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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 197 151 201
2 277 University of Otago 344 227 383
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 500 662 1164
7 1205 Lincoln University Canterbury 1845 1278 1668
8 1468 Victoria University of Wellington 716 26289 766
9 3718 Unitec New Zealand 3135 4061 5430
10 3940 Waikato Institute of Technology 3801 5983 5001
11 4286 Otago Polytechnic 4773 4712 5462
12 4418 Eastern Institute of Technology Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti 5962 4772 5138
13 5339 Manukau Institute of Technology 6061 13383 5256
14 5585 Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology 1968 25111 20710
15 7113 Ara Institute of Canterbury (formerly Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology) 5876 6723 9878
16 7163 Open Polytechnic of New Zealand 6597 7483 6942
17 7352 Universal College of Learning 7638 11595 6179
18 7826 Auckland Institute of Studies 8873 16227 5875
19 7953 Southern Institute of Technology 5717 9658 21915
20 8297 Whitireia and WelTec 6209 28254 13173
21 10003 Tai Poutini Polytechnic 8423 27285 18715
22 10038 Media Design School Auckland 8446 19785 24410
23 10039 Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki 8502 17671 15939
24 10433 Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology 8991 26536 13310
25 10673 Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 9240 15128 23575
26 11143 NorthTec (Northland Polytechnic) 9843 30954 27743
27 11383 Yoobee Colleges 10216 19260 12727
28 12595 Laidlaw College 12320 18831 7196
29 13075 Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design 12237 16957 8183
30 13348 Pacific International Hotel Management School 12472 27823 30548
31 13349 NZMA 12483 31351 29938
32 13635 Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi 12799 28196 26975
33 14157 Te Wānanga o Raukawa 13404 20943 23058
34 15009 New Zealand Tertiary College 14433 9859 17613
35 15537 Aspire2 International 14948 20765 30205
36 16055 New Zealand School of Education 15617 19128 22627
37 16171 New Zealand Institute of Education 15762 11728 21875
38 16671 IPU New Zealand Tertiary Institute 16317 14592 17781
39 16676 ICL Business School 16321 30971 14125
40 18651 UUNZ Institute of Business 18603 13263 25526
41 19277 Vision College New Zealand 19392 28995 24605
42 19883 AGI Education 20113 16866 8135
43 20721 Newton College of Business and Technology 21014 12009 29705
44 21803 ATMC New Zealand 22358 10656 13978
45 22400 New Zealand Institute of Studies 22985 30930 30824
46 22521 Kauri Academy 23247 31526 15644
47 23455 New Zealand School of Export 24552 24106 18536
48 24115 Alpha Educational Institute 25753 13219 8031
49 24270 Stellaris 25901 14704 17912
50 24959 Manu Ao Academy 27114 10810 14152
51 26798 Unified Academy of Innovation 30902 13258 25504