The University of Waikato, established in 1964, is a public research university located in Hamilton, New Zealand. An additional campus is located in Tauranga. The university performs research in numerous disciplines such as education, social sciences, and management, and is an innovator in environmental science, marine and freshwater ecology, engineering, computer science, and artificial intelligence. It offers degrees in health, engineering, computer science, management, Māori and Indigenous Studies, the arts, psychology, social science, and education. It is ranked at #281 by the QS World University Rankings 2026.