Massey University

The University of Auckland ranks at #132 under “Best Global Universities 2025”. Whereas, Massey University ranks at #645 under the category of “Best Global Universities 2025”.

Look at the ranking table below comparing both the universities rankings over the past three years:

Both the University of Auckland and Massey University are some of the most esteemed universities in New Zealand for higher education. According to the Times Higher Education, the University of Auckland is ranked at #152 and Massey University ranks at #501 under the category of “World University Rankings 2025”. The comparative rankings of University of Auckland and Massey University are given as follows:

ARWU, short for Academic Ranking of the World Universities also known as Shanghai Ranking is known as one of the best ranking bodies in the world. It is one of the three most influential rankings of the world alongside Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings.

Over 2,500 Universities are ranked by ARWU every year. In the overall ARWU ranking, Massey University ranks at #801 in 2024, which is a sharp decline of 100 spots from the last year which was #701 in 2023. The ARWU Rankings for Massey University are showing a downward trend as the ranking was at #601 in 2022.

According to the comparison given below, in the rankings published by ARWU Rankings 2024,   the University of Canterbury ranks better than Massey University as it showed a decline in it's rankings over the years, on the other hand, the University of Canterbury rankings stay constant since the year 2023.

A comparison of ARWU with other similar universities is given below:

Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings assess universities based on Research, Teaching, Knowledge Transfer, and International Outlook. For the year 2025, THE has ranked more than 2,500 institutions.

Below mentioned are the criteria pointers for the Massey University with their respective scores:

For the year 2025, Massey University is ranked at #501 among the best universities in the world, the ranking has been stable since the year 2024 too. Although, it has improved significantly by 100 spots as it was #601 in the year 2023.  THE ranking for the Massey University are fluctuating.

QS World University ranking body ranked over 1,500 institutions for the year 2025. The key metrics are academic reputation, citations per faculty, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, and international faculty ratio / international student ratio. The overall score that Massey University has attained in 2025 is 41.8.

Given below are the scores mentioned for Massey University:

QS World University Rankings are one of the most comprehensive rankings that have offered World University Rankings since 2004. For the year 2025, the Massey University QS ranking is #239 in the 'World University' category which is stable from the last year as the ranking for that year was #239 among the world's best universities. The QS rankings for Massey University have improved since the year 2023.

Massey University is known for its high-quality research opportunities and good learning infrastructure. One brief comparison among the below-mentioned universities for their global rankings category. In Comparison Massey University ranks better than the University of Waikato. 

According to this ranking body, this university ranks higher than the University of Waikato which is one of the similarly ranked universities in New Zealand.

Given below are the rankings of Global Universities rankings of the mentioned universities/schools:

US World and News ranked Massey University at rank #645, which is a decline from the last year 2023, which was #598. From the ranking data in hand, it can be inferred that the rankings for the Massey University are declining in best Global Universities by this ranking body. The rankings for this university is constantly declining since the year 2022. The US World and News rankings 2022 ranking for this university was #556.