Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

📚 Courses & programs at Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) is best known for Engineering & Technology, Business, Design & Media, Health. Popular programs for international students include:

• Engineering
• Business
• IT
• Health Sciences
• Design
• Creative Arts
• Law

Class profile: Roots in Auckland Technical School 1895; university status 2000; students from 100+ countries.

✅ Entry requirements

💰 Fees & cost of studying

Plan your budget for tuition + living + health insurance + the visa fee. Compare funding with the free scholarship finder.

📝 Step-by-step admission process

1. Choose Mar or Jul intake
2. Meet IELTS 6.5; SOP, CV, transcripts
3. Apply online
4. Receive offer of place → pay tuition
5. Get receipt for visa
6. Apply for student visa

📄 Documents checklist

• Transcripts
• Statement of Purpose
• CV
• IELTS
• Passport
• Proof of funds
• Offer of place

🛂 Student visa & post-study work · New Zealand

• Student visa: Fee-paying student visa
• Work while studying: 20 hrs/week during term
• Post-study work: Post-study work visa: up to 3 years

📅 Intakes & deadlines

All figures are indicative and change year to year — always confirm on the official site (www.aut.ac.nz) before applying.

How Auckland University of Technology (AUT) compares in New Zealand

The figures on this page mean little on their own. Set against the 6 other New Zealand universities in our dataset, they say something more useful about where an application to Auckland University of Technology (AUT) is likely to be won or lost.

• Selectivity. An indicative acceptance rate of about 65% against a median of 55% across the 6 other New Zealand universities in our dataset. 5 of them are harder to get into than Auckland University of Technology (AUT). It sits on the more accessible side of its national peer group, which usually means a complete, early, well-matched application matters more than an exceptional one.
• Rank in context. QS #410, against a peer median of #244; 6 New Zealand universities rank above it here. Rank is worth exactly this much and no more — it is driven by institution-wide research output and reputation surveys, not by the department you would actually join, so treat it as a coarse filter and judge the programme on its own page.
• English bar. IELTS 6.5 against a peer median of 6.5. That is exactly the national norm, so a score built for this application should travel across your whole shortlist. Equivalents: TOEFL 79, PTE 58.

Programme areas: Engineering · Business · IT · Health Sciences · Design · Creative Arts · Law. Entry requirements are set per programme, not per university, so the figures above are the institutional baseline — a competitive department inside an accessible university can run far tighter than the headline rate suggests.

Practical order of work for Auckland University of Technology (AUT): clear the English requirement first, because it gates everything and is the only part of the application you fully control; then confirm which of the February and July intakes you are targeting, since the typical deadline is Rolling and funding decisions usually close before admission decisions; then build the application around one specific programme rather than the institution. Budget the application fee of $0 per programme, and living costs of NZD 20,000/yr (visa requirement) on top of tuition of ~$24k/yr (NZD $18k-30k).

Figures here are indicative and compiled for comparison. Acceptance rates in particular are institution-level estimates and move year to year — confirm anything you are deciding on against the university's official pages.