Lincoln University
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Vice-Chancellor
Professor Grant EdwardsLocation / campuses
- Te Waihora Campus, Lincoln, Christchurch
Date established
1878Numbers of students
- Student headcount: 4,220 (in 2024)
- Equivalent full-time students: 3,070 (in 2024)
Specialisation/s
- All activity associated with the land-based sectors
Rankings / awards
- 2024 QS World Ranking: 364
- QS Five Stars rating
- In the top 150 in the field of agriculture and forestry
- 2024 Times Higher Education World University Ranking: 401-500 bracket
- 94 in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings (2023)
Lincoln University is New Zealand’s only specialist land-based university. Its purpose is to facilitate excellent research and education to grow the knowledge of its students, and help shape a world that benefits from a greater understanding of the relationships between land, food and ecosystems.