Victoria University
Victoria University
Victoria is named after Queen Victoria, as 1897 was the 60th anniversary of her coronation. There was initially a dispute as to where to site it, and it opened in temporary facilities in. It was eventually decided to place it in, where it still has its primary campus. This decision was influenced by the Cable Car company's offer of a donation of £1000 if it were located in so students would the Cable Car from the city.[8] The foundation stone of the historic Hunter Building was laid in 1904. The original name was Victoria University College, but on the dissolution of the University of New Zealand in 1961 Victoria or "Vic" became the Victoria University of Wellington, conferring its own degrees.An extramural branch was founded at Palmerston North in 1960. It merged with Massey College on 1 January 1963. Having become a branch of Victoria upon the University of New Zealand's 1961 demise, the merged college University on 1 January 1964.[9]In 2004, Victoria celebrated the 100th birthday of its first home, the Hunter Building.In recent years, Victoria has had to expand out of its original campus in and new campuses have been set up in Te (architecture and design), (opposite Parliament, housing the law, and business school) and (education) – the Wellington College of Education, established in 1880, merged with the University to become its revived Faculty of Education on 1 January 2005.In 2015, Victoria opened a new campus in Auckland to service the growing demand for its courses and Its main campus is in a suburb on a hill overlooking the Wellington central business district, where its administration and humanities & social science and science faculties are based. The law and commerce and administration faculties are in the Campus,[11] near Parliament Buildings, which consists of Rutherford House, the restored Old Government Buildings, and the West Wing of the Wellington Railway Station. A smaller campus in Te [12] is the base for the architecture and design schools. The Faculty of Education is in the campus. The newest facility, the Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory supports research in marine biology and coastal ecology on Wellington's rugged south coast.Day-to-day governance is in the hands of the University Council, which consists of 20 people: four elected by the Court of Convocation, three elected by the academic staff, one elected by the general staff, two appointed by the student union executive, four appointed by the Minister of Education, four selected by the Council itself, and the Vice-Chancellor. The Court of Convocation is composed of all graduates who choose to participate. Charles Wilson, at the time the chief librarian of the parliamentary library, was a member of the original council and its chairman for two years.[13]For New Zealand residents entry to most courses is open, with a few exceptions. Performance Music requires an audition. There is selection for entry into the second year in degrees such as the LLB and. BA in criminology and creative writing is also based on selection.It is one of only three institutions (University of Auckland and being the others) to offer a degree in architecture in New Zealand.The Faculty of Law is located in the restored Old Government Buildings at the of the country's law-making precinct, in close proximity to Parliament, the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, and the District and High courts. The Faculty is rated 19th in the world in the 2013 World University Rankings[26] and led New Zealand's law faculties for research in the most recent Performance-Based Research Fund Evaluation.[27]It offers both undergraduate LLB degrees (including and the postgraduate Certificate in Law , Diploma in Law and Masters in Law as well as the Doctor in Philosophy of Law (PhD). The Law Students' Association social events as well as the competitions, an annual Law Revue and public addresses. Many judges, and notable New Zealanders are alumni of the Faculty. In 2013, the Faculty had 1781 law students enrolled. The Dean is Professor Tony Smith, an international expert on the Law of Contempt. Prior to his appointment, he was Professor of Criminal Law and Public Law at the University of Cambridge, and he remains a Fellow of and College.Victoria is named after Queen Victoria, as 1897 was the 60th anniversary of her coronation. There was initially a dispute as to where to site it, and it opened in temporary facilities i It was eventually decided to place it inwhere it still has its primary campus. This decision was influenced by the Cable Car company's offer of a donation of £1000 if it were located in so students would the Cable Car from the city.[8] The foundation stone of the historic Hunter laid in 1904. The original name was Victoria University College, but on the dissolution of the University of New Zealand in 1961 Victoria or "Vic" became the Victoria University of Wellington, conferring its own degrees.An extramural branch was founded at Palmerston North in 1960. It merged with Massey College on 1 January 1963. Having become a branch of Victoria upon the University of New Zealand's 1961 demise, the merged college University on 1 January 1964.[9]In 2004, Victoria celebrated the 100th birthday of its first home, the Hunter Building.In recent years, Victoria has had to expand out of its original campus in and new campuses have been set up in T (architecture and design), (opposite Parliament, housing the law, and business school) and i (education) – the Wellington College of Education, established in 1880, merged with the University to become its revived Faculty of Education on 1 January 2005.In 2015, Victoria opened a new campus in Auckland to service the growing demand for its courses and expertise.