Auckland University of Technology, formerly known as Auckland Technical School (ATS), was founded in 1895. In 2000, with the approval of the then Governor-General of New Zealand, it was officially upgraded to a national comprehensive research university by the New Zealand government and renamed Auckland University of Technology (AUT).

Auckland University of Technology is a forward-looking modern university, one of the eight national comprehensive research universities in New Zealand, a member of New Zealand University Association (UNZ), association of commonwealth universities (ACU) and Southeast Asian University Association (ASAIHL), and the second largest university in New Zealand.

The school has 5 universities, 16 colleges and more than 60 research institutes and research centers. In the past four years, its world ranking has risen by 350 places, and it is a QS five-star university.

The Times Higher Education World University Ranking in 2020 ranked Auckland University of Technology as the top 65,438+0% university in the world, 65,438+0 in Australasia Millennium University, 65,438+0 in global research influence and 65,438+0 in international perspective.

Auckland University of Technology maintains close partnership with more than 5,000 industries around the world, and carries out scientific research cooperation projects with 140 countries.

Students from Auckland University of Technology come from 137 countries and regions around the world. More than half of the staff and tools have overseas backgrounds, most of them have many years of relevant industry experience and teaching experience, and most of them have taught in other universities around the world for many years.