A new survey says New Zealand universities are "punching below their weight" on their global reputations. But eight Australian universities rank ahead of Auckland, along with four universities in South Korea, four in Hong Kong, three in China and two each in Japan and Singapore. NZ universities are punching under their weight when it comes to their global reputation," he said. "For some reason, the reputation of NZ universities is falling well below their research outputs." Universities NZ director Chris Whelan said NZ research was widely cited in international journals, but academics did not think of New Zealand first when asked about institutional reputations.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 04, 2017 15:56 UTC