AUT is New Zealand’s third largest and fastest growing university. 

We reflect the changing world, and emerging environments and industries. Our teaching, research and community work integrate the most contemporary thinking, and are focused on fields within applied humanities; business and law; design and creative technologies; health and environmental sciences; and Māori development.

Established relationships with employers and professionals make our teaching and research relevant to current and future industry, which shows in our 95% graduate employment rate. Many AUT courses include cooperative education, where students join a commercial enterprise for a term and apply their skills and knowledge in the real world. The University prides itself on its high lecturer-to-student ratio and its facilities, including library resources, entertainment and sports.

Academic Programmes

Art & Design (digital, fashion, graphic, spatial, product, visual arts and textiles for fashion).

Business (accounting, advertising, business economics, commercial law, design, eBusiness, finance, IT, international business, sales, management, marketing, tourism, retailing, tourism, HR and employment relations).

Communications (advertising creativity, creative industries, digital media, journalism, radio and television, PR, professional communication).

Computing & Mathematical Sciences (computer science, information services, IT security, information services science, net-centric computing, software development, analytics, applied mathematics, astronomy).

Education (early years and primary – Montessori, Pacifika, Steiner).

Engineering (electrical, computer & mobile systems, electronic, mechanical, network & communication)

Health (applied mental health, health promotion, oral health, paramedic, podiatry, psychology, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy).

Hospitality & Tourism (hospitality management, tourism studies. 

Languages & Social Sciences (Chinese, Japanese, conflict resolution, creative writing, criminology, English studies, event management, interpreting, Japanese studies, psychology, social sciences, translation).

Sciences (chemistry, maths, microbiology, aquaculture, food science, environmental studies, health protection, medical laboratory science).

Sport & Recreation (coaching, exercise science, dance, health & physical education, management, outdoor education, nutrition).

 

AUT places primary emphasis on developing a culture in which the integration and application of research and learning are defining characteristics. It has a strong reputation for integrating research into activities that improve local, regional and national outcomes.