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The Wellington Faculty of Science is home to five schools offering a range of high-quality courses and programmes.

School of Biological Sciences

Explore biology at a school ranked top in New Zealand for its research quality.

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Combining our expertise in chemistry and physics gives us an edge in science research, and collaborations take our discoveries from the lab to the world.

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

The School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences focuses on some of the most challenging and deeply interconnected issues facing contemporary society.

School of Psychology

Do you want to understand human nature and explain both strange and everyday behaviour? Start studying psychology with us.

School of Science in Society

Researchers interested in the relationship between science, scientists, society, the history of science, and the communication of scientific information.


Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics are taught by the Wellington Faculty of Engineering.

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