The University of Auckland (reviews)

This university is great in training students to become academics or researchers who want to pursue higher education due to its core focus on theory as its course format. The campus life is somewhat appealing, but needs more areas to be improved within the campus and cleaner bathrooms. There is a large focus on most of the courses being theoretical, but that has its drawbacks. This is Incredibly disadvantageous for hands-on learners, but also for getting real world experience for graduates that are looking for their first relevant career oriented job to fit into their CV. Students who are wanting a more practical focused style of courses should be attending Auckland University of Technology instead of University of Auckland. The professors can vary in quality and there are a few gems here and there in those odd courses, but it is clear that most professors within the university are not fit for teaching, and should be contributing their efforts elsewhere that indirectly affects students.

I studied Civil Engineering here for my Honours degree, and while there were no great shortcomings from the institution – It is also a very, very mediocre experience studying here. Online support was only strengthened due to COVID, and even then professors and lecturers sometimes did not provide much help with recordings or assignments at that time. At the same time, unless you are doing specific paths like biomed or dentistry I feel that there is not much choice in New Zealand for a more recognized qualification.

Great tutors, wide diversity, good environment and fantastic location.
Campus facilities are very convenient and programs are recognised globally. Exceptional academic level, located in a vibrant city and beautiful country

I studied economics here. It is an absolute joke, they repeat the same small amount of concepts every year just expanding on them minutely. It’s like in the first year you learn a something but then 50% of year 2 is spent repeating what was in year 1, and then 50% of year 3 is spent repeating what was in year 2, so you get two years’ worth of education for the price of three. To make their exams feel challenging they pose questions that are not in the course work.

I left here feeling like were more gaps in my knowledge of the economy than there was understanding.

To the faculty of the economics department:

– Stop repeating things from year to year. Ensure that there is no overlap between papers.

– When you first cover something, reach the end of it in that paper. Don’t get 75% of the way in and then start again from 0% the next year.

– List out everything that is important to understand in economics and arrange it pedagogically and ensure that it is covered. Don’t worry about “progressing too fast” or “covering too much” because trust me, you’re not.

– Make your exams from the content covered in the courses, don’t do the retarded thing of having to reach outside of what was taught to “pose a challenge”. We pay for you to teach us things, we don’t pay you to make us feel like you didn’t.

– Engage with your students and provide them individual feedback and allow them the opportunity for two-way discourse. I often felt like it was difficult and out of the ordinary for me to want to discuss things with the professor. And if I did, I felt like I was being a problem and was trying to be rushed out the door.