New Zealand
Massey University
Massey University
Palmerston North
New Zealand
Palmerston North
Massey University нь Шинэ Зеланд улсад байрладаг улсын их сургууль бөгөөд 1927 онд байгуулагдсан.
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Massey University (Māori: Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a public research university in New Zealand that provides internal and distance education. The university has campuses in Auckland, Palmerston North, and Wellington, as well as a branch campus in Singapore which was opened in 2024.
Massey is home to New Zealand's only veterinary school which is ranked 19th in the world and first in Australasia and Asia. It also specialises in animal science and agriculture, aviation, and creative arts.
Massey has been delivering distance learning for over 60 years.
Data from Universities New Zealand shows that in 2024 the university had approximately 26,505 students enrolled, making it the country's second-largest university. Research is undertaken on all three campuses and people from over 130 countries study at the university.
According to the university's annual report, in 2024, around 16.2% of equivalent full-time students were based at the Auckland campus, 17.7% at the Manawatū (Palmerston North) campus, and 13.3% at the Wellington campus. Distance learning accounted for 47.7% of the student body, while the remaining 5.1% studied at other locations.
Vice-Chancellor Jan Thomas announced her resignation in April 2025. In October 2025, Professor Pierre Venter was named as the next Vice-Chancellor, with his term beginning in February 2026.
The idea of establishing an agricultural college in New Zealand's North Island gained momentum as early as 1879, championed by figures like Sir George Grey, and late by Inspector-General George Hogben. In 1912, newly elected Prime Minister William Ferguson Massey made the project his priority, leading to the formation of agriculture chairs at Victoria University College (Wellington, 1923) and Auckland University College (1924). In 1926, both institutions transferred their agricultural schools under the New Zealand Agricultural College Act to form the New Zealand Agricultural College. Shortly thereafter, the decision was made to establish the college at the Batchelar property near Palmerston North.
Although the Massey Agricultural College Act established the college in law, it did not become operational until the Governor-General formally constituted its council on 17 January 1927, marking the legal and operational commencement of the institution. The first meeting of the College Council was held in Wellington on 1 February 1927. In September 1927, the Massey Agricultural College Act was passed, renaming the institution Massey Agricultural College in honour of former New Zealand Prime Minister William Fergusson Massey, who had died in 1925. The name recognised the support of Massey's government for agricultural education and the establishment of an agricultural college in the North Island. The college opened on its doors to students on 2 March 1928, under the leadership of Principal Geoffrey Peren and Vice-Principal William Riddet. Initial enrolment numbered eight students on the first day, increasing to 85 by the end of the first year and 175 by the end of the second.
On 20 March 1928 the college was officially opened by Minister of Agriculture Oswald Hawken. The college emphasised practical farming alongside scientific study, pioneering research in dairy, irrigation, and animal breeding on its own farmlands. Despite hardship during the Great Depression and World War II, it expanded student accommodation, established the students' association (featuring the ram's head symbol in 1930), and welcomed its first female diploma student, Enid Hills, in 1932, and in 1938 its first female undergraduate degree student, Paddy Thorpe.
Post-war growth set the stage for university status. In 1961, after the dissolution of the University of New Zealand, the agricultural college became Massey College and allied temporarily with Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) until full autonomy could be gained.
Massey University organises its teaching and research through five discipline-based colleges, while a stand-alone School of Aviation reports directly to the senior leadership team.
The College of Creative Arts (Toi Rauwhārangi) is centred on the Wellington campus and brings together the National Academy of Screen Arts, Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Te Rewa o Puanga School of Music and Screen Arts, and Ngā Pae Māhutonga Wellington School of Design.
The College of Health (Te Kura Hauora Tangata) unites the School of Health Sciences, the School of Nursing, the School of Social Work, and the School of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition, reflecting the university's broad focus on population and individual wellbeing.
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (Te Kura Pūkenga Tangata) hosts the Institute of Education (Te Kura o Te Mātauranga), the School of Humanities, Media and Creative Communication, the School of People, Environment and Planning, the School of Psychology (Te Kura Hinengaro Tangata), and Te Pūtahi-a-Toi – School of Māori Knowledge, making it Massey's largest and most diverse college.
The science and technology disciplines are grouped in the College of Sciences (Te Wāhanga Pūtaiao), which includes the School of Agriculture and Environment, the School of Built Environment, the School of Food Technology and Natural Sciences, the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, and School of Veterinary Science.
Business, economics and executive education are provided by the Massey Business School (Te Kura Whai Pakihi). It comprises the School of Accountancy, Economics and Finance (Te Kura Huinga Tahua), the School of Management and Marketing, and the Professional and Executive Development unit.
Outside the college structure, the School of Aviation (Te Kura Rererangi) delivers New Zealand's only university-based professional pilot training and aviation management programmes.
Massey University has campuses in Palmerston North in the Manawatū, in Wellington (in the suburb of Mt Cook) and on Auckland's North Shore in Albany. In addition, Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally. Research is undertaken on all three campuses. In November 2024, Massey University began offering several programs at the Singaporean PSB Academy as part of plans to establish an international branch campus in Singapore.
Since 1993 the Albany campus in Auckland has grown rapidly in a fast developing part of Auckland's North Shore City. Science and Business are the two largest colleges on the campus, with the College of Science housing the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study solely on the campus. Around 4,809 students are enrolled at Albany. This campus has grown since then and an on-campus accommodation facility opened in semester one 2015. On the Albany campus, a large golden chicken wing sculpture commemorates the site's history as a chicken farm.
On 1 July 2025 the New Zealand Police opened a branch of the Royal New Zealand Police College on the Auckland campus. This facility is being used for recruit training as well as senior courses.
Massey University was first established at the Turitea campus in Palmerston North, and hosts around 3000 students annually.
The Turitea site houses the main administrative units of Massey University as well as the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Sciences, the College of Health and Massey Business School. It is also home to the only Veterinary School in New Zealand. Massey University acquired a smaller second campus in Palmerston North in Hokowhitu when it merged with the Palmerston North College of Education in 1996, which was combined with the existing Faculty of Education to form Massey University's College of Education. In 2013 the Institute of Education was formed as part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The Hokowhitu Campus was later sold in 2016 after the institute was relocated to the Turitea campus.
Wharerata is a historic colonial home built in 1901 and surrounded by formal gardens and mature trees. It housed the staff social club until the late 1990s, and is now used as a cafe, function centre and wedding venue.
In 2019, Heritage New Zealand listed student hostel, Colombo Hall as a category 2 historic place. It was built in 1964.
In February 2023 the university announced that it would be building two solar farms on the Palmerston North campus, with a peak output of 7.87MW.
The governing body of Massey Agricultural College, and Massey College, was the Council (known as the Board of Governors, between 1938 and 1952). Massey University is governed by the University Council. The council oversees the management and control of the university's affairs, concerns and property.
The following table lists those who have held the position of Chair of the Board of Governors of the college and later Chancellor of the university, being the ceremonial head of the institution.
The following table lists those who have held the position of principal of the college and later vice-chancellor of the university, being the chief executive officer of the institution.
From 2024 Annual Report:
In the 2026 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (published 2025), the university attained a tied position of #230 (3rd nationally).
In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 (published 2025), the university attained a position of #501–600 (tied 5–7th nationally).
In the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the university attained a position of #801-900 (tied 6th nationally).
In the 2025–2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities, the university attained a tied position of #660 (6th nationally).
In the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024, the university attained a position of #677 (3rd nationally).
Te Tire Ahu Pae (TTAP) is the single students' association at Massey University's four campuses in Pāmamao – Distance, Ōtehā – Auckland, Manawatū – Palmerston North and Pukeahu – Wellington. In the new structure, there are a total of 31 student reps on the Te Tira Ahu Pae Student Executive.
Te Tire Ahu Pae provides both representation and student services to Massey University students.
The services TTAP delivers include:
Notable faculty, past or present, include:
Since the 2010s, Massey University has been involved in a number of public controversies and institutional challenges that have attracted national attention and prompted debate around governance, academic freedom, and financial sustainability.
In December 2010 Massey announced that the Wellington campus would close its School of Engineering and Advanced Technology the next month. Students were offered places at either the Albany or Manawatū campuses with compensation, but those who could not make the move and chose to undertake their degree elsewhere were given no compensation, and only a few papers were able to be cross-credited.
In December 2016, the Chancellor of the university, Chris Kelly, caused outrage by making several comments in a rural newspaper regarding the gender of those in the veterinarian profession. While outlining changes that were being made to the structure of the university's veterinarian and agricultural degrees, Kelly said that more women passed the first year of the veterinarian degree "because women mature earlier than men, work hard and pass. Whereas men find out about booze and all sorts of crazy things during their first year... That's fine, but the problem is one woman graduate is equivalent to two-fifths of a full-time equivalent vet throughout her life because she gets married and has a family, which is normal." These remarks caused widespread outrage, with Kelly's apology via Twitter and Facebook doing little to calm the situation. Kelly resigned as Chancellor on 14 December 2016, and was replaced promptly by then Pro Chancellor Michael Ahie.
In August 2018 Don Brash, a former Leader of the Opposition, was due to speak at the university following an invitation of the Massey University Politics Society. Citing security concerns, Jan Thomas, the Vice Chancellor of Massey University, cancelled the booking the student society had made to use university facilities. Thomas was widely criticised and calls were made for her resignation. The Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern described canceling the event as an overreaction. A review by Massey University's Council subsequently cleared Thomas of wrongdoing, with Chancellor Michael Ahie stating that the Council supported and had full confidence in Professor Thomas. Massey University's Māori staff association Te Matawhānui publicly spoke out in support of Thomas, particularly due to her leadership of Massey as a Treaty of Waitangi-led university.
Between 2020 and 2024, Massey University used an artificial intelligence remote exam monitoring tool called Remote Proctor Now (RPNow) to detect cheating in closed-book exams. The university stopped using it in 2024 after experiencing technical problems.
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