The University of Otago has been named as the only university in New Zealand whose worldwide ranking has dropped since 2014 in the QS world university rankings.
In the recently released QS world university rankings, Otago was ranked at 173; this dropped from the 2014 ranking of 159.
Otago has remained second in New Zealand behind the University of Auckland, which was placed at 82 worldwide (up from 92 in 2014). Auckland is the only New Zealand university in the world’s top 100 list.
The University of Canterbury was rated as third in New Zealand and ranked at 211 globally. Victoria University of Wellington was rated as fourth in New Zealand, and placed at 229 in the world rankings.
In arts and humanities faculties, Otago ranked 59th worldwide. This was behind Auckland at 29th and Victoria at 39th.
In social sciences and management, Otago ranked 94th equal with Canterbury. This was behind Auckland at 36th and Victoria at 72nd.
The University of Auckland is the only New Zealand university in the engineering and technology table, and is ranked 59th.
The QS rankings also show “New Zealand’s universities are consistently among the world’s best at attracting international students and faculty members”.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been named the top university in the world. Harvard University, which was placed fourth last year, has been ranked second. The University of Cambridge and Stanford University have been placed an equal second.
Half of the world’s top ten universities are in the UK, and four are in the US. The only other country to make it into the top ten is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
