校訓(xùn): Ko te tangata (The people)
建立時(shí)間: 1964
類別: Public
名譽(yù)校長(zhǎng): Jim Bolger, ONZ
現(xiàn)任校長(zhǎng): Roy Crawford
所在地: Hamilton, New Zealand
校園: Urban
網(wǎng)址:

學(xué)校簡(jiǎn)介

懷卡托大學(xué)成立于1964年，是新西蘭政府資助的8所公立大學(xué)之一，在校學(xué)生12,500多名，國(guó)際留學(xué)生2000多名來自全世界70多個(gè)國(guó)家。懷卡托大學(xué)在世界上享有很高的知名度，更以法律、管理、計(jì)算機(jī)、自然科學(xué)和教育見長(zhǎng)，被譽(yù)為南半球的哈佛。毛利文化和太平洋發(fā)展學(xué)院也是世界上毛利和太平洋文化學(xué)術(shù)研究的中心。懷卡托的主校園位于新西蘭最大的內(nèi)陸城市哈密爾頓 Hamilton和陶朗阿地區(qū)。

懷卡托大學(xué)毛利學(xué)生的比例是新西蘭大學(xué)校園最高的，并且為他們提供了對(duì)應(yīng)的課程。這也是這個(gè)大學(xué)的一個(gè)重要的特色。

教學(xué)研究

懷卡托大學(xué)擁有七個(gè)學(xué)院：文學(xué)和社會(huì)科學(xué)學(xué)院，懷卡托管理學(xué)院，教育學(xué)院，科學(xué)與工程學(xué)院，計(jì)算和數(shù)學(xué)科學(xué)學(xué)院，法律學(xué)院，毛利文化和太平洋發(fā)展學(xué)院。
在2007年完成的全國(guó)研究排名中，懷卡托大學(xué)的以下科目在新西蘭各大學(xué)排名第一：
　　
會(huì)計(jì)與金融、商業(yè)、傳播學(xué)、新聞媒體學(xué)、音樂、文學(xué)藝術(shù)與其他藝術(shù)、化學(xué)、計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)、生態(tài)學(xué)、進(jìn)化與行為、生物學(xué)、數(shù)學(xué)和教育。
　　
懷卡托大學(xué)圖書館擁有超過1,000,000冊(cè)藏書；校園網(wǎng)絡(luò)擁有超過800個(gè)終端并與全球主要電子數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)連接，注冊(cè)學(xué)生均可免費(fèi)運(yùn)用電子數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)資源。

哈密爾頓簡(jiǎn)介

哈密爾頓位于新西蘭的北島懷卡托河流域地區(qū)，是新西蘭第四大城市。距新西蘭最大的城市奧克蘭僅120公里。哈密爾頓風(fēng)景優(yōu)美，空氣新鮮，有非常好的語(yǔ)言環(huán)境及和藹可親的當(dāng)?shù)鼐用?，是最理想的留學(xué)地方。另外哈密爾頓周邊有很多旅游和休閑活動(dòng)資源，在一個(gè)半小時(shí)的車程范圍內(nèi)，您可以找到一流的沖浪和游泳海灘、森林公園、湖泊、溫泉和螢火蟲洞。

Sport and Leisure opportunities

There are a number of Sport and Leisure activities close to the University of Waikato that students can participate in. A wide variety of social and also competitive activities, they are all within walking distance from the University.

The Unirec Centre

The Unirec Centre offers people with an opportunity of cheap exercise and a wide variety of social sports. The Unirec Centre offers a cardio studio with different cardio equipment, weight room, REV indoor cycling, squash courts and a sports hall. The Unirec centre also offers a wide variety of exercise programmes, and is able to offer a personalised exercise programme for individuals.

Membership options

The Unirec Centre offers a wide variety of membership options, Health and Wellbeing Clubs, Group Exercise Classes, Personal Exercise Programmes, Squash, Social Sport and more.

ASB Social Sport

ASB Social Sport offers a variety of social indoor and outdoor sport. The indoor social sports start in March and have 6 leagues that goes until the beginning of November. The sports offered are Netball, Soccer and Volleyball. The leagues take place at the Unirec Centre. All the indoor leagues are $150 per team. The Outdoor sports offered are Touch, and Soccer.

Sport and Clubs

If you are interested in playing sports for a club, the University of Waikato has a variety of different sport clubs. University Netball, Team Waikato, Rowing Club, Unicol Soccer, Hockey Club and Rugby Club.
The University also have a wide variety of partner clubs and sports.

Facilities

The Don Llewellyn Sports Pavilion is the home of the University’s sport teams. It provides changing rooms for home and away teams, and is a perfect place to socialise for players and supporters after a game. It also offers a place to meet for the public and it’s perfect to relax and have something to drink. The Pavilion is located next to the University fields for rugby, cricket and soccer and the tennis and netball courts.
The University campus swimming pools are open for public from 1 December to 31 March from 12 pm to 6 pm. The pools include a 50 meter aquatic leisure pool and a diving pool. They are unheated.?