Auckland University of Technology
university
| Auckland University of Technology link () Website | |
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| Formation | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Auckland, New Zealand |
| A technical college before year 2000 | |
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) (Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. It has five faculties across three campuses in Auckland: City, North, and South campuses, and an additional three specialist locations: AUT Millennium, Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory and AUT Centre for Refugee Education.[1]
AUT enrolled more than 29,000 students in 2018,[2][3]including 4,194 international students from 94 countries and 2,417 postgraduate students. AUT's student population is diverse with a range of ethnic backgrounds including New Zealand European, Asian, Maori and Pasifika. Students also represent a wide age range with 22% being aged 25–39 years and 10% being 40 or older.
AUT employed 2,474 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in 2016, including both professional and academic. Data suggests that 86% of AUT's graduates are employed full-time within nine months of graduating. In the 2019 World University Rankings, AUT was ranked as 301–350.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/campuses%7Ctitle=AUT campuses – AUT|website=www.aut.ac.nz|language=en|access-date=2017-08-09}}
- ↑ https://www.aut.ac.nz/about/auts-leadership/fact-and-figures-about-aut%7Ctitle=Facts and Figures|access-date=6 January 2019}}
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170613222533/http://www.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/727572/Web-version-AUT-Annual-Report-2016-final.pdf%7Carchive-date=13 June 2017
- ↑ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/auckland-university-technology%7Cwebsite=The World University Rankings|access-date=30 September 2018}}