Welcome to Massey University's original home base - Palmerston North. Massey Manawatu is New Zealand's premiere and largest institution for the life sciences, agricultural, horticultural and veterinary teaching and research and is a leader in industrial innovation through areas such as food science and technology, biotechnology, advanced material sciences and product development.
The Manawatu campus has two sites:
Massey Manawatu offers 150 programmes across the spectrum of Sciences, Education, Business and Humanities and Social Sciences. It is the only place in New Zealand to offer a Veterinary Science degree (BVSc). The Massey BVSc is recognised in both Australasia and America and allows you to practise in these countries.
The campus also offers 75 postgraduate programmes and is the engine room of the University's research culture. It is home for many of New Zealand's top researchers who have earned Massey an international reputation. One example is the prestigious Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution which is a Centre of Research Excellence.
It is also the home of the University's extramural programme. Every year around 20,000 students, in New Zealand and overseas, learn at a distance with the help of lecturers in Palmerston North. It is a venture without peer in New Zealand.
Massey University has carved out a reputation for being innovative and progressive against the triple objectives of excellence, relevance and national contribution. In addition, Massey University Manawatu:
A range of services to support your learning, well-priced accommodation and easy access by way of a free city-wide bus service, on foot or by pedal power make this university-city a student destination of choice
