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The University of Auckland ranked 1st in New Zealand, 168th in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 100 across 53 research topics. The University of Auckland ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 118,202 academic publications and 4,032,916 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 513 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#168 of 14,131 In the World
#7 of 59 In Oceania
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#1 of 2 In Auckland
#8 of 4,409 For Anthropology
#24 of 1,036 For Social Work
#24 of 1,009 For UX/UI Desgin
#268 of 7,918 For Alumni Impact
#178 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top100 For 50 other topics

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Biology rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Biology in New Zealand and 205th in the World with 65,400 publications made and 2,522,672 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Paleontology, Neuroscience, Botany.

Biology ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#9 of 54 In Oceania
#205 of 6,833 In the World

University of Auckland
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1992 456 5015
1993 430 5467
1994 489 6379
1995 464 7216
1996 563 7924
1997 613 9156
1998 617 10049
1999 703 11431
2000 773 12822
2001 838 14654
2002 925 17049
2003 942 19814
2004 986 23379
2005 1101 26845
2006 1308 30887
2007 1416 36431
2008 1529 41752
2009 1698 48512
2010 1844 57245
2011 2071 65577
2012 2112 74391
2013 2519 87416
2014 2596 97550
2015 2638 105109
2016 2912 115541
2017 3014 127122
2018 3108 140390
2019 3509 160201
2020 3766 199352
2021 4043 228649
2022 3707 229712
2023 3675 235568
2024 2763 214385

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 97
Nutrition and Food Science 2 6 116
Biotechnology 1 6 119
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 2 7 124
Evolutionary Biology 1 6 125
Pharmacology 1 6 133
Zoology 2 10 141
Paleontology 1 9 153
Neuroscience 1 6 155
Botany 1 9 167
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 1 6 176
Horticulture 1 8 212
Genetics 1 9 224
Biochemistry 1 9 237
Biophysics 1 7 254
Animal Science 4 14 259
Agricultural Science 3 13 260
Immunology 1 9 298
Microbiology 2 11 305
Oncology and Cancer research 1 8 352
Entomology 3 17 363
Forestry 4 21 367
Molecular Biology 1 9 375
Virology 2 12 390
Toxicology 2 14 436
Nanotechnology 1 14 470
Astrobiology 3 16 495

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in New Zealand and 93rd in the World with 57,876 publications made and 2,005,516 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
#93 of 7,081 In the World

University of Auckland
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1992 312 1912
1993 279 2229
1994 351 2684
1995 359 2904
1996 439 3569
1997 508 4091
1998 500 4219
1999 528 5054
2000 553 6170
2001 636 7204
2002 801 8797
2003 838 10617
2004 851 12922
2005 1029 15569
2006 1175 18326
2007 1284 22304
2008 1359 26436
2009 1575 32862
2010 1676 37899
2011 2104 45313
2012 2061 53029
2013 2151 64217
2014 2369 72390
2015 2479 80088
2016 2802 87140
2017 2764 95640
2018 2875 105774
2019 3241 125866
2020 3591 155614
2021 3810 180828
2022 3367 181363
2023 3403 190287
2024 2430 170116

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 165th in the World with 56,110 publications made and 2,054,858 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Psychiatry, Surgery, Public Health, Nursing.

Medicine ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#8 of 54 In Oceania
#165 of 6,775 In the World

University of Auckland
Medicine Publications & Citations

Year Medicine publications Medicine citations
1992 358 3827
1993 359 4129
1994 371 4946
1995 391 5855
1996 425 6529
1997 512 7628
1998 466 8343
1999 529 9561
2000 582 10613
2001 638 12191
2002 675 13870
2003 765 16629
2004 793 19181
2005 917 22146
2006 1041 25470
2007 1172 29621
2008 1257 34377
2009 1459 40538
2010 1590 47961
2011 1737 54584
2012 1908 62536
2013 2205 74051
2014 2273 82899
2015 2349 90663
2016 2601 99728
2017 2687 109382
2018 2804 118813
2019 3105 136134
2020 3461 171136
2021 3694 196983
2022 3455 197390
2023 3314 200833
2024 2635 183554

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 194th in the World with 50,030 publications made and 1,611,005 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
#194 of 6,782 In the World

University of Auckland
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1992 282 2498
1993 278 2645
1994 306 3010
1995 318 3390
1996 407 3911
1997 469 4548
1998 464 4761
1999 507 5478
2000 555 6575
2001 639 7468
2002 809 9603
2003 778 10960
2004 800 12731
2005 923 14943
2006 1082 17557
2007 1121 20845
2008 1236 23869
2009 1397 28064
2010 1487 32653
2011 1845 39093
2012 1820 46091
2013 2018 53301
2014 2051 59946
2015 2025 65840
2016 2350 72868
2017 2349 80686
2018 2472 89772
2019 2658 103286
2020 2806 124454
2021 2890 144667
2022 2670 145699
2023 2792 152086
2024 1953 140865

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 33
Architecture 1 6 91
Product and Industrial Design 1 2 99
Engineering Management 1 8 103
Industrial Engineering 1 2 105
Petroleum Engineering 1 8 105
Systems Engineering 1 6 106
Robotics 1 5 107
Construction Management 1 8 108
Civil Engineering 1 7 113
Biotechnology 1 6 119
Human-Computer Interaction 1 8 130
Mechanical Engineering 1 6 135
Architectural Engineering 1 9 143
Applied/Engineering Physics 1 4 146
Geotechnical Engineering 1 8 147
Aviation 3 10 148
Transportation Engineering 1 7 148
Marine Engineering 1 6 153
Technical Drawing 1 3 155
Aerospace Engineering 1 7 169
Landscape Architecture 2 12 171
Structural Engineering 1 7 171
Operations Research 1 6 178
Electrical Engineering 1 7 188
Biomedical Engineering 1 8 188
Automation and Control engineering 1 8 193
Nuclear Engineering 1 5 202
Acoustical Engineering 1 7 210
Mining Engineering 1 16 214
Agricultural Engineering 2 12 219
Telecommunications 1 8 225
Reliability and Quality Engineering 1 8 231
Automotive Engineering 1 11 235
Computer Networking 1 9 237
Electronic Engineering 1 7 238
Optical Engineering 1 7 239
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 1 8 266
Remote Sensing 1 12 268
Biochemical Engineering 2 10 272
Environmental Engineering 1 16 279
Renewable Energy Engineering 2 17 285
Materials Science 1 10 286
Computer Engineering 1 8 297
Metallurgical Engineering 1 11 314
Chemical Engineering 1 12 327
Nanotechnology 1 14 470

Chemistry rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Chemistry in New Zealand and 255th in the World with 48,605 publications made and 1,828,694 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
#255 of 6,545 In the World

University of Auckland
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1992 355 4068
1993 347 4293
1994 367 5072
1995 368 5762
1996 434 6220
1997 517 7210
1998 520 7774
1999 583 8753
2000 629 9909
2001 676 11203
2002 746 13175
2003 742 15137
2004 766 17015
2005 819 19542
2006 1000 22275
2007 1089 26054
2008 1137 29175
2009 1267 33554
2010 1421 39646
2011 1591 45828
2012 1614 53007
2013 1885 61544
2014 1982 69970
2015 1932 75315
2016 2167 82987
2017 2182 91427
2018 2321 100970
2019 2424 114849
2020 2628 140378
2021 2749 160502
2022 2541 162272
2023 2509 165312
2024 1911 155111

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 6 116
Petrology and Geochemistry 1 13 151
Biochemistry 1 9 237
Pharmacy 1 6 245
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 1 8 266
Biochemical Engineering 2 10 272
Materials Science 1 10 286
Organic Chemistry 1 8 289
Physical chemistry 1 10 318
Chemical Engineering 1 12 327
Inorganic Chemistry 1 11 431
Nanotechnology 1 14 470
Environmental Chemistry 2 19 503
Computational Chemistry 1 14 533
Radiochemistry 1 10 557

Computer Science rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Computer Science in New Zealand and 142nd in the World with 47,521 publications made and 1,661,363 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
#142 of 6,845 In the World

University of Auckland
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1992 247 2269
1993 241 2561
1994 253 2951
1995 314 3434
1996 361 3983
1997 406 4408
1998 404 4856
1999 442 5630
2000 431 6075
2001 561 7320
2002 786 9330
2003 755 10495
2004 757 12544
2005 917 14726
2006 1072 17608
2007 1086 21088
2008 1227 23978
2009 1394 28995
2010 1451 34063
2011 1754 39958
2012 1689 45523
2013 1841 52997
2014 1936 60287
2015 1946 64456
2016 2203 71343
2017 2199 78260
2018 2371 87212
2019 2594 100680
2020 2818 125144
2021 2895 143726
2022 2688 143829
2023 2820 151608
2024 1895 132780

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 109th in the World with 46,341 publications made and 1,706,551 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Oceanography.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#8 of 54 In Oceania
#109 of 6,876 In the World

University of Auckland
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1992 298 2453
1993 268 2677
1994 296 3060
1995 301 3256
1996 338 3588
1997 443 4199
1998 431 4296
1999 447 4892
2000 447 6080
2001 514 6876
2002 582 8384
2003 637 9834
2004 665 12010
2005 791 13820
2006 925 16565
2007 931 19917
2008 1061 23322
2009 1203 27679
2010 1311 32384
2011 1560 39271
2012 1581 46219
2013 1785 54959
2014 1912 62361
2015 1925 68392
2016 2134 75301
2017 2178 83081
2018 2302 91502
2019 2578 108026
2020 2794 132522
2021 2921 153665
2022 2730 154986
2023 2637 160521
2024 1832 143550

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 249th in the World with 44,532 publications made and 1,446,192 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
#8 of 52 In Oceania
#249 of 6,713 In the World

University of Auckland
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1992 249 2400
1993 272 2566
1994 292 3054
1995 284 3351
1996 360 3858
1997 435 4327
1998 455 4653
1999 508 5218
2000 530 6165
2001 595 7177
2002 726 8947
2003 686 10089
2004 729 11721
2005 839 13942
2006 934 16064
2007 1007 18540
2008 1109 21141
2009 1237 24492
2010 1314 28695
2011 1610 34833
2012 1603 41494
2013 1730 47980
2014 1837 53895
2015 1781 59434
2016 2064 65562
2017 2047 72104
2018 2201 80682
2019 2316 90430
2020 2399 107534
2021 2466 123591
2022 2261 123587
2023 2388 130601
2024 1678 120443

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 4 146
Acoustical Engineering 1 7 210
Medical Physics 1 8 238
Optical Engineering 1 7 239
Quantum and Particle physics 1 7 254
Biophysics 1 7 254
Materials Science 1 10 286
Astrophysics and Astronomy 1 10 287
Atomic and Molecular physics 1 10 374
Theoretical Physics 2 11 460
Nanotechnology 1 14 470
Astrobiology 3 16 495
Nuclear Physics 1 14 562
Condensed Matter Physics 2 15 627

Psychology rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Psychology in New Zealand and 123rd in the World with 34,201 publications made and 1,227,181 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
#123 of 6,645 In the World

University of Auckland
Psychology Publications & Citations

Year Psychology publications Psychology citations
1992 159 2023
1993 164 2287
1994 153 2685
1995 204 3169
1996 217 3628
1997 281 3852
1998 279 4365
1999 288 5089
2000 323 5459
2001 357 6265
2002 411 7291
2003 456 8540
2004 495 10046
2005 551 11718
2006 659 13552
2007 704 16383
2008 786 19116
2009 903 22561
2010 986 27085
2011 1125 31223
2012 1172 36240
2013 1303 43186
2014 1393 48026
2015 1455 53386
2016 1680 58852
2017 1710 65044
2018 1802 72173
2019 1922 83292
2020 2256 105885
2021 2383 122215
2022 2186 122378
2023 2158 127688
2024 1529 112878

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 2 24
Sexology 1 5 51
Education Majors 1 6 52
Occupational Therapy 1 6 59
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 2 11 107
Social Psychology 1 7 113
Psychiatry 1 6 150
Cognitive Science 1 7 153
Neuroscience 1 6 155
Child Psychology 2 12 156
Special Education 1 14 164
Clinical Psychology 2 14 172
Organizational / Business / IO Psychology 1 14 198

Mathematics rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Mathematics in New Zealand and 115th in the World with 24,662 publications made and 1,003,261 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
#115 of 6,418 In the World

University of Auckland
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1992 82 839
1993 118 803
1994 130 1040
1995 126 1155
1996 170 1403
1997 200 1527
1998 179 1670
1999 196 1912
2000 212 2309
2001 260 2841
2002 384 3777
2003 361 4445
2004 392 5214
2005 481 6489
2006 532 7653
2007 585 9336
2008 607 11285
2009 672 13473
2010 717 15734
2011 928 19356
2012 876 22176
2013 969 26703
2014 1033 30649
2015 1097 33977
2016 1239 36231
2017 1239 40022
2018 1318 44512
2019 1413 52180
2020 1495 65246
2021 1633 77377
2022 1464 76789
2023 1464 78759
2024 1018 61360

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 52
Statistics 1 7 116
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 1 7 129
Operations Research 1 6 178
Actuarial Science 1 10 225
Applied Mathematics 1 7 228
Blockchain and Cryptography 1 14 286

Business rankings

The University of Auckland ranked 1st for Business in New Zealand and 100th in the World with 20,647 publications made and 636,094 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Finance, Marketing, Management Information Systems, Accounting.

Business ranking Location
#1 of 8 In New Zealand
#7 of 52 In Oceania
#100 of 6,339 In the World

University of Auckland
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1992 107 470
1993 81 459
1994 123 655
1995 111 679
1996 136 912
1997 163 1005
1998 218 1069
1999 199 1334
2000 211 1760
2001 255 2019
2002 328 2683
2003 338 3360
2004 352 3952
2005 393 4745
2006 444 5668
2007 464 6932
2008 518 8554
2009 666 10498
2010 641 12478
2011 869 15513
2012 764 17935
2013 775 21299
2014 896 24512
2015 896 26532
2016 972 28617
2017 1063 32365
2018 1007 35918
2019 1153 43117
2020 1324 53179
2021 1325 63664
2022 1133 62724
2023 1200 66930
2024 740 53492

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 99th in the World with 16,451 publications made and 553,938 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 53 In Oceania
#99 of 6,167 In the World

University of Auckland
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1992 80 388
1993 84 499
1994 94 608
1995 99 653
1996 117 812
1997 139 889
1998 163 973
1999 144 1123
2000 175 1503
2001 189 1789
2002 222 1995
2003 235 2579
2004 257 3115
2005 299 3723
2006 309 4334
2007 366 5355
2008 377 6383
2009 491 8034
2010 480 9323
2011 664 11769
2012 567 13643
2013 551 16405
2014 703 19053
2015 794 20895
2016 795 22458
2017 825 25331
2018 819 27605
2019 907 33585
2020 1088 42391
2021 1103 50197
2022 1031 50042
2023 1025 53565
2024 655 42720

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 82nd in the World with 11,164 publications made and 290,891 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 52 In Oceania
#82 of 5,966 In the World

University of Auckland
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1992 49 343
1993 41 315
1994 74 417
1995 82 455
1996 86 701
1997 101 653
1998 98 604
1999 117 782
2000 97 922
2001 132 1126
2002 184 1509
2003 191 1693
2004 166 1867
2005 220 2355
2006 232 2716
2007 238 3473
2008 268 4089
2009 324 4983
2010 332 5586
2011 402 6808
2012 386 8013
2013 443 9392
2014 467 10626
2015 451 11550
2016 558 12661
2017 564 14553
2018 507 15962
2019 618 19324
2020 685 23151
2021 741 27387
2022 614 27636
2023 653 30264
2024 435 26678

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 19
UX/UI Desgin 1 2 24
Creative Writing 1 6 58
Game Design and Development 1 5 70
Entertainment Industry Business 1 9 74
Fashion Design 1 7 78
Literature 1 7 88
Aesthetics 1 7 91
Architecture 1 6 91
Computer Graphics 1 3 115
Multimedia 1 9 116
Singing and Vocal Performance 1 9 128
Music 2 11 130
Art History 1 7 142
Cinematography 2 17 155
Landscape Architecture 2 12 171
Performing arts 2 12 173
Photography 1 16 188
Interior Design 4 13 244
Animation 2 9 260
Painting and Drawing 1 16 470
Sculpture 1 16 470
Illustration and Concept Art 2 17 481