NZ universities recognised in 2018 QS world university rankingsKEVIN STENT/STUFF Wellington's Victoria University vice-chancellor Grant Guilford, centre, and senior academics lead the way down Lambton Quay at graduation. New Zealand may be small, but its universities more than pull their weight in the world university rankings. All eight New Zealand universities were ranked in the 2018 QS World University Rankings by subject, placing in the top 50 institutions for 32 subjects - compared with 28 in 2017. QS World University Rankings, an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds, is considered an official measure of university ranking. READ MORE:* New Zealand universities gain in 2018 QS world university rankings* New Zealand universities in the top 600 in the world in 2016* Low funding blamed for drop in global university rankingsHAMISH McNEILLY/STUFF The University of Otago secured five subjects in the top 50 worldwide.

Source: Stuff February 28, 2018 23:03 UTC