University of Auckland founded
1883 CE.
Shown on the map at -36.850°, 174.769°.
The University of Auckland (UoA; Māori: Waipapa Taumata Rau) is a public research university in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in New Zealand. It was established in 1883 as Auckland University College, a constituent college of the University of New Zealand, following the passage of the Auckland University College Act 1882. In its early years the college operated from a disused courthouse and jail. The university's Māori name, Waipapa Taumata Rau, was gifted by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei in 2021. As of the mid-2020s, the university is widely reported as the largest in New Zealand by enrolment, with a student population of around 44,000. Teaching and research are centred on three main campuses in central Auckland: City (the historic core), Grafton (home to the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences), and Newmarket (acquired in 2013 on the former Lion Breweries site). The university teaches and conducts research across six faculties, alongside institutes and centres; the City Campus hosts the majority of students and faculties.
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