Auckland University of Technology
Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau (Māori) | |
Other name | AUT, AUT University |
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| Motto | For the changing world |
| Type | Public research university |
| Established | 2000 (lineage back to 1895) |
| Endowment | NZ$2.37 million (31 December 2021) |
| Budget | NZ$425.4 million (31 December 2020) |
| Chancellor | Rob Campbell CNZM |
| Vice-Chancellor | Damon Salesa |
Academic staff | 1,194 (2020) |
Administrative staff | 1,255 (2020) |
| Students | 29,118 (2020) |
| Undergraduates | 13,319 (2020) |
| Postgraduates | 2,586 (2020) |
| Location | , New Zealand 36°51′13″S 174°45′59″E / 36.8536°S 174.7665°E |
| Campus | Multiple sites: City, North, South |
| Student Magazine | Debate |
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| Website | www |
Auckland University of Technology (AUT; Māori: Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) is a public university in Auckland, New Zealand. It was established on 1 January 2000, when the Auckland Institute of Technology was incorporated into the newly created university by Order in Council under the Education Act 1989. The institution’s lineage dates to 1895, when the Auckland Technical School opened; it became Seddon Memorial Technical College in 1913 before later evolving into a tertiary institute.
AUT is one of the country’s larger universities by enrolment. Universities New Zealand reported a student headcount of 25,270 in 2024 (18,565 equivalent full-time students). The university operates three campuses in Auckland—City, North and South (Manukau).
AUT is also associated with two specialist locations: AUT Millennium, a high-performance sport and community facility on Auckland’s North Shore, and the Refugee Education Centre at the Māngere Refugee Resettlement Centre, where new teaching spaces were opened in 2016.