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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 344 227 384
3 454 Massey University 502 455 681
4 488 University of Canterbury 457 496 776
5 673 Auckland University of Technology 1004 645 936
6 677 University of Waikato 500 662 1164
7 1205 Lincoln University Canterbury 1845 1277 1668
8 1468 Victoria University of Wellington 716 26518 766
9 3718 Unitec New Zealand 3135 4061 5430
10 3940 Waikato Institute of Technology 3801 5984 5001
11 4286 Otago Polytechnic 4773 4712 5463
12 4418 Eastern Institute of Technology Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti 5962 4772 5138
13 5339 Manukau Institute of Technology 6062 13495 5256
14 5585 Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology 1967 24718 20444
15 7113 Ara Institute of Canterbury (formerly Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology) 5876 6723 9998
16 7163 Open Polytechnic of New Zealand 6597 7483 6943
17 7352 Universal College of Learning 7638 11778 6180
18 7826 Auckland Institute of Studies 8872 15991 5871
19 7953 Southern Institute of Technology 5717 9528 21638
20 8297 Whitireia and WelTec 6209 27669 12772
21 10003 Tai Poutini Polytechnic 8424 27640 18844
22 10038 Media Design School Auckland 8446 19901 24590
23 10039 Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki 8502 17776 16060
24 10433 Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology 8991 26014 12907
25 10673 Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 9241 15254 23825
26 11143 NorthTec (Northland Polytechnic) 9843 31383 28025
27 11383 Yoobee Colleges 10214 19004 12460
28 12595 Laidlaw College 12319 18561 7195
29 13075 Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design 12239 17066 8230
30 13348 Pacific International Hotel Management School 12476 28084 31006
31 13349 NZMA 12482 30372 29181
32 13635 Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi 12799 28456 27310
33 14157 Te Wānanga o Raukawa 13405 21052 23258
34 15009 New Zealand Tertiary College 14430 9731 17342
35 15537 Aspire2 International 14947 20508 29450
36 16055 New Zealand School of Education 15617 19235 22735
37 16171 New Zealand Institute of Education 15762 11913 22008
38 16671 IPU New Zealand Tertiary Institute 16317 14709 17898
39 16676 ICL Business School 16322 31400 14234
40 18651 UUNZ Institute of Business 18603 13375 25782
41 19277 Vision College New Zealand 19392 29263 24783
42 19883 AGI Education 20113 16975 8182
43 20721 Newton College of Business and Technology 21014 12064 30033
44 21803 ATMC New Zealand 22358 10769 14087
45 22400 New Zealand Institute of Studies 22995 31360 31282
46 22521 Kauri Academy 23247 30544 15370
47 23455 New Zealand School of Export 24552 24350 18666
48 24115 Alpha Educational Institute 25752 12832 7627
49 24270 Stellaris 25903 14807 18011
50 24959 Manu Ao Academy 27115 10925 14262
51 26798 Unified Academy of Innovation 30902 13370 25757