The City Campus, established in 1883, is in the heart of Auckland City. Separated from the tower blocks of the central business district by historic Albert Park on its western flank, the campus covers more than 20 hectares. To the southeast lie the trees and open spaces of the Auckland Domain. Its proximity to the cultural and commercial amenities of the country’s largest city, attractive green setting and harbour views bestows advantages enjoyed by few inner-city campuses anywhere.
The City Campus has undergone major development during its existence with many refurbished and new building works.
A new 32,000 square-metre building for the Faculty of Engineering was completed for use in 2020. Work continues on the construction of new and refurbished facilities to accommodate the Faculty of Education and Social Work when it moves from the Epsom Campus to the City Campus. As well, the new Recreation and Wellness Centre building is due to open in 2024. Temporary sports and recreation facilities have been made available at 70 Stanley Street and Wynyard Street.
The University campuses
The City Campus
The Epsom Campus
At the end of 2023, the Faculty of Education and Social Work’s teaching, research and related activities were relocated to the City Campus.
The Epsom Campus was established in 1926 as the site of the Auckland College of Education, formerly known as the Auckland Teachers’ College and the Auckland Teachers’ Training College (established 1881). Upon the amalgamation of the Auckland College of Education and the University of Auckland in 2004, the Epsom Campus became the primary site for the new Faculty of Education and Social Work.
The Grafton Campus
Located opposite Auckland City Hospital and the entrance to the Domain, the Grafton Campus covers a 2.75 hectare site on Park Road, Grafton. Originally established for the School of Medicine in 1968, the site was recognised as a separate campus in 1995 and in 2008 was formally designated as the Grafton Campus.
Home to the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences (FMHS) and the University’s first Large Scale Research Institute, the Liggins Institute, the campus is a modern biomedical, health education, research and training facility, complemented by a specialist medical library, the Philson.
In addition to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students across six different schools, the campus also facilitates significant research. As well as the Liggins Institute, the campus notably hosts four of the University’s seven transdisciplinary research centres, being the Centre for Brain Research, Te Aka Mātauranga Matepukupuku | Centre for Cancer Research, Centre for Co-Created Ageing Research, and Centre for Pacific and Global Health. The campus also hosts Pūtahi Manawa | Healthy Hearts for Aotearoa New Zealand through the Manaaki Mānawa | Centre for Heart Research, one of four Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs) hosted by the University.
To facilitate our student learning, the campus also hosts publicly accessible teaching clinics including Optometry, Audiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Speech Language Therapy, in addition to our Clinical Research Centre which enables invited members of the public to participate in some of our world leading clinical research programmes.
Satellite clinical campuses of FMHS operate at Waitematā (North Shore and Waitākere Hospitals), South Auckland (Middlemore Hospital), Waikato Hospital and Tauranga Hospital, with further clinical sites at Northland (Whangārei Hospital), Rotorua, Whakatāne, Taranaki and Hāwera.
The Leigh Campus
The Leigh Marine Laboratory, situated at Leigh, north of Auckland, houses the University's Marine Science Research Facility.
The Newmarket Campus
The 5.2 hectare Newmarket site was previously owned and occupied by Lion Breweries, and acquired by the University in 2013 to develop as a long term mixed-use campus. The Newmarket Campus is a major strategic acquisition for the University which will provide opportunities for long-term growth close to the City and Grafton campuses. The site’s benefits include the opportunity to integrate campus development across the city, providing long term additional space to develop purpose-built research facilities and student accommodation, as well as other business development opportunities.
The campus houses the Faculty of Engineering research facilities as well as the Department of Exercise Sciences (Faculty of Science).
Te Papa Ako o Tai Tonga | The South Auckland Campus
The University of Auckland has been present in South Auckland for over 20 years. The opening of Te Papa Ako o Tai Tonga in central Manukau continues the University's commitment to South Auckland. Te Papa Ako o Tai Tonga has space and resources to build and support community and school relationships, and provide more study options for communities in South and East Auckland.
Currently, the Bachelor of Education (Teaching) – Primary, Bachelor of Commerce (First Year), Tertiary Foundation Certificate (Education and Social Work pathway) and New Start programmes are being offered at the new South Auckland Campus, with a limited number of General Education courses to be taught from Semester 1, 2021. Other local University of Auckland students can use the space for informal study, and study-support services will be available to all students.
The opening of the new campus marks the end of a 20-year partnership with Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT), with whom the University previously delivered its programmes from Otara.
Te Papa Ako o te Tai Tokerau | Te Tai Tokerau Campus
Te Tai Tokerau Campus in Whangārei was established by the Auckland College of Education in 1992 and is now known as Te Papa Ako o te Tai Tokerau. Centrally located in Whangārei, the campus offers lecture rooms, the Sylvia Ashton Library and a base for Faculty of Education and Social Work programmes and staff. The campus also currently hosts the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and provides a wider presence for the University of Auckland in the North.
