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New Zealand Ranking January 2026 – Webometrics Global Position

Explore New Zealand’s January 2026 Webometrics ranking across global visibility, research excellence, openness, and academic performance. See how it compares worldwide.

Ranking World Rank University Country Impact Rank Openness Rank Excellence Rank
1 125 University of Auckland 195 150 201
2 277 University of Otago 342 227 383
3 454 Massey University 502 455 681
4 488 University of Canterbury 457 495 776
5 673 Auckland University of Technology 1004 645 935
6 677 University of Waikato 501 665 1165
7 1205 Lincoln University Canterbury 1845 1278 1668
8 1468 Victoria University of Wellington 715 26162 764
9 3718 Unitec New Zealand 3135 4060 5430
10 3940 Waikato Institute of Technology 3801 5983 5001
11 4286 Otago Polytechnic 4774 4714 5464
12 4418 Eastern Institute of Technology Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti 5962 4771 5138
13 5339 Manukau Institute of Technology 6061 13320 5256
14 5585 Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology 1968 25002 20638
15 7113 Ara Institute of Canterbury (formerly Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology) 5876 6723 9807
16 7163 Open Polytechnic of New Zealand 6598 7483 6944
17 7352 Universal College of Learning 7638 11482 6179
18 7826 Auckland Institute of Studies 8872 16166 5875
19 7953 Southern Institute of Technology 5717 9623 21841
20 8297 Whitireia and WelTec 6209 28124 13061
21 10003 Tai Poutini Polytechnic 8423 27120 18664
22 10038 Media Design School Auckland 8446 19697 24274
23 10039 Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki 8502 17586 15851
24 10433 Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology 8991 26412 13198
25 10673 Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 9239 15055 23431
26 11143 NorthTec (Northland Polytechnic) 9843 30705 27584
27 11383 Yoobee Colleges 10215 19178 12648
28 12595 Laidlaw College 12320 18759 7196
29 13075 Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design 12237 16901 8141
30 13348 Pacific International Hotel Management School 12471 27691 30294
31 13349 NZMA 12483 31097 29740
32 13635 Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi 12799 28039 26740
33 14157 Te Wānanga o Raukawa 13404 20881 22958
34 15009 New Zealand Tertiary College 14431 9817 17532
35 15537 Aspire2 International 14947 20700 29979
36 16055 New Zealand School of Education 15617 19026 22528
37 16171 New Zealand Institute of Education 15761 11641 21813
38 16671 IPU New Zealand Tertiary Institute 16316 14525 17710
39 16676 ICL Business School 16321 30722 14040
40 18651 UUNZ Institute of Business 18604 13563 26203
41 19277 Vision College New Zealand 19391 28865 24486
42 19883 AGI Education 20114 16807 8092
43 20721 Newton College of Business and Technology 21014 11975 29512
44 21803 ATMC New Zealand 22359 10957 14289
45 22400 New Zealand Institute of Studies 22981 30633 30533
46 22521 Kauri Academy 23247 31238 15537
47 23455 New Zealand School of Export 24551 23942 18472
48 24115 Alpha Educational Institute 25753 13112 7927
49 24270 Stellaris 25901 14626 17827
50 24959 Manu Ao Academy 27114 10740 14069
51 26798 Unified Academy of Innovation 30904 13555 26178