Latest News
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25 June 2018PhD student scores new scholarship to support elite rugby athletes
PhD student Conor McNeill may be specialising in fatigue monitoring in rugby union but there’ll be no rest for him as he embarks on three years of study. He's the inaugural recipient of the University of Waikato – Bay of Plenty Rugby Union Doctoral Scholarship.
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21 June 2018Country’s most comprehensive study of breast cancer highlights inequities
Professor Ross Lawrenson and his team have spent three years looking at how to improve outcomes for women with breast cancer.
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7 June 2018University of Waikato continues rise up QS World rankings
Outstanding research and international student recruitment drive University of Waikato higher in world rankings
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5 June 2018Waikato Honorary Doctors get “Topp” Honour
The University of Waikato is proud to congratulate Hon Doc recipients Jools and Lynda Topp (MNZM) and other alumni recognised in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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29 May 2018Scholarship provides new opportunities for Waitaha students
Young people of the Waitaha iwi will have the opportunity to gain the ultimate all-round university experience next year, thanks to the new Waitaha-A-Hei University of Waikato Scholarship.
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23 May 2018New research project set to invest $13 million in the Bay of Plenty
A new University of Waikato research project will bring together a world-class team of researchers to look at ways to develop algae for environmentally progressive commercial use.
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9 May 2018From Waikato to leading the world in Artificial General Intelligence
Dr Shane Legg started out with a Dick Smith’s computer for his 10th birthday, now he is at the forefront of a new computing revolution.
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4 May 2018Scholar, dreamer, rabble-rouser - now Emeritus Professor
Dr Ngahuia Te Awekotuku was the first Māori woman to earn a PhD in Aotearoa, now she has come full-circle with the University of Waikato confering on her the title of Emeritus Professor.
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9 January 2018Sir Edmund Hillary Medal awardees announced
Cellist Matthias Balzat and and all-rounder Stacey Waaka given prestigious award.