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AUT is the second largest university in New Zealand. We have been a university since 2000, but a place of learning for 120 years and operate in accordance with the Education Act (1989).

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AUT’s vision and leadership

Strategic plan (AUT Directions)

AUT Directions describes the University’s strategic objectives.

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AUT City Campus

55 Wellesley Street East

Auckland Central

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AUT North Campus

90 Akoranga Drive

Northcote, Auckland

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AUT South Campus

640 Great South Rd

Manukau, Auckland

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News

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25 leap years – Alumnus turns 100

20 Oct, 2020

Three generations of Rex Howe's family have studied at AUT.

Election 2020: Māori Health

14 Oct, 2020

AUT Professor of Māori Health, Denise Wilson, looks at how far policies targeting Māori will go towards improving Māori health equity and outcomes.

5 questions: Prof Lorna Piatti-Farnell

13 Oct, 2020

We asked Professor Lorna Piatti-Farnell five questions about her research ahead of her Inaugural Professorial Address.

Employment relations journal now free

13 Oct, 2020

The New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations will now make itself available free on Tuwhera, AUT’s open access journal hosting service.

Sport clubs face COVID financial pain

09 Oct, 2020

Sports clubs connected to NZ’s most traditional codes report being “hit hard” by the impact of COVID-19 according to the 2020 National Sport Club Survey.

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Events

Financial services company fraud: A structuration perspective

Wednesday 21 Oct, 11am - 12pm

The Meaning of Fun: Storytelling and Identity in Popular Culture - a public lecture by Lorna Piatti-Farnell

Tuesday 27 Oct, 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Tries to Treaties: Quantitative Analysis for Better Policies - a public lecture by Niven Winchester

Tuesday 3 Nov, 4:30pm - 5:30pm

The role of plants in a changing environment - a public lecture by Sebastian Leuzinger

Tuesday 10 Nov, 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Architectural Science Association: 54th International Conference 2020

Wednesday 25 Nov, 8am - Saturday 28 Nov, 5pm

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Rankings

We’re proud to be one of the world’s best modern universities – Times Higher Education has ranked us as the top millennial university in Australasia and we’re in the top 1% of universities in the world.

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