Lincoln University, New Zealand

Infobox University
name = Lincoln University

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motto = Scientia et industria cum probitate ("Science and industry with integrity")
established = 1878
chancellor = Tom Lambie
vice_chancellor = Roger Field
city = Lincoln
country = New Zealand
students = 4500 (2007) [cite web|url=http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/section69.html?|title=Lincoln University profile|publisher=Lincoln University]
type = Public
campus =
affiliations =
website = [http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/ www.lincoln.ac.nz]

Lincoln University is a New Zealand university that was formed in 1990 when Lincoln College, Canterbury was made independent of the University of Canterbury. Its undergraduate study areas include agriculture, commerce, computing, engineering, environment, food, forestry, horticulture, hospitality, landscape, Māori planning, property, recreation, sciences, transport and winemaking.

Its primary campus is located about 15 km away outside the city of Christchurch in Lincoln, Canterbury.

History

Lincoln University began life in 1878 as a School of Agriculture. From 1896 to 1961 it served students under the name "Canterbury Agricultural College", and offered qualifications of the University of New Zealand until that institution's demise. From 1961 to 1990, it was known as Lincoln College, a constituent college of the University of Canterbury, until achieving autonomy in 1990 as Lincoln University. [cite web|url = http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/section69.html|title = Lincoln University profile|accessdate = 2007-07-04|publisher = Lincoln University] It is the oldest agricultural teaching institution in the Southern Hemisphere. It remains the smallest university in New Zealand.

The NZ Tertiary Education Commission's first Performance Based Research Fund ranking exercise in 2003 – equivalent to the UK's RAE – ranked the quality of Lincoln University's research at sixth place. It also received highest percentage increase in research funding.

Academic units

* "Agriculture and Life Sciences Division": animal science, farm management, horticultural management, Systems Biology, Computational Modelling, food and wine science.
* "Bio-Protection and Ecology Division:" entomology; plant pathology and crop protection; ecology, conservation and wildlife management; evolution, molecular genetics and biodiversity.
* "Commerce Division": accounting, business management, economics, finance, marketing and property studies.
* "Environment, Society and Design Division:" natural resources and complex systems engineering, environmental design, resource planning, transport studies, landscape architecture, Māori and indigenous planning and development, recreation management, social sciences, tourism, communication and exercise science.

Notable Alumni and Alumnae

*Don McKinnon - former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
*Rodney Hide - Leader of the Act New Zealand Party
*Mark Inglis - Mountaineer, Researcher, Motivational speaker,Winemaker
*Richie McCaw - Current Captain of the New Zealand All Blacks
*Ronald Trotter - Business Leader
*Murray Horn - Business Leader
*Alistair Maling - Winemaker
*Samantha Connew - Winemaker

Notes

External links

* [http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/ Lincoln University] – official website
* [http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/section11.html?/ History]
* [http://www.lusa.org.nz/ Lincoln University Students' Association]