Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897.
The university has three campuses across Wellington: Kelburn, Pipitea and Te Aro with the Wellington School of Business and Government located on the Pipitea campus, close to Parliament and the central business district.
There are courses at both an undergraduate and a postgraduate level, most recently adding a number of taught masters to the suite of programmes on offer.
Students at the university produce a weekly magazine called Salient, which focuses on students news and the university itself.
The university has its own art gallery, the Adam Art Gallery on the Kelburn Campus.