New Zealand
Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington City
New Zealand
Wellington City
Victoria University of Wellington нь Шинэ Зеланд улсад байрладаг улсын их сургууль бөгөөд 1897 онд байгуулагдсан.
Элсэлт, хөтөлбөр, төлбөрийн дэлгэрэнгүй мэдээллийг сургуулийн албан ёсны вэб хуудаснаас шалгана уу.
Victoria University of Wellington (Māori: Te Herenga Waka; VUW or Vic) is a public research university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by an act of the New Zealand Parliament, and was originally a constituent college of the University of New Zealand until the dissolution of that institution in 1961.
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 is open to all courses and programmes at first year, but at second year the entry to some programmes is restricted (e.g. law, criminology, creative writing, architecture, engineering).
Victoria University 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.
Victoria University of Wellington (originally known as Victoria College or Victoria University College) was founded in 1897, named after Queen Victoria, on the 60th anniversary of her coronation. Following the dissolution of the University of New Zealand in 1961, it became Victoria University of Wellington and began conferring its own degrees.
In 1868, the colonial government of New Zealand passed the University Endowment Act 1868, which established scholarship programmes for study in Great Britain, in addition to setting aside a land endowment in the burgeoning colony. The following year, with wealth generated from the Otago gold rush in addition to a strong foundation of the Scottish Enlightenment, the provincial government of Otago laid the groundwork to establish the University of Otago. This was followed by the creation of Canterbury College, associated with the newly formed University of New Zealand.
In 1878, a royal commission was appointed to review the state of higher education in the country. It recommended the establishment of a federal system of four university colleges: two to be established in Auckland and Wellington, as well as the integration of the University of Otago and Canterbury College. The colonial government moved to provide sites, statutory grants and land endowments. This was somewhat delayed after the state of recession caused by the collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank in the same year, leading to a contraction in credit from Great Britain, and specifically London, the centre of global finance at the time. Nevertheless, in 1882, parliament passed the Auckland University College Act in 1882.
The growth of the population of Wellington and gradual improvement of the economy in the late 1880s were key factors in the final establishment of Victoria University College. A prominent advocate of its creation was Robert Stout, Premier of New Zealand and later Chief Justice, and a member of the university senate. In June 1886, as Minister of Education, Stout signalled the government's intention to introduce a bill to establish a centre for higher learning in Wellington, which was the centre of the colonial government. Stout cited the opportunity for the college to be able to particularly specialise in law, political science, and history.
Stout further suggested that the staff of the New Zealand Colonial Museum could provide services in the fields of geology and natural history. This was indicated in the Wellington University College Bill of 1887, which meant the effective annexation of the museum. Colonial Museum director James Hector, however, voiced considerable opposition to this bill. After a lengthy debate in parliament, this bill was defeated.
Victoria University of Wellington has three campuses spread out over Wellington city. It also has premises in Auckland.
The main campus is in the suburb of Kelburn, overlooking the Wellington Central business district, where the Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, Science, Engineering, Education and Health are based. Additionally, it is the location of the university's central library and the site of its administrative offices. The campus has a range of amenities including cafés, a pharmacy and health services, childcare facilities, and a sports and recreation centre. The university book store VicBooks closed in 2023 after trading for 48 years. The Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association is based in Kelburn.
The Pipitea campus is located near the New Zealand Parliament Buildings and consists of the Wellington School of Business and Government, which includes the School of Accounting and Commercial Law, School of Economics and Finance, School of Government, School of Information Management, School of Management, School of Marketing and International Business, and the Faculty of Law. The campus consists of Rutherford House, the Old Government Buildings and the west wing of Wellington railway station. It is the location of the Commerce and Law libraries. Student services available at Pipitea campus include student health and well-being, and a recreation centre.
The Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation is located at the Te Aro Campus. The campus contains an Architecture and Design library.
The School of Business and Government offers selected courses at the Auckland premises, which is located in the Auckland CBD.
The Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory supports research programmes in marine biology and coastal ecology on Wellington's rugged south coast.
The Miramar Creative Centre is located by the Wētā Workshop buildings on Park Road, Miramar. The centre offers access to work experience and connections with New Zealand's film, animation and game design industries.
The library was established in 1899. The collections are dispersed over four locations: Kelburn Library, Law Library, Architecture and Design Library and Commerce Library. The library also has a collection of digital resources and full text material online. In addition to electronic resources, printed books and journals, the Library also acquires works in microform, sound recordings, videos and other media consistent with the university's academic programme needs.
From 1938 to 1957, the head of administration was the principal. Since 1957, the head of administration has been the vice-chancellor. The following people have held the role of principal and/or vice-chancellor:
Day-to-day governance is in the hands of the University Council, which consists of 20 people: four elected by the Court of Convocation, three elected by the academic staff, one elected by the general staff, two appointed by the student union executive, four appointed by the Minister of Education, four selected by the Council itself, and the vice-chancellor. The Court of Convocation is composed of all graduates who choose to participate. Charles Wilson, at the time the chief librarian of the Parliamentary Library, was a member of the original council and its chairman for two years.
A reorganisation of several university faculties was approved in October 2024. Since then, the faculties are:
The School of Māori Studies is unique in that since October 2024 it does not belong to any faculty, but rather to Iho Māori under the portfolio of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Māori).
The university typically ranks around positions 200–500 globally, and 3–4 nationally, in 2021 the Faculty of Law was rated 65th in the world by QS World University Rankings. In 2024 the Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, gave it a position of #244 (3rd nationally), and by CWTS Leiden Ranking a position of #782 (5th nationally). It was ranked in 2025 #401–500 (tied 2–4th nationally) by Academic Ranking of World Universities, and in the 2025–2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities a tied position of #506 (3rd nationally). In 2026 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings and Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 (both published 2025), the university attained a positions of tied #240 (4th nationally) and #401–500 (tied 3–4th nationally) respectively.
Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association (VUWSA)
Salient (student media)
In 2010, Victoria University of Wellington was criticised by feminist Sandra Coney and others for removing the Gender Studies department. In 2017, a minor in Gender Studies was made available.
In 2012 a Facebook page that is associated with Victoria University of Wellington students, Overheard @ Vic, was in the media for the many rape comments that were made. These included comments like "you've got to rape the paper, man, you can't let the paper rape you" and "at least ugly girls don't get raped". In response to this, a spokesperson for Victoria University of Wellington said that "student safety was a key focus, and the university had partnered with police and Wellington City Council to promote awareness of personal safety".
In late 2015, academics and students at Victoria University of Wellington spoke out at the university hosting Israeli Defence Force troops for a public lecture. The opposition for this public lecture came about because of the soldiers' involvement in Operation Protective Edge, which is thought to have killed at least 2000 Palestinians, most of them civilians.
In October 2016 students protested the cut of several European languages, including the German language department losing 43% of its staff. Also in 2016, Victoria University of Wellington was embroiled in a row with the Tertiary Education Union, when it was discovered that union members were being paid less than non-union members. This led the TEU to characterise the vice-chancellor Grant Guilford as being anti-union, and resulted in a one-day strike.
In April 2020, during the COVID-19 outbreak, the university came under fire from students, politicians, and media for suddenly announcing at 48 hours notice that they would be charging students a "placeholder fee" ($150 per week) for student accommodation that they had been forcibly removed from, despite emails from the university previously telling those same students that they would not have to pay.
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