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{{short description|Public research university in Auckland, New Zealand}}
{{distinguish|University of Auckland}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{independent sources|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Auckland University of Technology
 | native_name            = {{Native name | mi | Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau}}
 | other_name             = AUT, AUT University
 | former_name            = *Auckland Technical School (1895–1906)
*Auckland Technical College (1906–1913)
*Seddon Memorial Technical College (1913–1963)
*Auckland Technical Institute (1963–1989)
*<nowiki>Auckland Institute of Technology (1989–2000)</nowiki>
 | motto                  = For the changing world
 | established            = 2000 (lineage back to 1895)
 | type                   = [[public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | endowment              = {{NZD|2.37 million|link=yes}} (31 December 2021)<ref>{{cite web|title=AUT Foundation 2021 Report to Donors|url=https://www.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/679411/Manaakitanga-2021-AUT-Foundation-Report-to-Donors-Web.pdf|access-date=5 December 2022}}</ref>
 | budget                 = {{NZD|425.4 million|link=no}} (31 December 2020)<ref name="REPORT"/>
 | chancellor             = [[Rob Campbell (economist)|Rob Campbell]] [[CNZM]]
 | vice_chancellor        = [[Damon Salesa]]
 | academic_staff         = 1,194 (2020)<ref name="REPORT"/>
 | administrative_staff   = 1,255 (2020)<ref name="REPORT"/>
 | students               = 29,118 (2020)<ref name="REPORT"/>
 | undergrad              = 13,319 (2020)<ref name="REPORT"/>
 | postgrad               = 2,586 (2020) <ref name="REPORT"/>
 | city                   = [[Auckland]]
 | country                = New Zealand (Māori: ''Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa'')
 | coordinates            = {{Coord|36.8536|S|174.7665|E|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Multiple sites: City, North, South
 | free_label             = Student Magazine
 | free                   = Debate
 | website                = {{official URL}}
 | native_name_lang       = mri
 | image_name             = Logo of Auckland University of Technology.svg
 | image_size             = 225px
 | affiliations           = {{hlist
|[[Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning|ASAIHL]]|[[AACSB]]|[[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]]}}
}}
'''Auckland University of Technology''' ({{small|abbr.}} '''AUT'''; {{langx|mi|Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau}}) is a [[university]] in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. AUT is New Zealand's third largest university in terms of total student enrolment, with approximately 29,100 students enrolled across three campuses in Auckland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Introducing NZ's eight universities {{!}} Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara|url=https://www.universitiesnz.ac.nz/universities|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.universitiesnz.ac.nz}}</ref> It has five faculties, and an additional two specialist locations: AUT Millennium and AUT Centre for Refugee Education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/campuses|title=AUT campuses – AUT|website=www.aut.ac.nz|language=en|access-date=2017-08-09|archive-date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227172500/http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/campuses|url-status=dead}}</ref>

AUT enrolled more than 29,000 students in 2018,<ref name="Facts-Figures">{{cite web|url=https://www.aut.ac.nz/about/auts-leadership/fact-and-figures-about-aut|title=Facts and Figures|access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="REPORT">{{cite web|url=https://www.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/727572/Web-version-AUT-Annual-Report-2016-final.pdf|title=AUT Annual Report 2016|access-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613222533/http://www.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/727572/Web-version-AUT-Annual-Report-2016-final.pdf|archive-date=13 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{rp|16}} including 4,194 international students from 94 countries<ref name="REPORT"/>{{rp|20}} and 2,417 postgraduate students.<ref name="REPORT"/>{{rp|19}} Students also represent a wide age range with 22% being aged 25–39 years and 10% being 40 or older.<ref name="REPORT"/>{{rp|20}}

AUT employed 2,474 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in 2016, including both professional and academic.<ref name="REPORT"/>{{rp|23}}

==History==
Historically New Zealand lacked technical training institutions even after the establishment of free and compulsory education in 1877 many calls were made for the education system to incorporate technical training. In response [[Robert Stout]], the Minister of Education in 1885, tried to compel universities and secondary schools to establish technical education. This fell on deaf ears so instead he gave land to the [[Wellington Board of Education]] to establish a school. In 1886 the [[Wellington School of Design]] was opened. Later in 1895 the Auckland Technical School opened as an evening school. In 1913 the organisation became the Seddon Memorial Technical College, after [[Richard Seddon]], the longest serving New Zealand premier.<ref>{{cite document|title=The Origins of Technical Education in New Zealand|publisher=Centre for Research in Education|first1=Malcolm|last1=Abbot|date=2000}}</ref>

In the early 1960s educational reforms resulted in the separation of secondary and tertiary teaching; two educational establishments were formed; the tertiary (polytechnic) adopting the name '''Auckland Technical Institute''' (ATI) in 1963 and the secondary school continuing with the same name. For three years they co-existed on the same site, but by 1964 the secondary school had moved to a new site in [[Western Springs (Auckland suburb)|Western Springs]] and eventually became [[Western Springs College]]. In 1989 ATI became '''Auckland Institute of Technology''' (AIT), and the current name was adopted when university status was granted in 2000.<ref name="History of AUT">{{cite web |title=AUT History since 1895 |url=https://www.aut.ac.nz/about/our-history |publisher=Auckland University of Technology |access-date=23 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416121635/https://www.aut.ac.nz/about/our-history |archive-date=16 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Sir [[Paul Reeves]] served as [[Chancellor (education)|university chancellor]] from 2005 until his death in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10745083 |title=Sir Paul Reeves dies, aged 78 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=14 August 2011 |author=Hayden Donnell, NZPA |author2=[[The New Zealand Herald]] staff |name-list-style=amp|access-date=14 August 2011}}</ref>

==Campuses and facilities==
AUT has three campuses: City (in [[Auckland CBD]]), North and South, and the training institute, Millennium. City and North campuses offer student accommodation. AUT runs a shuttle bus service between the city and south campus.

[[File:WG Atrium, AUT University.jpg|thumb|Sir Paul Reeves Precinct at AUT's City Campus]]

===City campus===
[[File:WF Building, AUT University.jpg|thumb|WF (Business) Building at AUT's [[Auckland CBD|Auckland City]] Campus.]]
City Campus spreads over several sites in the heart of central Auckland. The largest site is situated on [[Wellesley Street East]] and is home to most of the academic units and central administration, including the Vice-Chancellor's Office and research centres. The Faculties of Business, Economics and Law, Design and Creative Technologies, Culture and Society and Te Ara Poutama share this location.

Facilities of the campus include an [[Day care|early childhood centre]], International Student Centre, printing centre, gym, Chinese Centre, Pasifika Student Support Service, Postgraduate Centre and Te Tari Āwhina Learning Development Centre. The Central Library holds over 245,000 books and journals on four floors. There are cafes, restaurants and bars, including the student-owned Vesbar. Training restaurants Piko Restaurant and Four Seasons Restaurant have operated commercially since 2011. There is also a [[marae]], the AUT Shop, St Paul St Art Gallery, a university bookshop, and the Wellesley student apartments.<ref name=autcentralcampus>{{cite web|title=AUT Central Campus|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/campuses/city-campus|website=aut.ac.nz|publisher=AUT University|access-date=19 December 2015|archive-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303211517/http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/campuses/city-campus|url-status=dead}}</ref>

AUT has recently completed a number of buildings, including the new WZ building designed to house the engineering, computer science and mathematics students under one roof. The first 8 levels of the 12-storey $120 million building opened in July 2018 to coincide with the start of the second academic semester. The building itself was designed to be a teaching tool, with structural components visible, ceilings left exposed for viewing and the building management systems being visible on screens for analysis by students. Sustainability was also a goal, with rain water being collected for use in the labs, occupancy sensors in the rooms to ensure that areas are not being unnecessarily lit and solar fins on the outside of the building to regulate heat from the sun and ease load on the air-conditioning system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.aut.ac.nz/news/city-campus-newest-building-now-open|title=City Campus' newest building now open – News – AUT|website=news.aut.ac.nz|language=en|access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref>

Another recent building completion is the $98 million WG precinct. Named after the former Chancellor of the university, the Sir Paul Reeves Building hosts the School of Communication Studies. The 12-storey building was officially opened by Prime Minister [[John Key]] on 22 March 2013. It provides an additional learning space of about 20,000 square metres that consists of convention spaces, screen and television studios and a motion capture, sound and performance studio.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Nicholas|title=New building a milestone for university|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10872790|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=20 March 2013 |access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref>

The most recent addition to the city campus is the WQ building (Formally known as Te Āhuru Student Accommodation and Recreation Centre). This building serves as the home to 697 students in the student accommodation part of the building operated by UniLodge. The rest of the building is occupied by the AUT Recreation centre which has a multipurpose court, breakout rooms, dance studios as well as staff offices. The student accommodation opened its doors in February 2021 and the Recreation Centre followed shortly later with it being officially opened by MP [[Chlöe Swarbrick]] on 22 July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official opening of Te Āhuru - AUT News - AUT |url=https://www.aut.ac.nz/news/stories/official-opening-of-te-Ahuru |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=www.aut.ac.nz}}</ref>

===South campus===
[[File:AUTUniversityManukauCampusEntrance.jpg|thumb|Entrance to AUT South Campus]]
AUT opened South Campus (formerly [[Manukau]] Campus) in 2010, creating the first university campus based in the region. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in business, computer and information sciences, education, health sciences, year 1 of law, as well as sports management and science. South Campus hosts its own library, student lounges, student information centre, course information centre, computer labs, wireless network, and café. The campus also boasts [[astro turf]] courts with tennis, basketball, netball, volleyball, touch, and soccer equipment available for hire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/south|title=AUT South Campus|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref>

In 2016, the university invested significantly in the construction of the Mana Hauora (MH) Building. Construction of MH was completed in December 2016, and was officially opened by Prime Minister [[Bill English]] in March 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.aut.ac.nz/news/2017/march/new-heart-of-aut-south-campus-to-double-student-numbers|title=New heart of AUT South Campus to double student numbers – AUT|website=www.news.aut.ac.nz|language=en|access-date=2017-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810052828/http://www.news.aut.ac.nz/news/2017/march/new-heart-of-aut-south-campus-to-double-student-numbers|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> As the largest building on campus, MH is now the new heart of the campus and incorporates a number of sustainability design features. In 2017, three awards were given in recognition of the new MH Building at the [[New Zealand Institute of Architects]] (NZIA) Auckland Regional Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzia.co.nz/media/5562088/2017-auckland-architecture-awards-booklet.pdf|title=Auckland Architecture Awards|date=2017}}</ref>
[[File:North Campus.jpg|thumb|AUT North Campus]]

===North campus===
North Campus is located on Akoranga Drive in [[Northcote, Auckland|Northcote]]. The Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences (including the Sport and Recreation division) and School of Education share this campus, which has park-like grounds. AUT's main sport and fitness centre is located at the campus, encompassing a gymnasium, weights room, testing equipment, golf swing clinic, and indoor courts. The campus also offers a library, student services centre, early childhood centre, AuSM branch, PrintSprint shop, health counselling and wellbeing centre, university bookshop, and food outlets. In addition, the campus provides five health clinics (oral, physiotherapy, podiatry, psychotherapy, and ultrasound), which are now located at the NorthMed Health Clinic building at 3 Akoranga Drive, Northcote (since July 2017).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aih.aut.ac.nz/contact|title=Contact – AUT Integrated Health – AUT|website=aih.aut.ac.nz|language=en|access-date=2017-08-16}}</ref> North Campus is closely linked with the nearby AUT Millennium Institute of Sport and Health.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/about-aut/contact-and-campuses/north-shore-campus|title=AUT North Campus: location, directions and features|access-date=17 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201031538/http://www.aut.ac.nz/about-aut/contact-and-campuses/north-shore-campus|archive-date=1 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===AUT Millennium===
Like AUT North Campus, the Millennium Institute is located on Auckland's [[North Shore, New Zealand|North Shore]], at [[Mairangi Bay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/about-aut/Phone-numbers,-contacts-and-campuses/getting-to-aut/getting-to-the-aut-millennium-campus|access-date=5 July 2017|title=Getting to AUT Millennium|publisher=AUT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704005956/http://www.aut.ac.nz/about-aut/Phone-numbers,-contacts-and-campuses/getting-to-aut/getting-to-the-aut-millennium-campus|archive-date=4 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> AUT Millennium provides sports training, and hosts national and local sports organisations, including [[Swimming New Zealand]], New Zealand Water Polo, Northsport Olympic Weightlifting, and [[Sport and Recreation New Zealand]]. The institute has training facilities, athlete accommodation, sports science laboratories, an aquatics facility, and a commercial gym.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/about-aut/contact-and-campuses/aut-millennium-campus|title=AUT Millennium: location, directions and features|access-date=17 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106053334/http://www.aut.ac.nz/about-aut/contact-and-campuses/aut-millennium-campus|archive-date=6 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory===
AUT maintains a number of facilities off campus, which until 2023,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/world-class-observatory-to-close-amid-aut-cuts/PBJALF75MBAV4OQVDIDC52W7MI/ | title='World class' observatory to close amid AUT cuts | date=12 February 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/revealed-how-an-aut-move-to-shut-nzs-only-radio-observatory-sparked-a-top-level-govt-scramble/K4J6XHLHWNAZ7EMEXN6MQ7KJKY/ | title=AUT's move to shut radio observatory sparked top-level Govt scramble | date=12 February 2024 }}</ref> included the [[Warkworth Radio Observatory|AUT Radio Telescope]], New Zealand's first radio telescope. The 12m telescope is located near [[Warkworth, New Zealand|Warkworth]] and is part of New Zealand's and Australia's involvement in the international mega-science project, the [[Square Kilometre Array]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/news/aut-news/2011/july/big-step-forward-for-nz-aust-ska-telescope-network|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730003205/http://www.aut.ac.nz/news/aut-news/2011/july/big-step-forward-for-nz-aust-ska-telescope-network|url-status=dead|title=Big step forward for NZ-Aust SKA telescope network – AUT University|date=30 July 2012|archive-date=30 July 2012|website=aut.ac.nz|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> The AUT/New Zealand Alliance won the 'Highly Commended' award in the Innovation Excellence in Research category at the 2016 New Zealand Innovation Awards.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/735491/AUT-2016-Highlights-and-Achievements-PDF.pdf|title=AUT 2016 Highlights and Achievements|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810053130/https://www.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/735491/AUT-2016-Highlights-and-Achievements-PDF.pdf|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== AUT Centre for Refugee Education ===
AUT's Centre for Refugee Education, located in [[Māngere]], provides an on-arrival six-week education programme for the 1,000 refugees who come to New Zealand each year under the government quota scheme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/community/aut-in-the-community/centre-for-refugee-education|title=AUT Centre for Refugee Education: What we do – AUT|website=www.aut.ac.nz|language=en|access-date=2017-08-10|archive-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810052533/http://www.aut.ac.nz/community/aut-in-the-community/centre-for-refugee-education|url-status=dead}}</ref> The education programme teaches [[English language]] skills at early childhood, primary, secondary and adult levels, as well as orientation to life in New Zealand. With a new set of learners arriving every two months, and with ages ranging from early childhood to adult, the teaching team has developed a curriculum that gives refugees English and life skills, but remains flexible in order to tailor the lessons to each new intake.<ref name=":0" />

==Organisation and administration==

=== Faculties ===
AUT has five faculties. These are:
* Culture and Society
* Business, Economics and Law
* Design and Creative Technologies
* Health and Environmental Sciences
* Te Ara Poutama
AUT has 16 schools that sit within these faculties. These are:
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* Art and Design 
* Business 
* Clinical Sciences
* Communication Studies 
* Economics
* Education 
* Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences 
* Future Environments (also contains the former Colab: Creative Technologies)
* Hospitality and Tourism 
* Language and Culture 
* Law 
* Public Health and Interdisciplinary Studies
* Science
* Social Sciences and Public Policy 
* Sport and Recreation 
* Te Ara Poutama – Māori and Indigenous Development
{{div col end}}

=== Programmes ===
AUT offers undergraduate and postgraduate (both doctoral and Master) degrees, as well as sub-degree qualifications such as diplomas and certificates. Programmes are offered in the areas/fields of applied sciences, art and design, business, business information systems, communication studies, computer and information sciences, education, engineering, health care practice, hospitality and tourism, languages, law, mathematical science, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, oral health, paramedicine and emergency management, Māori development, physiotherapy, podiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, public health, rehabilitation and occupation studies, social science, and sport and recreation.

The AUT Business School has been recognised as one of the top business schools in the world by the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]] (AACSB) International.<ref>{{cite web|title=ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS ACROSS FORTY COUNTRIES NOW MAINTAIN AACSB INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION|url=http://www.aacsb.edu/media/releases/2011/accreditation_august2011.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928203619/http://www.aacsb.edu/media/releases/2011/accreditation_august2011.asp|archive-date=28 September 2011|access-date=17 July 2015|website=www.aacsb.edu}}</ref>

=== Research centres ===
As a relatively new university, AUT came in eighth place in the 2006 [[Performance Based Research Fund|Performance-Based Research Fund]] (PBRF) round, but has shown the greatest improvement in PBRF rating of New Zealand's eight universities.

Research partnerships and exchanges have been established with some of the world's leading universities. AUT's growing research profile has seen an increase in research programme enrolments and external funding, as well as research institutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/research/research-institutes|title=Research institutes: focusing on areas of excellence|access-date=17 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721125236/http://www.aut.ac.nz/research/research-institutes|archive-date=21 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The university opened new research centres and institutes in 2016, bringing the total number to more than 60, covering a wide range of disciplines. In 2016, AUT's quality-assured research outputs increased by 9% to more than 2000 outputs, including publication in leading international journals.<ref name=":0" />{{rp|23}}
{{Further|topic=the research investigation|Group green exercise}}

==== New Zealand Tourism Research Institute ====
'''Disestablished in 2023'''

The New Zealand Tourism Research Institute (NZTRI), brings together local and international experts in tourism and hospitality.<ref>{{cite web|author=New Zealand Tourism Board|title=Who makes up the tourism industry?|url=http://www.tourismnewzealand.com/developing-nz-tourism/about-the-tourism-industry/who-makes-up-the-tourism-industry/#|work=Academic and Training Institutes|publisher=Tourism New Zealand|access-date=28 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029093146/http://www.tourismnewzealand.com/developing-nz-tourism/about-the-tourism-industry/who-makes-up-the-tourism-industry/|archive-date=29 October 2012}}</ref> It was established in 1999 by Professor Simon Milne, and is located in the School of Hospitality and Tourism. In 2010 the institute brought together 19 researchers as well as 15 PhD students, several other graduate students being linked to the Institute in more informal ways.

NZTRI conducts research projects around the world and has developed strong links with [[Huế University]] in Vietnam, [[Wageningen University]] in the Netherlands, [[University of Akureyri]] in Iceland, [[McGill University]] and [[York University]] in Canada among others. Its research programme areas include coastal and marine tourism, community development, cultural heritage tourism, event tourism, health and wellness tourism, hospitality research, indigenous tourism, Pacific Islands tourism, tourism marketing, and tourism technology. The institute has a team of research officers, international interns and other allied staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/research/research-institutes/nztri|title=AUT Website – NZTRI|website=aut.ac.nz|access-date=10 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208211324/http://www.aut.ac.nz/research/research-institutes/nztri|archive-date=8 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nztri.org/ |title=New Zealand Tourism Research Institute |access-date=16 April 2010 |archive-date=26 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226053546/http://www.nztri.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Pacific Media Centre ====
The Pacific Media Centre (PMC) is located within the School of Communication Studies. It was founded in 2007 to develop media and journalism research in New Zealand, particularly involving [[Māori people|Māori]], [[Pacific Islands]], ethnic and vernacular media topics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/communications/faqs/news-and-events/pacific-media-centre|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720055623/http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/communications/faqs/news-and-events/pacific-media-centre|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-20|title=AUT University {{pipe}} Pacific Media Centre|date=2015-10-21|publisher=AUT|access-date=2015-10-25}}</ref> It is recognised as a diversity project by the [[Human Rights Commission (New Zealand)]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.co.nz/race-relations/te-ngira-the-nz-diversity-action-programme/participants-2012/pacific-media-centre|title=Pacific Media Centre // New Zealand Human Rights Commission|publisher=HRC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302222314/http://www.hrc.co.nz/race-relations/te-ngira-the-nz-diversity-action-programme/participants-2012/pacific-media-centre|archive-date=2 March 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=2012-03-16}}</ref> and has been featured by the [[Panos Network|Panos London]] Media Development programme for its development communication work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comminit.com/?q=media-development/content/pacific-media-centre-pmc|title=Pacific Media Centre (PMC)|website=The Communication Initiative Network|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>

The centre publishes Asia-Pacific journalism, and has published [[Scoop (website)|Pacific Scoop]] since 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/|title=Pacific.scoop.co.nz|publisher=Pacific.scoop.co.nz|access-date=2012-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/|title=New Zealand News|date=2012-03-12|publisher=Scoop|access-date=2012-03-16}}</ref> It also publishes media and communication studies books, like the 2009 book ''Communication, Culture and Society in Papua New Guinea: Yo Tok Wanem?'', in collaboration with other publishers or overseas universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wheelers.co.nz/browse/publisher/51479-pacific-media-centre/|title=Books published by Pacific Media centre – Wheelers Books|publisher=Wheelers.co.nz|access-date=2012-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pmc.aut.ac.nz/publications|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200215003637/https://pmc.aut.ac.nz/publications|archive-date = 15 February 2020|title = Publications {{pipe}} Pacific Media Centre}}</ref> The centre was featured as a [[Creative Commons]] case study in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies/Pacific_Media_Centre|title=Case Studies/Pacific Media Centre – Creative Commons|website=wiki.creativecommons.org|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> Founding director [[David Robie]], a New Zealand author, journalist and media academic, won a Vice Chancellor's Award in 2011 for excellence in university teaching.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/profiles/communications/professors/david-robie|title=David Robie – AUT University|publisher=Aut.ac.nz|access-date=2012-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.co.nz/newsletters/diversity-action-programme/diversity-action-programme-update/2011/07/pacific-media-centre-director-wins-vc%E2%80%99s-award-for-excellence/|title=Human Rights Commission » Pacific Media Centre director wins VC's Award for Excellence|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105005142/http://www.hrc.co.nz/newsletters/diversity-action-programme/diversity-action-programme-update/2011/07/pacific-media-centre-director-wins-vc%E2%80%99s-award-for-excellence/|archive-date=5 January 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref>

'''Pacific Media Watch''' is PMC's daily independent Asia-Pacific media monitoring service and research project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pacmediawatch.aut.ac.nz|title=Pacific Media Watch {{pipe}} pacific media centre|publisher=Pacmediawatch.aut.ac.nz|access-date=2012-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiapac.org.fj/|title=Asia-Pacific Network|date=2011-04-09|publisher=Asiapac.org.fj|access-date=2012-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v01f9XdIngY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/v01f9XdIngY| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Pacific Media Centre – profile|date=26 November 2009 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=2012-11-28}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The site was launched in Sydney in October 1996,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/communications/profile/media-networks/pacific-media-watch-project|title=Pacific Media Watch Project – AUT University|date=2012-02-10|publisher=Aut.ac.nz|access-date=2012-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107105302/http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/communications/profile/media-networks/pacific-media-watch-project|archive-date=7 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and has links with the [[University of the South Pacific]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usp.ac.fj/|title=The University of the South Pacific|publisher=USP|access-date=2012-11-28|archive-date=19 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219032453/https://www.usp.ac.fj/|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[University of PNG]] (UPNG) and the [[Australian Centre for Independent Journalism]] (ACIJ).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acij.uts.edu.au/|title=UTS: Australian Centre for Independent Journalism|date=2012-11-09|publisher=Acij.uts.edu.au|access-date=2012-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111020408/http://acij.uts.edu.au/|archive-date=11 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since moving to AUT in 2007, it has become a [[digital repository]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiserearth.org/organization/view/a4deedcc419e2a7cab9f938d4d58f09a|title=Organization: Pacific Media Watch|publisher=Wiserearth.org|access-date=2012-11-28}}</ref> and received a grant from the [[Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)|Pacific Development and Conservation Trust]] in 2010 to "expand its educational and research role for the Pacific region".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.communitymatters.govt.nz/Success-stories---Trusts-and-Fellowships-success-stories---Pacific-Media-Watch-expands-resources|title=Success stories – Trusts and Fellowships success stories – Pacific Media Watch expands resources|publisher=Communitymatters.govt.nz|access-date=2012-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222151427/http://www.communitymatters.govt.nz/Success-stories---Trusts-and-Fellowships-success-stories---Pacific-Media-Watch-expands-resources|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Trust-&-Fellowship-Grants-The-Pacific-Development-and-Conservation-Trust?OpenDocument|title=The Pacific Development and Conservation Trust|first=The Department of Internal|last=Affairs|website=dia.govt.nz|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> PMW has established a Pactok server archive,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pmw.c2o.org/|title=Pacific Media Watch|publisher=Pmw.c2o.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113124637/http://www.pmw.c2o.org/|archive-date=13 November 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=2012-11-28}}</ref> and added a D-Space archive in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kauri.aut.ac.nz:8080/dspace/handle/123456789/1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928134915/http://kauri.aut.ac.nz:8080/dspace/handle/123456789/1|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-28|title=DSpace at AUT University on the KAURI SERVER: Pacific Media Watch|publisher=Kauri.aut.ac.nz:8080|access-date=2012-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.feedage.com/feeds/10065809/dspace-community-pacific-media-watch|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729202537/http://www.feedage.com/feeds/10065809/dspace-community-pacific-media-watch|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-29|title=DSpace Community: Pacific Media Watch – Feedage – 10065809|date=2009-07-24|publisher=Feedage|access-date=2012-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pmw-nius|title=Pacific Media Watch {{pipe}} pacific media centre|publisher=Pmc.aut.ac.nz|access-date=2012-11-28}}</ref> Representatives of Pacific Media Watch report on the region's news developments, provide advocacy for media freedom,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org.nz/index.php/programmes/communications|title=Communications and Information|date=2009-07-16|publisher=Unesco.org.nz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208024946/http://unesco.org.nz/index.php/programmes/communications|archive-date=8 February 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=2012-11-28}}</ref> and published a media freedom report on the South Pacific in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/research/pacific-media-freedom-2011-status-report|title=pacific media centre {{pipe}} research: PJM1 – Pacific media freedom 2011: A status report|date=2012-05-03|publisher=Pmc.aut.ac.nz|access-date=2012-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://westpapuamedia.info/tag/pacific-journalism-review/|title=Pacific Journalism Review |work=West Papua Media Alerts |date=26 January 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pjreview.info/articles/special-report-pacific-media-freedom-2011-status-report-513|title=Special report: Pacific media freedom 2011: A status report|work=Pacific Media Centre|access-date=18 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222145150/http://www.pjreview.info/articles/special-report-pacific-media-freedom-2011-status-report-513|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

PMC has also published ''Pacific Journalism Review'', a peer-reviewed research journal on media issues and communication in the [[Oceania|South Pacific]] and Australia, since 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/communications/profile/media-networks/pacific-journalism-review|title=Pacific Journalism Review|work=aut.ac.nz|access-date=18 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107103151/http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/communications/profile/media-networks/pacific-journalism-review|archive-date=7 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The journal was previously published at the [[University of Papua New Guinea]] from 1994 to 1999. The editorial policy focuses on the cultural politics of the media, including [[new media]] and social movements, the culture of [[indigenous peoples]], the politics of tourism and development, the role of the media and the formation of national identity. It also covers environmental and development studies in the media and communication, and vernacular media in the region. In October 2010, PJR was awarded the "Creative Stimulus Award" for academic journals in the inaugural Academy Awards of the Global Creative Industries in Beijing, China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/2011-01-20/region-pacific-journalism-review-wins-international-award|title=Pacific Media Centre – articles: REGION: Pacific Journalism Review wins international award|work=Pacific Media Centre}}</ref> The journal has advocated free speech and freedom of information in the Asia-Pacific region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://panpa.org.au/2010/05/17/latest-pacific-journalism-review-price-of-freedom-challenge/|title=Latest Pacific Journalism Review – price of freedom challenge &#124; PANPA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326230053/http://panpa.org.au/2010/05/17/latest-pacific-journalism-review-price-of-freedom-challenge/|archive-date=26 March 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=2015-12-18}}</ref>

==== Other research institutions ====
* [https://aut.ac.nz/kti Centre for Kode Technology Innovation] ([[Kodecyte|KTI]], in association with [http://www.kodebiotech.com Kode Biotech])
* Centre for Social Data Analytics (CSDA)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://csda.aut.ac.nz/|title=Centre for Social Data Analytics – AUT|website=csda.aut.ac.nz|language=en|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>
* Creative Industries Research Institute (CIRI)
* Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute (EOS)
* Engineering Research and Innovation Cluster (ERIC)
* Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute (HRRI)
* Institute for Culture, Discourse and Communication (ICDC)
* Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research (IRASR)
* Institute of Biomedical Technologies (IBTec)
* Institute of Public Policy (IPP)
* Institute of Sport and Recreation Research
* Knowledge Engineering and Discovery Research Institute (KEDRI)
* National Institute for Public Health and Mental Health Research (NIPHMHR)
* National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences (NISAN)
* New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute (NZWALMI)
* Te Ipukarea: National Māori Language Institute

Within these research institutes exist a large number of research centres and units. The NIPHMHR administers the Pacific Islands Families Study.<ref>[http://www.aut.ac.nz/research/research-institutes/niphmhr/centre-for-pacific-health-and-development-research AUT Website – Research Institutes – NIPHMHR – Centre for Pacific Health and Development Research] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720110918/http://www.aut.ac.nz/research/research-institutes/niphmhr/centre-for-pacific-health-and-development-research |date=20 July 2011 }}</ref>

== Academic profile ==
{{Infobox Australian university ranking|QS_W==410|USNWR_W==572|ARWU_W=801-900|type=University|ARWU_W_year=2024|CWTS_W=974{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_W_year=2024|QS_W_year=2026|QS_W_Employability=301-500|QS_W_Employability_year=2022|THE_W=401–500|THE_W_year=2025|USNWR_W_year=25/26|ARWU_N=5-7|ARWU_N_year=2024|CWTS_N=7{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_N_year=2024|QS_N=8|QS_N_year=2026|THE_N=3-5|THE_N_year=2025|USNWR_N=5|USNWR_N_year=25/26}}
=== Academic reputation ===
In the 2026 ''[[Quacquarelli Symonds]]'' [[QS World University Rankings|World University Rankings]] (published 2025), the university attained a tied position of #410 (8th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings: Top Global Universities |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |website=[[QS World University Rankings]] |publisher=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|''Times Higher Education'' World University Rankings]] 2025 (published 2024), the university attained a position of #401-500 (tied 3-5th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings |work=[[Times Higher Education]] |publisher=Inflexion |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2024 [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|''Academic Ranking of World Universities'']], the university attained a position of #801-900 (tied 5-7th nationally).<ref name="ARWU Rankings2">{{cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings |website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] |publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy |language=en |publication-place=[[Shanghai]], [[China]]}}</ref>

In the 2025–2026 [[U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking|''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Global Universities]], the university attained a tied position of #572 (5th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |language=en-US |publication-place=[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]}}</ref>

In the [[CWTS Leiden Ranking|''CWTS Leiden Ranking'']] 2024,{{efn|The [[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] is based on P (top 10%).|name=a}} the university attained a position of #974 (7th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list |website=[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] (Centre for Science and Technology Studies) |publisher=[[Leiden University]] |language=en |publication-place=[[Leiden]], [[Netherlands]]}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{maincat|Academic staff of the Auckland University of Technology}}
*[[William Henry Skinner]] – founder, architect
*[[Richard Bedford (geographer)|Richard Bedford]] (born 1945) – human geographer<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6x8OAQAAMAAJ |last1=Lambert |first1=Max |year=1991 |edition=12th |publisher=Octopus |location=Auckland |page=46|isbn = 9780790001302}}</ref>
*[[Hannah Buckley]] – professor of ecology<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title=New Professors and Associate Professors 3 - News - AUT |url=https://news.aut.ac.nz/news/new-professors-and-associate-professors-3 |access-date=2023-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206085748/https://news.aut.ac.nz/news/new-professors-and-associate-professors-3 |archive-date=6 February 2023 }}</ref>
*[[James George (writer)|James George]] (born 1962) – novelist, short-story writer and creative writing lecturer
*[[John Hinchcliff]] – inaugural vice-chancellor<ref name="History of AUT"/>
*[[Nikola Kasabov]] – computer scientist, academic and author
*[[Katherine Ravenswood]] – professor of industrial relations
*[[Gail Pacheco]] – professor of economics

=== Notable alumni ===
{{maincat|Auckland University of Technology alumni}}AUT has more than 75,000 alumni<ref name=":0" />{{rp|66}}

==== Art ====
* [[Kay George]] – artist
* [[Joan Gragg]] – Cook Islands artist
* [[Andy Leleisi'uao]] – artist

==== Business and law ====
* [[Stephen Tindall]] – founder [[The Warehouse Group|The Warehouse]].
* [[Jim Anderton]] – politician
* [[Peter Williams (alpine skier)|Peter Williams]] – alpine skier.

==== Entertainment ====
* [[Joo Jong-hyuk (actor, born 1991)|Joo Jong-hyuk]] – South Korean actor
* [[Fiona Sussman]] – novelist, short story writer and doctor

==== Media and communications ====
* [[Carol Hirschfeld]] – General Manager production at [[Māori Television]], former anchor of ''[[3 News]]'', former executive producer of ''[[Campbell Live]]''.
* [[Pippa Wetzell]] – host of [[Fair Go]], former host of Breakfast at [[TVNZ]]. 
* [[Charlotte Glennie]] – Asia correspondent for [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]].
* [[Duncan Garner]] – [[Radio Live]] drive host, former political editor at ''[[3 News]]'', [[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]].
* [[Joel Defries]] – former presenter of ''[[Blue Peter]]'' on [[BBC]], ''[[Select Live]]'' on [[C4 (New Zealand)|C4]].
* [[Dominic Bowden]] – presenter of ''[[The X Factor (New Zealand TV series)|X Factor New Zealand]]'' and former presenter of ''[[NZ Idol]]''.

==== Technology ====
* [[Annette Presley]] – founder and CEO, [[Slingshot (ISP)|Slingshot]] ISP.
* [[Bruce McLaren]] – race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor.

==== Other ====
* [[Claire McLachlan]] – professor, specialist in early-childhood literacy<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.waikato.ac.nz/pod/wil/claire.shtml |title=Professional & Organisational Development Unit |publisher=Waikato.ac.nz |access-date=2017-12-20}}</ref>

==Student life==
[[Image:Vesbar.jpg|thumb|Vesbar at the AUT Wellesley campus]]

=== Student union ===
AUTSA (AUT Students' Association) is the [[students' association]] at AUT. Every student attending a course run by AUT is a member of AUTSA, and its primary function is to promote and maintain the rights and welfare of students. It provides advocacy and support, assignment binding, student diary and wall planner, [[Student Job Search]], food vouchers, and food bank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ausm.org.nz/|title=AuSM website|website=ausm.org.nz|access-date=10 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308140957/http://ausm.org.nz/|archive-date=8 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The AUTSA Advocacy Team provide advice to students with academic grievances, grade appeals, harassment, or tenancy issues.

The AUTSA Student Representative Council (SRC) is composed of a president, a vice president, and Māori Affairs, Pasifika, Diversity, International, Disability and Postgraduate Officers. There are Business and Law, Design and Creative Technologies, Health and Environmental Sciences, Culture and Society and Te Ara Poutama Faculty Representatives. There are also City Campus, North Campus and South Campus Representatives. AUTSA representatives sit on various committees, focus groups and boards to speak out on behalf of 24,000 AUTSA members. Former presidents include April Pokino (2014–2015), Kizito Essuman (2012–2013), Veronica Ng Lam (2010–2011), Andre D'cruz (2009), and Jan Herman (2007–2008). The 2018 president is Dharyin Colbert<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.autsa.org.nz/representation | title=your people at AUT. Declaration of the 2018 SRC President | publisher=AUTSA | access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref> (in 2017 it was Urshula Ansell).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ausm.org.nz/about/|title=About – AuSM|website=ausm.org.nz|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816105401/http://ausm.org.nz/about/|archive-date=16 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

AUTSA provides a fortnightly student magazine called ''Debate''.<ref>[http://ausm.org.nz/debate/view-magazine.html Debate] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020040625/http://ausm.org.nz/debate/view-magazine.html |date=20 October 2008 }}</ref> The magazine is produced by a full-time editor and a team of student contributors. The magazine features news, views, cartoons, feature articles and columns. Debate was recognised by the [[Aotearoa Student Press Association]] Awards in 2005 "Best Small Publication" (Rebecca Williams, editor) and 2009 "Best Humourist" (Ryan Boyd, editor) and "Best Original Photography" (Clinton Cardozo, designer). AuSM also produces an annual student diary and wallplanner, and operates social media accounts.

AUTSA supports more than 40 affiliated clubs, and organises concerts, comedy shows, live DJs, dance parties, the annual Orientation Festival and other events. AUTSA sponsored the AUT Titans at the [[Australian University Games]] in 2009, winning gold in netball and touch rugby. The AUTSA lodge is based in [[Tongariro National Park]], accommodates up to 12 people and is available to AUTSA members from $160 per night for up to 12 people.<ref>[http://ausm.org.nz/component/option,com_uhp2/Itemid,23/ AuSM Clubs]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209071954/http://ausm.org.nz/component/option%2Ccom_uhp2/Itemid%2C23/ |date=9 February 2010 }}</ref> Campus venue Vesbar is owned and operated by AUTSA for its students, and operates throughout the year.

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