The University of Auckland is considered New Zealand’s leading university based on the following rankings and accreditations:
- the university is ranked 82nd in the world by the QS World University 2015
- the Department of Accounting and Finance is ranked 26th
- the Department of Economics is ranked in the top 51-100 (2015)
- according to Eduniversal Mondial in 2013 the Business School was ranked in the top 29 of the world’s best business schools.
The University of Auckland is the only university in New Zealand to be a member of Universitas 21, a global consortium of top research universities. It also belongs to the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), one of 18 member universities across six continents. The Business School is among the top 1% of business schools worldwide to achieve the Triple Crown of accreditations: AACSB International, EFMD EQUIS and AMBA