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The University of Auckland ranked 1st in New Zealand, 169th in the global 2024 rating, and scored in the TOP 100 across 57 research topics. The University of Auckland ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 103,776 academic publications and 2,874,648 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 439 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#169 of 14,131 In the World
#7 of 59 In Oceania
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#1 of 2 In Auckland
#8 of 4,117 For Anthropology
#22 of 1,001 For UX/UI Desgin
#34 of 1,019 For Genealogy
#277 of 7,738 For Alumni Impact
#178 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top100 For 54 other topics

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Biology rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Biology in New Zealand and 207th in the World with 59,008 publications made and 1,893,432 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Paleontology, Neuroscience, Botany.

Biology ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#9 of 54 In Oceania
#207 of 6,770 In the World

University of Auckland
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1991 331 3773
1992 413 3833
1993 415 4266
1994 452 4992
1995 437 5802
1996 522 6341
1997 576 7354
1998 574 8082
1999 647 9163
2000 720 10228
2001 778 11767
2002 846 13394
2003 839 15447
2004 912 18404
2005 987 20891
2006 1194 24683
2007 1357 29159
2008 1400 32883
2009 1549 38675
2010 1721 46227
2011 1906 53127
2012 2012 61216
2013 2347 71848
2014 2457 79998
2015 2553 87242
2016 2835 96035
2017 2940 105282
2018 2939 115818
2019 3344 134317
2020 3599 160164
2021 3879 186627
2022 3520 197298
2023 3370 197044

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield New Zealand ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 1 9 103
Nutrition and Food Science 2 6 113
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 2 7 122
Evolutionary Biology 1 6 127
Biotechnology 1 6 129
Pharmacology 1 6 134
Paleontology 1 9 152
Neuroscience 1 6 153
Zoology 2 13 169
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 1 6 172
Botany 1 9 177
Horticulture 1 8 183
Genetics 1 9 227
Animal Science 4 13 230
Agricultural Science 3 13 238
Biochemistry 1 9 239
Biophysics 1 8 254
Immunology 1 9 305
Microbiology 2 11 310
Oncology and Cancer research 1 8 347
Forestry 5 22 347
Entomology 3 17 369
Virology 2 11 376
Molecular Biology 1 9 378
Toxicology 2 14 459
Nanotechnology 1 14 482
Astrobiology 2 16 501

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in New Zealand and 87th in the World with 51,385 publications made and 1,411,606 citations received. Main research topics: Political Science, Law, Sociology, Philosophy, History.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#7 of 54 In Oceania
#87 of 7,020 In the World

University of Auckland
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1991 193 1423
1992 281 1400
1993 273 1600
1994 318 2036
1995 346 2162
1996 411 2759
1997 466 3180
1998 469 3293
1999 485 3804
2000 525 4693
2001 564 5478
2002 712 6663
2003 764 7943
2004 783 9948
2005 928 11793
2006 1091 14212
2007 1182 17120
2008 1257 20037
2009 1414 25186
2010 1544 29768
2011 1904 35495
2012 1858 41185
2013 1993 50487
2014 2214 57240
2015 2278 63548
2016 2632 68395
2017 2593 73325
2018 2686 82203
2019 3058 98422
2020 3346 117239
2021 3524 138701
2022 3201 144469
2023 3048 146690

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Medicine rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Medicine in New Zealand and 170th in the World with 50,491 publications made and 1,517,277 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Psychiatry, Surgery, Public Health, Nursing.

Medicine ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#8 of 53 In Oceania
#170 of 6,680 In the World

University of Auckland
Medicine Publications & Citations

Year Medicine publications Medicine citations
1991 229 2774
1992 329 2866
1993 346 3136
1994 357 3819
1995 365 4577
1996 406 5092
1997 491 6011
1998 436 6484
1999 488 7403
2000 543 8280
2001 583 9544
2002 616 10741
2003 696 12373
2004 728 14721
2005 842 17087
2006 978 20156
2007 1105 23449
2008 1155 26842
2009 1326 32048
2010 1448 38239
2011 1607 43961
2012 1829 50884
2013 2069 60138
2014 2136 67587
2015 2259 75262
2016 2513 81783
2017 2589 89031
2018 2657 97815
2019 3021 112324
2020 3292 134695
2021 3554 157732
2022 3303 166947
2023 3070 165955

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Medicine.

Engineering rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Engineering in New Zealand and 203rd in the World with 44,819 publications made and 1,175,912 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#7 of 52 In Oceania
#203 of 6,684 In the World

University of Auckland
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1991 209 1840
1992 261 1915
1993 270 2102
1994 302 2352
1995 316 2678
1996 383 3144
1997 434 3685
1998 432 3895
1999 472 4463
2000 501 5209
2001 606 6033
2002 752 7748
2003 687 8475
2004 736 10128
2005 847 11735
2006 968 13927
2007 1054 16558
2008 1172 18988
2009 1272 22233
2010 1372 26130
2011 1636 30726
2012 1632 35743
2013 1873 42522
2014 1889 46976
2015 1920 52411
2016 2157 57254
2017 2214 63429
2018 2254 70594
2019 2557 83174
2020 2682 98376
2021 2733 116194
2022 2594 124560
2023 2474 125839

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Engineering.

Engineering subfield New Zealand ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Firefighting and Fire Science 2 4 36
Product and Industrial Design 1 2 94
Architecture 1 6 98
Systems Engineering 1 6 99
Petroleum Engineering 1 9 101
Robotics 1 5 101
Civil Engineering 1 7 111
Engineering Management 1 9 112
Construction Management 1 11 116
Human-Computer Interaction 1 8 117
Aviation 2 9 122
Applied/Engineering Physics 1 3 126
Biotechnology 1 6 129
Industrial Engineering 1 3 135
Mechanical Engineering 1 6 137
Architectural Engineering 1 10 144
Technical Drawing 1 3 146
Marine Engineering 1 6 146
Transportation Engineering 1 7 147
Geotechnical Engineering 1 9 156
Structural Engineering 1 7 167
Landscape Architecture 2 14 169
Aerospace Engineering 1 7 170
Biomedical Engineering 1 8 180
Operations Research 1 6 185
Nuclear Engineering 1 4 190
Electrical Engineering 1 7 191
Mining Engineering 1 16 192
Automation and Control engineering 1 8 208
Acoustical Engineering 1 7 216
Reliability and Quality Engineering 1 8 230
Telecommunications 1 8 231
Automotive Engineering 1 11 232
Electronic Engineering 1 7 233
Computer Networking 1 9 243
Optical Engineering 1 7 247
Remote Sensing 1 10 249
Agricultural Engineering 3 17 267
Environmental Engineering 1 15 272
Biochemical Engineering 2 10 277
Renewable Energy Engineering 2 16 281
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 1 8 286
Materials Science 1 10 291
Computer Engineering 1 8 312
Metallurgical Engineering 1 11 316
Chemical Engineering 1 12 332
Nanotechnology 1 14 482

Chemistry rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Chemistry in New Zealand and 262nd in the World with 43,939 publications made and 1,376,404 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physical chemistry.

Chemistry ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#9 of 52 In Oceania
#262 of 6,447 In the World

University of Auckland
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1991 262 3038
1992 327 3182
1993 335 3483
1994 356 4082
1995 352 4782
1996 402 5129
1997 495 5952
1998 491 6446
1999 548 7269
2000 586 8161
2001 630 9346
2002 686 10793
2003 664 11866
2004 710 13834
2005 729 15830
2006 931 18326
2007 1032 21379
2008 1052 23596
2009 1160 27438
2010 1330 32593
2011 1419 37227
2012 1506 43405
2013 1708 50235
2014 1862 57023
2015 1875 62584
2016 2032 68441
2017 2095 75761
2018 2172 83282
2019 2383 96929
2020 2488 113962
2021 2657 133040
2022 2465 141916
2023 2293 141599

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield New Zealand ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Nutrition and Food Science 2 6 113
Petrology and Geochemistry 1 13 153
Pharmacy 1 6 238
Biochemistry 1 9 239
Biochemical Engineering 2 10 277
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 1 8 286
Materials Science 1 10 291
Organic Chemistry 1 9 295
Physical chemistry 1 10 330
Chemical Engineering 1 12 332
Inorganic Chemistry 1 11 433
Nanotechnology 1 14 482
Environmental Chemistry 2 20 522
Radiochemistry 1 9 534
Computational Chemistry 1 14 549

Computer Science rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Computer Science in New Zealand and 144th in the World with 42,803 publications made and 1,197,911 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Neuroscience, Machine Learning, Telecommunications, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#7 of 53 In Oceania
#144 of 6,752 In the World

University of Auckland
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1991 174 1872
1992 223 1818
1993 241 2043
1994 242 2423
1995 305 2789
1996 346 3308
1997 370 3690
1998 374 4007
1999 422 4507
2000 408 4939
2001 525 5860
2002 744 7476
2003 690 8119
2004 700 9916
2005 848 11619
2006 959 13943
2007 1031 16561
2008 1116 18425
2009 1268 22807
2010 1314 26603
2011 1612 31533
2012 1548 36120
2013 1753 42718
2014 1813 48232
2015 1840 52589
2016 2082 57191
2017 2119 62582
2018 2254 69797
2019 2466 81105
2020 2673 97847
2021 2764 113694
2022 2549 120297
2023 2507 121696

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Computer Science.

Environmental Science rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Environmental Science in New Zealand and 116th in the World with 41,189 publications made and 1,227,262 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Oceanography.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#8 of 53 In Oceania
#116 of 6,798 In the World

University of Auckland
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1991 207 1846
1992 278 1867
1993 258 2042
1994 262 2364
1995 283 2523
1996 307 2875
1997 395 3339
1998 395 3465
1999 411 3959
2000 421 4775
2001 476 5534
2002 517 6480
2003 567 7823
2004 623 9523
2005 708 10825
2006 832 12835
2007 891 15734
2008 971 18027
2009 1100 21688
2010 1245 26085
2011 1413 31058
2012 1415 36106
2013 1629 43899
2014 1761 49458
2015 1771 54695
2016 2012 59773
2017 2024 65129
2018 2118 72160
2019 2407 86897
2020 2583 104439
2021 2717 121705
2022 2575 129026
2023 2364 129627

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Environmental Science.

Physics rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Physics in New Zealand and 258th in the World with 39,536 publications made and 1,033,475 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Acoustical Engineering.

Physics ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#9 of 52 In Oceania
#258 of 6,603 In the World

University of Auckland
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1991 220 1817
1992 222 1849
1993 254 2070
1994 285 2437
1995 289 2681
1996 349 3122
1997 417 3578
1998 419 3825
1999 474 4311
2000 484 5048
2001 563 5889
2002 663 7284
2003 615 7907
2004 669 9457
2005 768 11140
2006 846 12908
2007 933 15030
2008 1033 16958
2009 1119 19589
2010 1218 22872
2011 1433 26822
2012 1400 30805
2013 1566 36724
2014 1675 40606
2015 1655 45170
2016 1871 48530
2017 1877 53983
2018 1958 60453
2019 2196 70099
2020 2244 82965
2021 2271 97003
2022 2200 103799
2023 2147 106154

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield New Zealand ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Applied/Engineering Physics 1 3 126
Medical Physics 1 8 215
Acoustical Engineering 1 7 216
Optical Engineering 1 7 247
Biophysics 1 8 254
Quantum and Particle physics 1 7 267
Materials Science 1 10 291
Astrophysics and Astronomy 1 11 306
Atomic and Molecular physics 1 10 366
Theoretical Physics 2 10 451
Nanotechnology 1 14 482
Astrobiology 2 16 501
Nuclear Physics 1 14 552
Condensed Matter Physics 2 15 645

Psychology rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Psychology in New Zealand and 121st in the World with 31,024 publications made and 895,209 citations received. Main research topics: Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Education Majors, Cognitive Science.

Psychology ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#6 of 52 In Oceania
#121 of 6,528 In the World

University of Auckland
Psychology Publications & Citations

Year Psychology publications Psychology citations
1991 129 1617
1992 150 1602
1993 163 1834
1994 159 2194
1995 197 2563
1996 214 2968
1997 266 3175
1998 260 3564
1999 281 4038
2000 306 4379
2001 320 5058
2002 381 5756
2003 423 6556
2004 462 8028
2005 500 9281
2006 610 10997
2007 652 13228
2008 704 15244
2009 819 18209
2010 898 21948
2011 1056 25381
2012 1135 29996
2013 1272 35975
2014 1326 39870
2015 1379 44479
2016 1628 49390
2017 1655 53277
2018 1745 59438
2019 1867 69198
2020 2127 83570
2021 2279 98040
2022 2086 103530
2023 1975 104080

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Psychology.

Psychology subfield New Zealand ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Social Work 1 3 35
Sexology 1 5 49
Education Majors 1 7 51
Occupational Therapy 1 6 59
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 1 10 99
Social Psychology 1 7 115
Psychiatry 1 7 147
Child Psychology 2 12 149
Neuroscience 1 6 153
Cognitive Science 1 8 155
Clinical Psychology 2 15 173
Organizational / Business / IO Psychology 1 14 178
Special Education 1 16 208

Mathematics rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Mathematics in New Zealand and 118th in the World with 22,855 publications made and 731,704 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Math Teachers, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Applied Mathematics, Blockchain and Cryptography.

Mathematics ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#7 of 52 In Oceania
#118 of 6,305 In the World

University of Auckland
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1991 76 513
1992 84 605
1993 115 600
1994 131 787
1995 130 872
1996 153 1064
1997 190 1198
1998 165 1304
1999 187 1517
2000 213 1762
2001 238 2168
2002 342 2870
2003 337 3305
2004 373 3896
2005 443 4876
2006 514 5795
2007 559 7134
2008 567 8499
2009 650 10619
2010 683 12357
2011 866 15238
2012 835 17578
2013 962 21547
2014 993 24540
2015 1042 27645
2016 1178 29366
2017 1222 31902
2018 1274 35927
2019 1413 42389
2020 1494 51395
2021 1587 61668
2022 1453 64230
2023 1387 64008

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield New Zealand ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Math Teachers 1 4 43
Statistics 1 7 121
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 1 7 125
Operations Research 1 6 185
Actuarial Science 1 11 223
Applied Mathematics 1 8 226
Blockchain and Cryptography 1 15 323

Business rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Business in New Zealand and 100th in the World with 18,665 publications made and 448,274 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Marketing, Finance, Management Information Systems, Accounting.

Business ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#7 of 52 In Oceania
#100 of 6,187 In the World

University of Auckland
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1991 58 305
1992 91 324
1993 87 323
1994 118 489
1995 108 506
1996 128 705
1997 156 783
1998 209 837
1999 185 1044
2000 202 1375
2001 231 1525
2002 297 2043
2003 319 2473
2004 311 3069
2005 345 3671
2006 428 4352
2007 417 5325
2008 486 6545
2009 612 8227
2010 597 9952
2011 757 12237
2012 724 14124
2013 745 17474
2014 826 19788
2015 863 21667
2016 918 22894
2017 1021 25279
2018 989 28346
2019 1057 34418
2020 1222 41704
2021 1253 50779
2022 1113 52356
2023 1072 53540

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Business.

Economics rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Economics in New Zealand and 97th in the World with 14,796 publications made and 387,800 citations received. Main research topics: Development Studies, Finance, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Political Economy, Investment Banking and Stock trading.

Economics ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#7 of 52 In Oceania
#97 of 5,995 In the World

University of Auckland
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1991 47 236
1992 66 245
1993 83 347
1994 86 432
1995 95 479
1996 110 625
1997 127 675
1998 146 746
1999 137 856
2000 176 1166
2001 171 1330
2002 201 1443
2003 222 1890
2004 231 2392
2005 276 2853
2006 284 3297
2007 332 4029
2008 345 4840
2009 472 6242
2010 445 7423
2011 603 9319
2012 525 10751
2013 548 13216
2014 663 15152
2015 744 16657
2016 784 17717
2017 773 19656
2018 777 21909
2019 859 26307
2020 1003 32611
2021 1028 39395
2022 970 40995
2023 929 42284

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Economics.

Art & Design rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Art & Design in New Zealand and 86th in the World with 9,888 publications made and 206,022 citations received. Main research topics: Fashion Design, Literature, Aesthetics, Art History, Creative Writing.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

Art & Design ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#7 of 51 In Oceania
#86 of 5,720 In the World

University of Auckland
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1991 39 206
1992 41 269
1993 37 251
1994 69 325
1995 74 348
1996 84 523
1997 92 507
1998 87 478
1999 100 575
2000 88 711
2001 128 863
2002 166 1163
2003 168 1279
2004 151 1414
2005 195 1762
2006 208 2042
2007 212 2632
2008 234 3017
2009 287 3701
2010 309 4349
2011 346 5359
2012 365 6220
2013 429 7350
2014 438 8384
2015 431 9122
2016 533 10026
2017 544 11015
2018 487 12291
2019 580 15051
2020 637 17488
2021 683 20836
2022 558 21811
2023 549 22457

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Auckland in various areas of Art & Design.

Art & Design subfield New Zealand ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Graphic Design 1 3 18
UX/UI Desgin 1 2 22
Creative Writing 1 5 55
Entertainment Industry Business 1 8 62
Aesthetics 1 7 84
Literature 1 7 85
Fashion Design 1 8 89
Game Design and Development 2 6 90
Architecture 1 6 98
Multimedia 1 8 106
Singing and Vocal Performance 1 9 122
Art History 1 7 136
Music 1 9 141
Cinematography 2 18 145
Performing arts 1 11 153
Computer Graphics 1 6 155
Landscape Architecture 2 14 169
Interior Design 3 13 238
Animation 2 9 251
Photography 3 20 284
Painting and Drawing 2 17 452
Sculpture 2 17 452
Illustration and Concept Art 3 20 474