University of Waikato

RANKED #314 IN THE TOP 500 UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD BY THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION*

The University of Waikato is a government funded and internationally recognized institution offering high quality education to students of all nationalities. Over 13,000 students are enrolled at the University of Waikato.  This is currently the highest international student enrolment amongst all New Zealand universities, including 1,100 international students from 60 countries. There are many sporting and cultural clubs active on campus, including a number of international clubs. Students enjoy the use of the ecumenical Lady Goodfellow Chapel, theatres and Live Band Venue, a large indoor Recreation Center, extensive sports grounds and an outdoor swimming and diving pool.

The Waikato Management School is amongst the best business schools in the world. We’re proud that the quality of this education has now been independently endorsed by the world’s three leading accreditation agencies. This is called the Triple Crown, and it puts us in a select group of leading business schools worldwide. Less than 1% of business schools globally have earned this distinction of excellence. The Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the world’s oldest-established assessor of business education, has just endorsed the quality of our educational experience. The European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) has already given us their seal of approval. And the Association of MBAs (AMBA) has endorsed the standard of our MBA papers. Together these accreditations are known as the Triple Crown. Three of our BE programs have Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) accreditation and the remaining have provisional accreditation, making Engineering nationally and internationally recognized. IPENZ is apart of the Washington accord, therefore US students will be able to obtain ABET accreditation in the United States.

In the recent Performance Based Research Funding exercise carried out with all New Zealand Universities, Waikato was ranked first or first equal in the following categories. The 10 subject areas where we rank first in New Zealand are: • Accounting and Finance • Chemistry • Communications, Journalism, and Media Studies • Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Sciences • Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior • Education • Management, Human Resources, Industrial Relations, International, and other Business • Molecular, Cellular, and Whole Organism Biology • Music, Literary Arts, and other Arts • Pure and Applied Mathematics. Waikato’s first equal ranking in Chemistry and first in molecular biology played a significant part in the decision to invest NZ$1.3 million in new state-of-the-art technologies for molecular research.

The University of Waikato is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). AACSB International is an association of more than 1,100 educational institutions, businesses, and other organizations in 70 countries, devoted to the advancement of higher education in management education. It is also the premier accrediting agency of collegiate business schools and accounting programs offering undergraduate, master and doctoral degrees worldwide (http://www.aacsb.edu/).

A recent survey found 61% of international students intend to apply for permanent residence in New Zealand, on completion of their studies. Full article available at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10556327.

*http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/Rankings2009-Top200.html

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AustraLearn Coordinator

Name: AustraLearn Degree Program Team Title: Degree Program Enrollment Coordinator Department: Degree Programs in Australia and New Zealand BIO: The AustraLearn Degree Program Team Coordinators manage the student admission and pre-departure processes to our Australian and New Zealand member universities. We provide assistance and advice on program options, submitting applications, accepting offers, banking and financing an overseas education, the visa application process, as well as, travel and housing arrangements. As pictured above, the coordinators are Jodi Reesman, Casey Wopat, Matt Hancock, and Julie Atherton and they can be reached by phone at 303-446-2214 or toll-free (in Canada and the U.S.) at 1-800-980.0033. If you reside in Canada your coordinators are Jodi Reesman and Casey Wopat. Jodi and Casey can be emailed at Canada@australearn.org. If you reside in the U.S. you coordinators are Julie Atherton and Matt Hancock. Julie and Matt can be emailed at Degrees@australearn.org