Massey University

Massey University, known in Maori as Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, is a public research university with campuses at Albany in Auckland, at Manawatu in Palmerston North and in Wellington, New Zealand梅西大学（毛利语名 Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa）是新西兰的公立研究型大学，校区分别位于奥克兰奥尔巴尼、北帕默斯顿玛纳瓦图与惠灵顿

Founded as Massey Agricultural College in 1927 and given full university status in 1964, it is named after the Prime Minister William Ferguson Massey and is one of New Zealand's largest universities大学前身为 1927 年创办的梅西农学院，1964 年获得完整大学地位，以总理威廉·弗格森·梅西命名，是新西兰规模最大的大学之一

It is the only university in New Zealand with a veterinary school and a pioneering provider of distance education, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 215th in the world它是新西兰唯一设兽医学院的大学，也是远程教育的先行者，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 215 位

History

• The university traces its origin to a scholarship fund set up by the Wanganui Philosophical Society around 1870 and to a nationwide fundraising effort begun in 1905 to give New Zealand's farmers a university of their own大学可追溯至约 1870 年旺加努伊哲学会设立的奖学金基金，以及 1905 年一场旨在为新西兰农民创办一所自己的大学的全国性募款运动。

• The fundraising produced a prolonged dispute over a suitable site for the college, resolved only when the Wanganui City Council offered 424 acres at Fitzherbert in 1922 and the government added a grant of 10,000 pounds这场募款随即引发围绕校址用地的长期争议，直到 1922 年旺加努伊市议会献出菲茨赫伯特 424 英亩土地、政府再补助一万元纽币才得以解决。

• Massey Agricultural College was constituted under the New Zealand Agricultural College Act 1926 and its main building was begun with the laying of the foundation stone on 27 January 1927梅西农学院依 1926 年通过的新西兰农学院法案设立，主楼于 1927 年 1 月 27 日奠基动工。

• Classes began on the Fitzherbert site in 1927 under the original name Massey Agricultural College, which honoured the Prime Minister William Ferguson Massey课程于 1927 年在菲茨赫伯特校址开课，校名「梅西农学院」用于纪念总理威廉·弗格森·梅西。

• The college's early mission was practical agricultural education and research, and it later became the first university in the world to establish a food technology degree学院早期的使命是应用农业教育与研究，其后成为全球首个设立食品科技学位的大学。

• The institution was renamed Massey University of Manawatu in 1964 and adopted the name Massey University in 1966学院于 1964 年更名为玛纳瓦图梅西大学，并于 1966 年正式定名为梅西大学。

• Massey gained full university status on 1 January 1964 and became the first university in New Zealand to establish a veterinary science degree梅西于 1964 年 1 月 1 日获得完整大学地位，并成为新西兰首个设立兽医科学学位的大学。

• Its extramural programme began in 1961, making Massey the first university in New Zealand to teach students at a distance and letting students study while working on farms or in industry其校外课程始于 1961 年，使梅西成为新西兰第一所远程授课的大学，让学生得以一边务农或工作一边求学。

• In the post-war decades the college consolidated agricultural and veterinary teaching at Fitzherbert and expanded its work in food science and the fundamental sciences战后数十年间，学院在菲茨赫伯特集中发展农业与兽医教学，并拓展了食品科学与基础科学方面的研究。

• The Palmerston North Campus was renamed the Manawatu Campus in 2011北帕默斯顿校区于 2011 年更名为玛纳瓦图校区。

• The Wellington campus began as a small campus on Wallace Street, grew into the former National Museum building, was formally opened in 2000 and later took the name of the Pukeahu campus惠灵顿校区始于华莱士街的小型校区，其后扩展至原国家博物馆大楼，2000 年正式启用，其后采用普凯阿胡校区的名称。

• In the late 1990s the university established a campus at Albany in Auckland, first on the former Hato Petera College site and from 1999 on a larger site at Albany九十年代后期，学校在奥克兰奥尔巴尼设立校区，最初位于原 Hato Petera 学院校址，1999 年起迁往奥尔巴尼更大的地块。

• The Maori name Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, reflecting the university's commitment to its Treaty of Waitangi obligations, was adopted in 20002000 年，学校采用毛利语校名 Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa，以体现其履行《怀唐伊条约》义务的承诺。

• In 2011 Massey assumed control of the College of Education, a Palmerston North institution established in 1906 that had absorbed the Wellington and Auckland teachers' colleges in 20052011 年，梅西接管了位于北帕默斯顿、1906 年成立的教育学院，该学院已于 2005 年整合惠灵顿与奥克兰的师范学院。

• A 2006 assessment under the performance-based research fund said the university's ranking was not convincing and called for peer-referenced performance evaluation2006 年「以绩效为本研究拨款」制度下的评鉴指出其评级不具说服力，要求以与同类院校对比的实际表现为基准评估绩效。

• In the 2007 Tertiary Education Commission assessment for the performance-based research fund, Massey University was ranked in the middle of the country's universities and moved up one place in the 2018 assessment在 2007 年高等教育委员会对「以绩效为本研究拨款」的评估中，梅西大学位居全国大学的中间位置，并在 2018 年评估中前移一位。

• By 2017 the university recorded its largest financial loss of 8.9 million dollars, and in 2018 the government granted it a one-off subsidy of 12.1 million dollars到 2017 年，学校录得史上最大财年亏损 890 万元纽币，2018 年政府则一次性拨款 1,210 万元纽币补助。

• In February 2019 the university announced the closure of its College of Education and the relocation of teacher education, after announcing in 2018 the closure of science programmes at its Albany campus2019 年 2 月，梅西宣布关闭教育学院并迁移师资培训；此前在 2018 年，它已宣布停办奥尔巴尼校区的部分理科课程。

• In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it prepared to deliver courses online and planned a 5.5 million dollar cost reduction, and in 2023 it announced the loss of about 600 positions2020 年新冠疫情期间，梅西筹备线上授课并计划削减 550 万元纽币开支；2023 年又宣布裁减约 600 个职位。

• In January 2024, in response to some of the most difficult times in its history, the university proposed replacing its single academic structure with a three-faculty model, and in 2024 it opened a branch campus in Singapore2024 年 1 月，面对校史上最艰难的时期之一，梅西提议以「三院制」取代原有的单一学术架构；2024 年，学校又在新加坡开设分校。

• Pierre Venter was named the next Vice-Chancellor and took up the office in February 2026, after the resignation of Jan Thomas took effect in April 2025在珍·托马斯的请辞于 2025 年 4 月生效后，皮埃尔·文特尔获任命为下一任校长，并于 2026 年 2 月上任。

Academics

• The university is organised into the College of Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Health, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Creative Arts, together with a College of Education大学分为理学院、商学院、健康学院、人文与社会科学学院及创意艺术学院，另设教育学院。

• It is the only institution in New Zealand to offer a veterinary science degree, and this school ranks 19th in the world and first in Australasia and Asia in that subject它是新西兰唯一提供兽医科学学位的院校，该学科位居世界第 19 位、澳大拉西亚与亚洲第一。

• The university is well placed in many academic disciplines, including agriculture, veterinary medicine, business, food technology and aviation梅西在农业、兽医、商科、食品科技与航空等多个学科领域均排名前列。

• In the 2021 Shanghai Ranking it ranked 45th in the world in agriculture and in the 51 to 75 band in veterinary medicine在 2021 年软科世界大学学术排名中，其农业位居世界第 45 位，兽医学位列 51 至 75 名。

• Massey offers a Bachelor of Aviation and provides professional pilot training, and its aviation school is recognised internationally梅西大学开设航空学士课程并提供专业飞行员培训，其航空学院获国际认可。

• The College of Business is one of the largest business schools in New Zealand and holds international accreditation梅西商学院是新西兰最大的商学院之一，并获得国际认证。

• Massey began offering distance education in 1961 and remains one of New Zealand's leading providers of extramural and online study, serving students far from its campuses梅西自 1961 年起提供远程教育，至今仍是新西兰主要的校外与在线学习提供者之一，服务远离校园的学生。

• The College of Creative Arts, based in Wellington, covers design, fine arts, music and creative media and is among the leading creative arts schools in the country位于惠灵顿的创意艺术学院涵盖设计、美术、音乐与创意媒体，是全国领先的创意艺术学院之一。

• The College of Education, absorbed in 2011, provides initial teacher education and educational research, and its heritage reaches back to a teachers' college founded in 19062011 年并入的教育学院提供职前师资培训与教育研究，其渊源可追溯至 1906 年创办的师范学院。

• Its research covers food science, agriculture, veterinary medicine, business, public health and fundamental sciences, and it is supported by national research centres such as FoodPilot, the Riddet Institute and the MacDiarmid Institute其研究涵盖食品科学、农业、兽医、商科、公共卫生与基础科学，并获 FoodPilot、Riddet 研究所与 MacDiarmid 研究所等国家级研究机构支持。

• Its Manawatu campus includes working farms used for teaching and research in agriculture and veterinary science玛纳瓦图校区设有用于农业与兽医教学科研的实习农场。

• The university's food technology programmes descend from the first such degree in the world, launched through its science and technology teaching梅西的食品科技课程可追溯到全球首个同类学位，源自其理工教学体系。

• Massey University Library was established in 1930 and now provides site libraries on the Auckland, Manawatu and Wellington campuses together with digital collections梅西大学图书馆成立于 1930 年，现于奥克兰、玛纳瓦图与惠灵顿校区设有分馆，并提供数字馆藏。

• A distinctive feature of the university library is its significant and accessible Maori collections, reflecting the university's commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi梅西图书馆的一个显著特色，是其规模可观而易于取用的毛利语文献馆藏，体现其对《怀唐伊条约》的承诺。

• The university enrolled about 26,505 students in 2024, equivalent to 15,947 full-time students, making it New Zealand's second-largest university, and it employed 2,655 staff that year2024 年梅西在校学生约 26,505 人，折合 15,947 名全日制学生，是新西兰规模第二大的大学，同年教职员人数为 2,655 人。

Campus

• Massey University has three New Zealand campuses at Albany in Auckland, at Turitea on the Manawatu campus in Palmerston North and at Pukeahu in Wellington, and it opened a branch campus in Singapore in 2024梅西大学在新西兰设有三个校区，分别位于奥克兰奥尔巴尼、北帕默斯顿玛纳瓦图校区的图里蒂亚，以及惠灵顿的普凯阿胡；此外，它于 2024 年在新加坡开设分校。

• The Manawatu campus in Palmerston North is the largest and hosts the university's food and agriculture research institutes and its working farms位于北帕默斯顿的玛纳瓦图校区规模最大，也是学校食品与农业研究机构及实习农场的所在地。

• The Auckland campus, also called Oteha Rohe, occupies a large site at Albany that was opened on the former Whenuapai air base land奥克兰校区又称 Oteha Rohe，位于奥尔巴尼的大片地块上，启用时位于原 Whenuapai 空军基地用地。

• The Wellington campus is based in the former National Museum building and houses the College of Creative Arts, giving it strong links to the capital's creative industries惠灵顿校区设于原国家博物馆大楼内，容纳创意艺术学院，与首都的创意产业联系紧密。

• Because of its pioneering extramural programmes, the university reaches distance students throughout New Zealand and in overseas countries from its campuses凭借开创性的校外课程，梅西得以从各校区服务遍布新西兰各地及海外的远程学生。

• Student accommodation is provided through halls of residence on the Albany, Manawatu and Wellington campuses学校在奥尔巴尼、玛纳瓦图与惠灵顿校区设有学生宿舍，提供住宿。

• The Manawatu campus is set among farmland and gardens and provides space for veterinary clinics and agricultural teaching玛纳瓦图校区坐落于农田与花园之间，为兽医诊所与农业教学提供场地。

• Sports and recreation facilities across the campuses include playing fields, gymnasiums and recreation centres serving students and staff各校区的体育与康乐设施包括球场、体育馆与康乐中心，服务学生与教职员。

• The Pukeahu campus in Wellington stands beside the National War Memorial and the Basin Reserve, in the heart of the capital惠灵顿的普凯阿胡校区毗邻国家战争纪念馆与盆地保护区，位于首都核心地带。

• The Auckland campus at Albany lies close to the commercial centre of Auckland and to research and industry clusters in the north of the city奥尔巴尼的奥克兰校区靠近奥克兰商业中心，以及该市北部的研究与产业集群。

• The Manawatu campus is a short drive from the centre of Palmerston North, a city at the centre of New Zealand's food and agricultural industry玛纳瓦图校区距北帕默斯顿市中心仅短程车程，该市正是新西兰食品与农业产业的核心。

• Farms and research units around Palmerston North support the university's teaching in agriculture, veterinary science and food technology北帕默斯顿周边的农场与研究单位，支持梅西在农业、兽医与食品科技方面的教学。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Massey University is placed 215th in the world, and in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 it stands in the 501 to 550 band在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，梅西大学位列世界第 215 位，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中则位于 501 至 550 区间。

• The U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranks it 620th in the world, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places it in the 901 to 1000 band美国新闻与世界报道 2026 至 2027 年最佳全球大学排名将其列为世界第 620 位，2026 年世界大学学术排名则将其列入 901 至 1000 区间。

• Massey ranks 19th in the world for veterinary science and first in Australasia and Asia in that subject, the only veterinary school in New Zealand梅西的兽医学科位列世界第 19 位，并在该学科位居澳大拉西亚与亚洲第一，是新西兰唯一的兽医学院。

• In the QS rankings it ranks 41st in the world for agriculture and forestry, and in the 2021 Shanghai Ranking it ranked 45th in the world in agriculture在 QS 排名中，其农业与林业位居世界第 41 位；在 2021 年软科排名中，农业位列世界第 45 位。

• Other leading subjects include development studies at 43rd, communication and media studies in the 51 to 100 band and business and management studies in the 101 to 150 band其他领先学科还包括发展研究（第 43 位）、传播与媒体研究（51 至 100 区间）以及商业与管理研究（101 至 150 区间）。

• In the 2021 QS rankings nursing was placed in the 101 to 150 band and statistics and operations research also in the 101 to 150 band在 2021 年 QS 排名中，护理学位列 101 至 150 名，统计与运筹学同样位列 101 至 150 名。

• OpenAlex attributes 53,169 works to Massey University with 2,877,204 citations, reflecting the scale of its research outputOpenAlex 数据库为梅西大学收录 53,169 篇成果、被引 2,877,204 次，反映其研究产出规模。

• Its world-first food technology degree and its aviation programme are among the university's distinctive strengths其全球首创的食品科技学位与航空课程，是梅西的特色强项。

• Massey is New Zealand's second-largest university by enrolment and one of its leading providers of distance education就注册人数而言，梅西是新西兰规模第二大的大学，也是全国主要的远程教育提供者之一。

• Its Manawatu campus is home to national research centres in food science and advanced materials, namely FoodPilot, the Riddet Institute and the MacDiarmid Institute, which underpin its applied research strength其玛纳瓦图校区设有食品科学与先进材料领域的国家级研究机构，即 FoodPilot、Riddet 研究所与 MacDiarmid 研究所，构成其应用研究优势的基础。

Student life

• The university's Maori name, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, adopted in 2000, expresses its commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and to partnership with Maori梅西于 2000 年采用的毛利语校名 Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa，表达其履行《怀唐伊条约》以及与毛利人建立伙伴关系的承诺。

• Each campus has its own students' association, such as the Massey University Students' Association and the Albany Students' Association, which represent members and organise activities各校区均设有自己的学生协会，例如梅西大学学生协会与奥尔巴尼学生协会，代表会员并组织活动。

• Because of its pioneering extramural programmes, many Massey students have historically studied from home, receiving materials by post and attending occasional contact courses on campus由于梅西开创性的校外课程，许多学生历来在家中学习，通过邮寄收到教材，偶尔到校参加面授辅导。

• Students are housed in halls of residence on the Albany, Manawatu and Wellington campuses, giving each campus a residential student community学生入住奥尔巴尼、玛纳瓦图与惠灵顿校区的宿舍，使各校区形成住宿型学生社群。

• Sports and recreation form part of campus life, with playing fields, gymnasiums and recreation centres available to students and staff体育与康乐是校园生活的一部分，学校为学生与教职员提供球场、体育馆与康乐中心。

• The farm setting of the Manawatu campus shapes a student culture closely tied to agriculture and veterinary training玛纳瓦图校区的农场环境，塑造出与农业和兽医培训紧密相连的学生文化。

• Students of the College of Creative Arts in Wellington engage with the creative industries of the capital through exhibitions, performances and placements惠灵顿创意艺术学院的学生通过展览、演出与实习，与首都的创意产业保持互动。

• The 2024 branch campus in Singapore and the Auckland campus are home to substantial numbers of international students2024 年设立的新加坡分校与奥克兰校区，聚集了大量国际学生。

Notable people

• Prime Minister William Ferguson Massey, after whom the university is named, held office from 1912 until 1925 and remains the second-longest serving prime minister in New Zealand history新西兰总理威廉·弗格森·梅西（学校以其命名）自 1912 年任职至 1925 年，至今仍是新西兰任期第二长的总理。

• The university was created by Act of Parliament in 1926 rather than by a private founder, and its first classes were held on the Fitzherbert site in 1927梅西大学是依 1926 年国会法案设立的，并非由私人创办；其课程于 1927 年在菲茨赫伯特校址首次开课。

• Ross McEwan, chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland and a graduate of a Bachelor of Business Studies in 1979, has received the university's most prestigious alumni award苏格兰皇家银行首席执行官罗斯·麦克尤恩是 1979 年工商管理学士毕业生，曾获颁梅西最负盛名的校友奖。

• Chris Kelly, chief executive of the state-owned farmer Landcorp, has been described as one of the most influential figures in New Zealand agriculture国营农牧企业 Landcorp 首席执行官克里斯·凯利，被誉为新西兰农业最具影响力的人物之一。

• Peter Nation, an alumnus of a postgraduate diploma in banking, received the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2024 for services to the agricultural industry and governance银行学研究生文凭校友彼得·内申于 2024 年获颁新西兰功绩勋章，以表彰其对农业与治理的贡献。

• Neil Walker, an alumnus of a Bachelor of Business Studies, received the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2024 for services to primary industries and the community工商管理学士校友尼尔·沃克于 2024 年获颁新西兰功绩勋章，以表彰其对初级产业与社区的贡献。

• Pancha Narayanan, an alumnus of a Master of Business Administration, received the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2024 for services to multicultural communities工商管理硕士校友潘查·纳拉亚南于 2024 年获颁新西兰功绩勋章，以表彰其对多元文化社区的贡献。

• Dan Te Whenua Walker, who holds a Master of Advanced Leadership Practice with distinction from Massey, chairs the Child Cancer Foundation New Zealand拥有梅西高级领导实践硕士（优异）学位的丹·特·弗努阿·沃克，现任新西兰儿童癌症基金会主席。

• Sir Paul Callaghan, one of New Zealand's foremost physicists, began his academic career at Massey in 1975 as a lecturer in chemistry and later received the Rutherford Medal新西兰最杰出的物理学家之一保罗·卡拉汉爵士，1975 年在梅西担任化学讲师而开启学术生涯，后获卢瑟福奖章。

• Jan Thomas led the university as Vice-Chancellor until her resignation took effect in April 2025珍·托马斯担任梅西校长，直至其请辞于 2025 年 4 月生效。

• Pierre Venter was named the next Vice-Chancellor and took up the office in February 2026皮埃尔·文特尔获任命为下一任校长，并于 2026 年 2 月上任。

• The university's graduates work across agriculture, veterinary science, food technology, business and the creative arts in New Zealand and overseas梅西的毕业生在新西兰及海外从事农业、兽医、食品科技、商科与创意艺术等行业。