Our Campuses
A connected community
Working towards a consolidated campus strategy, the University has three major City campuses in close proximity to each other.
City Campus
The city campus houses most of the faculties, central administration and the bulk of undergraduate teaching facilities. We are so big that we have more beds than Auckland’s inner city hotels combined.
Grafton Campus
The Grafton campus houses the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and Liggins Institute.
Newmarket Campus
The Newmarket campus houses predominantly research-centred activities, including heavy engineering research, science and medical and health science research components.
What comes next - Looking forward to the future
Major new developments have greatly enhanced the campus environment. The state-of-the-art Science and Engineering buildings, for example, incorporate leading-edge design in teaching, learning and laboratory facilities. The former opened by the Prime Minister in 2018 and the latter was commissioned in 2019.
A major upgrade of the Grafton Campus in 2012 (home of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and Liggins Institute) was part of a then $240 million masterplan project, completed over six years; the iconic Sir Owen G Glenn Building, home to the University’s Business School also houses fully equipped lecture theaters, computer labs, work rooms and social spaces clustered around a spectacular 26m-high atrium.
The purpose-built engineering building provides students with tailor-made spaces to support learning, accommodate larger student cohorts, and encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration. Another major building was completed at the end of 2019 at Grafton for the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, together with several new student halls of residence. The University now provides accommodation for more than 4,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students in catered and self-catered residential communities.
We have recently completed the refurbishment and extension of the Human Sciences Building (pictured left) to house learning and teaching facilities, the Faculty of Education & Social Work and the Faculty of Arts.
This project has also achieved the 6 Green Star design rating (‘World Leading’ category) with the highest design score yet awarded by the New Zealand Green Building Council. The design was developed collaboratively and is an exemplar of environmental sustainability.
Our new multi-story recreation and wellness centre, including a 20m swimming pool and artificial turf football field opened as scheduled at the end of 2024.
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