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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 457 496 776
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 26465 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 13470 5256
14 5585 Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology 1968 25254 20817
15 7113 Ara Institute of Canterbury (formerly Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology) 5876 6723 9972
16 7163 Open Polytechnic of New Zealand 6597 7483 6943
17 7352 Universal College of Learning 7638 11741 6180
18 7826 Auckland Institute of Studies 8872 15969 5871
19 7953 Southern Institute of Technology 5717 9522 21630
20 8297 Whitireia and WelTec 6209 28484 13325
21 10003 Tai Poutini Polytechnic 8424 27562 18812
22 10038 Media Design School Auckland 8446 19876 24552
23 10039 Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki 8502 17754 16030
24 10433 Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology 8991 25962 12863
25 10673 Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 9241 15221 23767
26 11143 NorthTec (Northland Polytechnic) 9843 31340 28006
27 11383 Yoobee Colleges 10214 18986 12441
28 12595 Laidlaw College 12320 18926 7196
29 13075 Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design 12238 17039 8218
30 13348 Pacific International Hotel Management School 12475 28025 30913
31 13349 NZMA 12483 31697 30192
32 13635 Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi 12799 28399 27237
33 14157 Te Wānanga o Raukawa 13405 21029 23210
34 15009 New Zealand Tertiary College 14430 9716 17312
35 15537 Aspire2 International 14947 20483 29374
36 16055 New Zealand School of Education 15617 19230 22724
37 16171 New Zealand Institute of Education 15762 11899 21999
38 16671 IPU New Zealand Tertiary Institute 16317 14687 17878
39 16676 ICL Business School 16322 31314 14207
40 18651 UUNZ Institute of Business 18603 13361 25760
41 19277 Vision College New Zealand 19392 29205 24748
42 19883 AGI Education 20113 16947 8171
43 20721 Newton College of Business and Technology 21014 12050 29962
44 21803 ATMC New Zealand 22358 10737 14061
45 22400 New Zealand Institute of Studies 22994 31276 31186
46 22521 Kauri Academy 23246 30462 15349
47 23455 New Zealand School of Export 24552 24302 18633
48 24115 Alpha Educational Institute 25752 12794 7582
49 24270 Stellaris 25903 14799 18010
50 24959 Manu Ao Academy 27115 10890 14234
51 26798 Unified Academy of Innovation 30902 13345 25704