[The University of Waikato]

The University of Waikato, informally Waikato University, is a comprehensive university in Hamilton, New Zealand, with a satellite campus located in Tauranga. Established in 1964, it was the first university in New Zealand to be designed from a blank canvas.

Waikato Management School achieved Triple Crown status in 2006 by gaining accreditation from the three leading international business school accreditation bodies, AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA - only 1% of the world's business schools, 59 worldwide, have met the strict standards of all three accreditation bodies. The school's public relations undergraduate programme also gained accreditation from the Public Relations Society of America in 2009, and is currently one of only five institutions outside of the United States to have won CEPR certification.

In 2011, Waikato Management School’s MBA programme for Māori leaders won AMBA’s inaugural MBA Innovation Award. The Waikato MBA is delivered in partnership with the Waikato-Tainui College for Research and Development. In 2012, the Centre for Corporate and Executive Education received re-accreditation for its MBA programme from AMBA for five years, the maximum length of accreditation available. Its full-time MBM programme also received the highly regarded AMBA accreditation, the first MBM in New Zealand to receive this honour.

The University’s Bachelor of Engineering degrees are all internationally accredited by the Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ). The BE qualifications include 800 hours of work experience and cover chemical and biological engineering, electronic engineering, materials and process engineering, mechanical engineering, and software engineering.

In 2015, the University of Waikato is ranked 338 in the world by the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds Limited) World University Rankings 2015. This sees a climb in the rankings of over 60 places from 2014 in which it was ranked 405 in the world. In 2013, the University of Waikato was ranked 46th of the universities under 50 years old in the world by UK-based Times Higher Education World University Rankings, up from 58th in 2012.