University of Waikato

The University of Waikato (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato) is a public research university based in Hamilton, New Zealand, with a second campus in Tauranga and a joint institute at Zhejiang University City College in Hangzhou, China.怀卡托大学（毛利语：Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato）是一所公立研究型大学，主校区位于新西兰汉密尔顿，在陶朗加设有第二个校区，并在中国杭州与浙江大学城市学院合办联合学院。

Founded in 1964, it is named after the Waikato region and performs research and teaching in education, social sciences, management, environmental science, marine and freshwater ecology, engineering, computer science and artificial intelligence.学校创办于 1964 年，校名取自怀卡托地区，在教育、社会科学、管理、环境科学、海洋与淡水生态、工程、计算机科学以及人工智能等领域开展研究与教学。

Its motto Ko te tangata, meaning "For the people", signals a commitment to Māori advancement and to the region the university serves.校训「Ko te tangata」意为「为了人民」，彰显学校对毛利人发展及其所服务地区的承诺。

History

• The university traces its origins to a petition raised in 1956 by Hamilton residents who wanted a university for the southern Auckland region, a campaign led by the barrister Douglas Seymour.学校的前身源于 1956 年汉密尔顿居民发起的一份请愿，希望为南奥克兰地区设立一所大学，这场运动由大律师道格拉斯·西蒙牵头。

• Their campaign coincided with a national shortage of school teachers, and after years of lobbying the Minister of Education Philip Skoglund agreed to open a teachers' college in the region.这场运动恰逢全国教师短缺，经过多年游说，教育部长菲利普·斯科格伦德同意在该地区开设一所教师学院。

• In 1960 the newly established Hamilton Teachers College opened its doors, joined by a fledgling university that was then a branch of the University of Auckland, and the two planned a joint campus on farmland at Hillcrest.1960 年，新成立的汉密尔顿教师学院开学，其时仍为奥克兰大学分校的初创大学与之会合，双方计划在希尔克雷斯特的农田上共建一处联合校园。

• In 1964 the two institutions moved to their new home, and in the following year the University of Waikato was officially opened by the Governor-General Sir Bernard Fergusson.1964 年，两所机构迁入新址；次年，怀卡托大学由总督伯纳德·弗格森爵士正式主持开幕。

• At that time the university comprised a School of Humanities and a School of Social Sciences, and its first vice-chancellor was Dr Don Llewellyn.当时学校仅设人文学院与社会科学学院，首任校长为唐·莱文林博士。

• In 1969 Llewellyn persuaded the authorities to fund a School of Science, which today forms the core of the university's science and engineering teaching.1969 年，莱文林说服当局拨款设立理学院，该学院如今构成学校科学与工程教学的核心。

• From the outset Māori studies was a defining feature, and the Centre for Māori Studies and Research was finally established in the School of Social Sciences in 1972 after several delays.毛利研究自建校起便是学校的鲜明特色，毛利研究与研究中心历经多次延宕，最终于 1972 年在社会科学学院成立。

• The Waikato Management School was created in 1972 and initially offered computer science and computing services, which in 1973 grew into the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences.怀卡托管理学院创办于 1972 年，最初开设计算机科学与计算服务课程，1973 年发展为计算与数学科学学院。

• In 1990 the School of Law was formally established, and in the same year Hamilton Teachers College completed its merger with the university, a step first contemplated as early as the 1960s.1990 年，法学院正式成立；同年，汉密尔顿教师学院完成与大学的合并，这一合并早在 20 世纪 60 年代便已开始筹划。

• Since 1993 the university has been developing Weka, one of the first open-source artificial-intelligence and machine-learning workbenches used in research and teaching.自 1993 年以来，学校持续开发 Weka，它是最早用于科研与教学的开源人工智能与机器学习工作平台之一。

• A separate School of Māori and Pacific Development was formally established in 1996, and in 2016 it became Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies.独立的毛利与太平洋发展学院于 1996 年正式成立，2016 年更名为 Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao，即毛利与原住民研究学部。

• In 1999 the original Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences were merged to form the School of Arts and Social Sciences, and a partnership with the Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology supported teaching in the Bay of Plenty region.1999 年，原人文学院与社会科学学院合并为艺术与社会科学学院，学校并与丰富湾理工学院结成联盟，以支持丰盛湾地区的教学。

• The university's first Tauranga students graduated at a ceremony held there in 2001.学校的首批陶朗加学生于 2001 年在当地举行的典礼上毕业。

• In 2014 the university became entirely smoke-free, banning smoking on all its campuses and in university-owned vehicles.2014 年，学校全面禁烟，禁止在所有校园及学校自有车辆内吸烟。

• In 2018 the university was reorganised into a divisional structure, grouping its schools and faculties under four divisions, the Waikato Management School and the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies.2018 年，学校实行学部制改革，将其各学院与学系归入四个学部、怀卡托管理学院以及毛利与原住民研究学部。

• In 2019 the university opened a dedicated campus in Tauranga's central business district, adding to its presence in the Bay of Plenty alongside the Adams Centre for High Performance and the Coastal Marine Field Station.2019 年，学校在陶朗加中央商务区启用一座专门校区，与高性能亚当斯中心和海岸海洋野外站一道，扩大其在丰盛湾地区的办学存在。

• In November 2020 the university opened a new algal research and aquaculture facility at Sulphur Point on Tauranga Harbour.2020 年 11 月，学校在陶朗加港的硫磺角启用一处新的藻类研究与水产养殖设施。

• In July 2023 the university opened the Pā, a new heart-of-campus complex containing a marae, a wharenui meeting house and a student hub with study spaces and a social stage.2023 年 7 月，学校启用「the Pā」，这一校园核心建筑群包含毛利会堂（marae）、会堂主屋（wharenui），以及设有自习空间与社交舞台的学生枢纽。

• From 2016 the university campaigned with the Waikato District Health Board for a third medical school in Hamilton, a bid opposed by the University of Auckland and the University of Otago, which host the country's two existing medical schools, and rejected by the Labour-led government in 2019.自 2016 年起，学校与怀卡托地区卫生局共同争取在汉密尔顿设立新西兰第三所医学院；该设想遭到承办全国现有两所医学院的奥克兰大学与奥塔哥大学反对，并在 2019 年被工党主导的政府否决。

• In July 2025 the government pledged NZ82.5 million towards establishing the Waikato medical school, against the university's own contribution of150 million and far short of the $280 million promised during the 2023 election campaign.2025 年 7 月，政府承诺拨款 8250 万新西兰元用于筹建怀卡托医学院，学校自身出资 1.5 亿新西兰元，远低于 2023 年大选期间承诺的 2.8 亿新西兰元。

• For most of its history the university has been governed by a council headed by a chancellor, currently Dame Susan Hassall, with Te Rōpū Manukura, formed in 1991, advising it on Māori matters.学校长期由以校监为首的理事会治理，现任校监为苏珊·哈索尔女爵；1991 年成立的 Te Rōpū Manukura 则就毛利事务为其提供咨询。

Academics

• As of 2024 the university is organised into five broad units, namely the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences, the Division of STEM, the Division of Education, the Waikato Management School and the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies.截至 2024 年，学校划分为五大板块，即文学、法学、心理学与社会科学学部，理工学部，教育学部，怀卡托管理学院，以及毛利与原住民研究学部。

• The Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences brings together Te Kura Toi School of Arts, the School of Law, Politics and Philosophy and Te Kura Whatu Oho Mauri School of Psychological and Social Sciences.文学、法学、心理学与社会科学学部汇集了 Te Kura Toi 艺术学院、法律政治与哲学学院，以及 Te Kura Whatu Oho Mauri 心理与社会科学学院。

• The Division of STEM comprises Te Kura Mata-Ao School of Engineering, Au Reikura School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Te Aka Mātuatua School of Science, the Artificial Intelligence Institute and the Environmental Research Institute.理工学部由 Te Kura Mata-Ao 工程学院、Au Reikura 计算与数学科学学院、Te Aka Mātuatua 理学院、人工智能研究所以及环境研究所组成。

• Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education forms the Division of Education, while the School of Graduate Research, the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies and University of Waikato College sit outside the divisions.Te Kura Toi Tangata 教育学院构成教育学部；研究生院、毛利与原住民研究学部以及怀卡托大学学院则不隶属于上述学部。

• Degrees are offered in health, engineering, computer science, management, Māori and Indigenous Studies, the arts, psychology, social sciences and education.学校开设的学位涵盖健康、工程、计算机科学、管理、毛利与原住民研究、艺术、心理学、社会科学以及教育等领域。

• Research institutes include the Artificial Intelligence Institute, Te Kotahi Research Institute, Te Ngira Institute for Population Research, the New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science and the New Zealand Institute for Business Research.校内研究机构包括人工智能研究所、Te Kotahi 研究所、Te Ngira 人口研究所、新西兰安全与犯罪科学研究所以及新西兰商业研究所。

• Research centres range from the Ahuora Centre for Smart Energy Systems and the Coastal Marine Field Station to the Radiocarbon Dating laboratory and the Waikato Centre for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing.研究中心则从 Ahuora 智能能源系统中心、海岸海洋野外站，到放射性碳测年实验室以及怀卡托先进材料与制造中心不等。

• In 2024 the university enrolled 14,065 students in headcount terms, equivalent to 10,485 full-time students, and it employed 1,499 full-time-equivalent administrative staff in 2020 on a budget of NZ$263.6 million.2024 年，学校在校学生按人头计为 14,065 人，折合 10,485 名全日制学生；2020 年学校聘有 1,499 名全职等效行政人员，年度预算为 2.636 亿新西兰元。

• The university library holds about 1,059,000 print items and 2,144 print serials, gives access to more than 162,000 electronic resources and belongs to the LCoNZ consortium.学校图书馆藏有约 1,059,000 件印刷品与 2,144 种印刷连续出版物，可访问逾 16.2 万项电子资源，并加入 LCoNZ 联盟。

• Signature strengths lie in education, management, environmental science, marine and freshwater ecology, engineering, computer science and artificial intelligence.学校的标志性强项在于教育、管理、环境科学、海洋与淡水生态、工程、计算机科学以及人工智能。

• Māori and Pacific scholarship is central to the academic profile, with the university enrolling about 15 per cent of all new Māori university students in New Zealand, who make up 17 per cent of its full-time-equivalent roll.毛利与太平洋研究是学校学术定位的核心，全国约 15% 的新入读大学的毛利学生就读于此，他们占学校全日制等效学生数的 17%。

• Māori academic staff account for 10 per cent of the total and hold a quarter of all senior positions.毛利学术人员占全校总数的 10%，并占据全部高级职位的四分之一。

• The Waikato Management School became one of a small number of schools worldwide to hold triple accreditation from AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA in 2006, and its Māori leadership MBA won the first AMBA MBA Innovation Award in 2011.2006 年，怀卡托管理学院成为全球少数同时获得 AACSB、EQUIS 与 AMBA 三重认证的商学院之一；其毛利领导力 MBA 于 2011 年获得首届 AMBA MBA 创新大奖。

• The university's Bachelor of Engineering carries international recognition from IPENZ, the New Zealand professional engineering body, and includes 800 hours of work experience across chemical, electronic, materials, mechanical and software engineering.学校的工程学士学位获得新西兰专业工程机构 IPENZ 的国际认可，包含 800 小时的工程实践，覆盖化学、电子、材料、机械与软件工程。

• The university also hosts the Medical Research Centre and the Early Years Research Centre, and its University of Waikato College mainly supports international students and pre-masters studies.学校还设医学研究中心与幼儿研究中心，其怀卡托大学学院主要面向国际学生与硕士预科学习。

Campus

• The university operates from two campuses, the main Hamilton campus and a campus in Tauranga, and it also offers undergraduate degrees through a joint institute at Zhejiang University City College in Hangzhou.学校以两个校区运营，即汉密尔顿主校区与陶朗加校区，并通过与浙江大学城市学院的联合学院提供本科学位。

• The Hamilton campus spreads over 64 hectares of landscaped gardens and lakes and includes extensive sporting and recreational areas, having been laid out on former farmland by the architect John Blake-Kelly in 1964.汉密尔顿校区占地 64 公顷，园中造景花园与湖泊相间，并设有大片体育与休闲区；此地原为农田，1964 年由建筑师约翰·布莱克-凯利规划。

• Three lakes form the centre of the campus planting, which includes a fernery and extensive native plantings, and the lakes play a crucial role in the university's stormwater system.三个湖泊构成校园绿化中心，园内设蕨类植物园并栽种大片原生植物；这些湖泊在学校雨水系统中发挥着关键作用。

• The Student Centre was officially opened in 2011 by the Waikato alumnus and then Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae, and the NZ$30 million building received five Green Star sustainability ratings, the first five-star project in the Waikato region.学生中心于 2011 年由校友、时任总督杰里·马特帕莱爵士正式启用；这座造价 3000 万新西兰元的建筑获得五项绿色之星可持续评级，是怀卡托地区首个五星级项目。

• The Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts overlooks Knighton Lake and was built in 2001, housing teaching and performance facilities for music, drama, dance and kapa haka as well as exhibition space.加拉格表演艺术学院俯瞰奈顿湖，建于 2001 年，设有音乐、戏剧、舞蹈与卡帕哈卡的教学与演出设施以及展览空间。

• The Tauranga campus opened in the central city in March 2019 and offers 150 courses, having previously shared premises with the Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology at Windermere.陶朗加校区于 2019 年 3 月在市中心启用，开设 150 门课程，此前学校曾与丰富湾理工学院在温德米尔共用场地。

• Student accommodation is provided in four halls, namely Student Village, Bryant Hall, College Hall and Orchard Park.学校提供四处学生宿舍，即 Student Village、Bryant Hall、College Hall 与 Orchard Park。

• The library sits at the centre of the campus and serves both on-campus and distance students, with a separate education library in Tauranga and off-campus collections in Hamilton.学校图书馆位于校园中心，同时服务于在校学生与远程学生，并在陶朗加设有独立的教育图书馆，在汉密尔顿另有校外馆藏。

Reputation

• The University of Waikato is placed 293rd in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, 551st to 600th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 and 758th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking.怀卡托大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 293，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列 551 至 600 区间，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 758。

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities the university falls in the 701-800 band and stood fifth among New Zealand universities in that table.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，学校位于 701 至 800 区间，并在该榜单中居新西兰高校第五位。

• In the 2024 Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, which combines the QS, THE and ARWU tables, the university placed 391st and fifth nationally.在综合 QS、THE 与软科三项榜单的 2024 年世界大学综合排名中，学校位列第 391，居全国第五。

• Earlier editions record a steady climb, from 338th in the 2015 QS table to 235th in the 2025 edition, when it was the third-highest-ranked university in New Zealand.更早的榜单记录了稳步上升，从 2015 年 QS 榜的第 338 位升至 2025 年版的第 235 位，其时居新西兰高校第三。

• On subject tables the university has placed Education 46th worldwide and several fields, including computer science and information systems, economics and law, in the 101-150 band.在学科榜单上，学校教育学位列世界第 46，计算机科学与信息系统、经济学、法学等多个领域进入 101 至 150 区间。

• According to OpenAlex, Waikato researchers have produced 30,446 works that have attracted 1,428,993 citations.据 OpenAlex 统计，怀卡托大学的研究人员已产出 30,446 项成果，累计被引用 1,428,993 次。

• The university counts no Nobel, Turing or Fields laureate among its alumni or academic staff, its research community instead being recognised through fellowships of the Royal Society of New Zealand.学校校友与学术人员中尚无诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主，其研究群体主要通过新西兰皇家学会的院士身份获得认可。

• Waikato placed 28th in the world in the 2013 Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 ranking, and it received a five-star overall rating from QS in 2017.2013 年，学校在泰晤士高等教育「建校 50 年以下百强」排名中位列世界第 28；2017 年又获得 QS 五星总体评级。

Student life

• The university's motto is Ko te tangata, a Māori phrase meaning "For the people", which frames its commitment to Māori development and to the Waikato region.学校校训为「Ko te tangata」，这句毛利语意为「为了人民」，界定了学校对毛利人发展及怀卡托地区的承诺。

• Māori culture is central to student life, for the university marks its commitment to Māori custom and protocol each April during kīngitanga day and is a strategic partner of Te Matatini, the biennial national kapa haka competition.毛利文化是学生生活的核心，每年四月学校在国王运动日庆祝其对毛利传统与礼俗的承诺，并是两年一度的全国卡帕哈卡大赛 Te Matatini 的战略伙伴。

• The Waikato Students' Union represents all students on campus and publishes the student magazine Nexus, while law students are represented by Te Whakahiapo, the Māori law students' association, and the Pacific Law Students' Society.怀卡托学生会代表校内全体学生，并出版学生杂志 Nexus；法学院学生则由毛利法学生协会 Te Whakahiapo 与太平洋法学生学会代表。

• The Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship programme, launched in 2005, supports talented sportspeople and performing artists, admitting about 50 new Hillary Scholars each year with full scholarships and leadership training.埃德蒙·希拉里爵士奖学金计划于 2005 年推出，资助有才华的运动员与表演艺术者，每年录取约 50 名新奖学金生，提供全额资助与领导力培训。

• Hillary Scholars have included the rugby coach Warren Gatland and the Silver Ferns netball captain Laura Langman, and the university also runs the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards, first presented in 2007.希拉里奖学金生包括橄榄球教练沃伦·加特兰与银蕨队无挡板篮球队长劳拉·朗曼；学校还设有年度杰出校友奖，于 2007 年首次颁发。

• Students live in four halls of residence or in private accommodation, and campus life centres on the Student Centre and the 2023 Pā complex with its marae and social hub.学生可住在四处学生宿舍中，或在校外租房；校园生活以学生中心与 2023 年落成的「the Pā」建筑群及其毛利会堂与社交枢纽为中心。

• The Hamilton campus provides extensive sporting and recreational areas, and the university supports more than 30 competitive and recreational sports codes for its students.汉密尔顿校区设有大片体育与休闲区，学校亦为学生开展 30 多种竞技与休闲体育项目。

Notable people

• Jacinda Ardern, who graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Communication Studies in politics and public relations, served as the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand.杰辛达·阿德恩于 2001 年取得政治与公共关系传播学学士学位，后出任新西兰第 40 任总理。

• Shane Legg, an alumnus, co-founded Google DeepMind and serves as its chief scientist.校友沙恩·莱格与他人共同创办谷歌 DeepMind，并担任其首席科学家。

• Craig Nevill-Manning, an alumnus, founded Google's first remote engineering centre and was a key developer of Google Maps and Froogle.校友克雷格·内维尔-曼宁创办了谷歌首个远程工程中心，并是谷歌地图与 Froogle 的关键开发者。

• Mark Wilson, an alumnus of the Waikato Management School, was chief executive of AXA, of AIA Asia and of Aviva in the United Kingdom.怀卡托管理学院校友马克·威尔逊曾任安盛、友邦保险亚洲区以及英国英杰华的首席执行官。

• Jan Zijderveld, also a management graduate, served as chief executive of Avon and as president of Unilever Europe.同为管理专业毕业生的扬·宰德费尔德曾任雅芳首席执行官以及联合利华欧洲区总裁。

• Warren Gatland, a Hillary Scholar and alumnus, coached the Chiefs, Wales and the British and Irish Lions rugby teams.希拉里奖学金生、校友沃伦·加特兰曾执教酋长队、威尔士队以及英国与爱尔兰狮子队。

• Derek Sikua, an alumnus, was the ninth Prime Minister of Solomon Islands.校友德里克·西库阿曾任所罗门群岛第九任总理。

• Wayne Smith, a graduate, played for the All Blacks and coached the New Zealand team that won the 2011 Rugby World Cup.毕业生韦恩·史密斯曾代表全黑队出战，并执教新西兰队夺得 2011 年橄榄球世界杯冠军。

• Judge Craig Coxhead, an alumnus, sits on the Māori Land Court and has served as Chief Justice of Niue.校友克雷格·考克斯黑德法官任职于毛利土地法院，并曾任纽埃首席大法官。

• Tom Higham, an alumnus, is professor of archaeological science and deputy director of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, while Ian Graham, another graduate, founded Endace and was named New Zealand's Engineering Entrepreneur of 2011.校友汤姆·海厄姆是考古学教授、牛津放射性碳加速器实验室副主任；另一位毕业生伊恩·格雷厄姆创办了 Endace，并获评 2011 年新西兰年度工程创业者。