惠灵顿维多利亚大学的主校园坐落于新西兰首都惠灵顿堪萨斯大街100号,建校于1897年,至今已有百余年的历史。学校拥有约14000名学生,其中包括约1000名来自世界上70多个国家的国际留学生。
维大在学术及研究领域享有非常高的声誉,学校提供的学位受到世界上的广泛认可。维大同首都地区的政府机构及研究院所保持着密切的合作关系,如维大法学院拥有并与新西兰国家高等法院共享法学图书馆。该图书馆的藏书量甚至超过英国剑桥大学法学图书馆的藏书量。此外,学校还同全球诸多名优大学保持长期的交流学生等合作项目。这些合作对象来自北美、欧洲、亚太等地,其中的著名学府包括:美国的加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)、丹麦的皇家美术学院、加拿大的维多利亚大学等。
维多利亚大学共设置五大学院,包括:建筑与设计学院、商业与管理学院、人类与社会学院、法律学院和科学院,提供十几个学位以及八十余门专业课程。维大在文艺、地球科学、商科和法律等领域的研究卓有成效;此外,维大的音乐教育、地震研究和建筑设计研究都处于世界研究的最前沿。
Victoria College was founded through an Act of Parliament in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, and named in her honour.
For more than a century, the University has developed a tradition of strong international links in teaching and research and programmes of national significance and international quality.
Victoria is committed to providing students with opportunities to acquire, understand and apply disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge, as well as related skills and attitudes, and to enhance their personal development.
Situated in the capital city across four campuses, Victoria can take advantage of connections and values its relationships with iwi, business, government, the judiciary, public and private research organisations, cultural organisations and resources, other universities and tertiary providers and the international community through the diplomatic corps. Wellington has a reputation for being a vibrant city where learning doesn't stop at the University's doors.