About Massey University
Massey University will be the New Zealand University of choice for students who aspire to be tomorrow’s professional leaders and innovators.
Massey University welcomes international students and has accredited the Taylors Auckland Foundation Year (TAFY) programme as a pathway to the University. Taylors students who attain the grades specified for admission to a particular degree programme as guaranteed entry to Massey University.
Key facts:
- New Zealand’s truly ‘national’ university with three multicultural campuses: Auckland, Palmerston North and Wellington
- New Zealand’s largest university – nearly 35,000 students were enrolled in 2007
- Internationally recognised degrees, with reputation for quality
- Excellence in teaching and research
- Produces the highest number of completed postgraduate research degrees in New Zealand
- The only New Zealand university represented in all of the government-funded Centres of Research Excellence.
Five Academic Colleges:
College of Business
Largest in New Zealand and is a leading provider of tertiary education, research and training in business and management.
College Of Creative Arts
Providing an integrated centre for scholarship, research and practice across the range of disciplines in design, art and performance.
College of Education
Long standing tradition of educational excellence since 1956 and is at the leading edge of educational research.
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Focuses on understanding “the human condition”, from the origins and characters of our diverse culture to our changing place in the world.
College of Sciences
Accelerating scientific thinking, and taking a leading role in scientific and agricultural research for the past 80 years.
These five Colleges, along with Massey’s 45 academic departments all provide a comprehensive range of flexible certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes, leading right through to PhD.
10 Reasons to study at Massey University
- Massey University is New Zealand’s truly national university with international recognition
- We are committed to internationalisation – we welcome 4,500 international students from over 90 countries
- Three well positioned campuses in the North Island – Auckland, Palmerston North and Wellington
- Study unique programmes in our five faculties: Business, Creative Arts, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Sciences
- Pathways to take you from pre-degree to PhD
- Be taught by internationally renowned lecturers and professors
- Join various clubs and societies on any of the three campuses to help you make new friends and settle in your new study environment
- Warm and friendly international environment throughout its three campuses
- Massey provides modern facilities and student-centred services on all three campuses
- One of the top three New Zealand universities for external research funding.
