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The Faculty of Science at The University of Auckland is the largest and most highly ranked science faculty in New Zealand. More than 7,000 students study in our 10 schools and departments, learning from internationally-renowned lecturers.

The 2013 Gibbons Lectures

Picture this! Computer Graphics in New Zealand - Thursdays, 2-23 May, 6pm

Postgraduate Fair

Meet our postgraduate advisers and learn about the study options available in your area of specialisation.

Exams

Find out about exam dates, exam timetables, exam room allocations, exam locations, and exam instructions.

News

Prestigious honour for New Zealand medical researcher 15 May 2013

Professor Garth Cooper (DPhil (Oxon), MB, ChB, FRCPA, FRSNZ) from The University of Auckland and University of Manchester, and a Maurice Wilkins Centre principal investigator, has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (UK). >>

An excellent teacher 6 May 2013

Associate Professor Cather Simpson, who holds co-appointments in the School of Chemical Sciences and Department of Physics, received a 2012 Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award at the Science Faculty graduation ceremony today. >>

2013 CensusAtSchool starts today 6 May 2013

What are Kiwi kids’ most common food allergies? What time do they go to sleep at night? Thousands of students aged between 10 & 18 are due to start answering these and other questions about their lives when the online CensusAtSchool 2013 begins tod >>

Top Doctoral Theses Awarded Vice-Chancellor’s Prize 1 May 2013

The five top University of Auckland PhD theses for 2012 will be presented at the University’s ‘Celebrating Research Excellence’ function to be held today 5-7pm at the marquee on Old Government House lawn. >>

Endangered whale becoming a regular visitor to New Zealand 5 April 2013

Scientists have shown that mainland New Zealand has become an increasingly important winter habitat for southern right whales – a population hunted to near extinction in the 19th century. >>

Events

SBS Seminar - Bacterial Demographics: Profiling bacterial communities to assess the health of their environment - Dr Gavin Lear, SBS, University of Auckland

20 May 2013 1pm- 2pm

You can tell a lot about a how nice a place is to live by looking at who lives there. While rich Aucklander’s continue to inflate house prices in our many ‘million dollar’ suburbs, I consider if bacteria are equally as discerning about which .. >>

Mastering molecular chess to mine nature’s medicine chest

22 May 2013 6pm

2013 Rutherford Lecture by Distinguished Professor Margaret Brimble, School of Chemical Sciences and School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery >>

Accounting for uncertainties when placing fossils on a tree

23 May 2013 11am- 12pm

Department of Statistics seminar series >>