Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington, officially branded as Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, is a public university in New Zealand with its main base in Wellington, the country’s capital. The university presents itself as New Zealand’s top-ranked university for research intensity and states that it consistently ranks among the world’s best universities. It operates primarily across three main Wellington campuses: Kelburn, Pipitea, and Te Aro.

Public university

• Founded: 1897

• Comprehensive university with broad teaching and research across arts and humanities, business, law, architecture and design, engineering, science, education, and related disciplines.
• Strong research orientation, with the university stating it is New Zealand’s top-ranked university for research intensity.

• NZ university status: Recognised public university in New Zealand.
• QS-recognised global ranking presence: Official university ranking pages publish QS World University Rankings results and subject rankings.

• The university states it is in the top 2% of universities globally.
• Top 1% of the world for more than fifteen subjects.
• #102 globally for Arts and Humanities.
• 244th overall in the latest QS World University Rankings.
• It was 195th in the world in the 2026 QS Sustainability University Rankings

• In the CHE Ranking 2023/2024, EBS placed in the top group in many categories in business and law. The Bachelor in Business Studies was stated as first in Germany for “General study situation” and “Support from teaching staff,” while the law programme achieved second place in Germany in “Support from teaching staff” and “Support during studies.”
• In the WirtschaftsWoche 2024 ranking, EBS is among the top 10 German universities in Business Administration.
• In the Financial Times 2025 European Business Schools ranking, EBS is 59th in Europe and 5th in Germany.
• For the Financial Times Master in Finance 2024 ranking, Master in Finance ranked 31st worldwide and 2nd in Germany