怀卡托大学的教学质量在世界范围内被广泛认可，大学里的6门学科更是与世界著名大学齐名。其中法律和教育学在QS世界大学学科排行榜的近3000所大学中名列前100名。这对年轻的坏卡托大学来说是极大的认可和肯定。除此之外，怀卡托大学还在泰晤士的世界高等教育机构排名当中名列前茅。

University of Waikato in Hamilton is up with the best!

The quality of a University of Waikato education has been recognised globally with six subject areas taught at the University assessed as being among the best in the world.

Of the six, two subjects - Law and Education are ranked in the top 100 wothiwide in the QS Universities Subject Rankings, which assess nearly 3000 universities on the quality of 30 different subject areas. The QS rankings are generally considered among the most influential of university ranking systems and are based on academic and employer surveys, research citations for each subject area, the ratio of students to staff and the number of international students and staff at the university.

"These results are in line with expectations that the University of Waikato will continue to make its presence felt on a global scale."

"While we are a young university, we have come a long way in a relatively short time. To be acknowledged as being among the best in the world in six subjects is gratifying and just reward for the hard work of staff through out the organisation, but particular lyin the recognised subject areas."

Aside from the subject rankings, the QS University Rankings and Times Higher Education rankings both place the University of Waikato in the top two percent of universities in the world and in the top 100 for universities under 50 years old.