for Graduate Employability Rankings by QS Top Universities

Auckland University of Technology has emerged quickly as a leading research institute in New Zealand. As it has a comparatively fresh establishment, it holds the potential to touch even higher feats and excellence. Its international outlook has helped it a bunch to gain popularity and respect globally. Among the top 400 universities in the world and within the top 5 in New Zealand, AUT is a decent option to pursue research and other higher academics.