Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Phone +64 7 858 9472
The University of Waikato
www.waikato.ac.nz
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton 3240
New Zealand
23 January 2024
Georgia Allen
Email: [FYI request #25066 email]
Dear Georgia
Official Information request – GPA of VC Academic Excellence list
I refer to your request for official information of 7 December 2023 as follows:
1. The minimum and median GPA of students who were on the Pro Vice-Chancellor's
List for Academic Excellence in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
2. The total number of students, the minimum and median GPAs by degree.
The University of Waikato (
University) has given due consideration to your request and
provides the
attached information.
The University has withheld information under section 9 (2) (a) of the Official
Information Act 1982 to protect the privacy of those persons in degree programmes
where only one person is listed.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Jim Mercer
Chief Operating Officer
Minimum and median GPA of students on the Pro Vice-Chancellor's List for Academic Excellence 2020 - 2022
Year
Minimum GPA
Average GPA
2020
8
8.43
2021
8.5
8.68
2022
8
8.42
Total number of students, minimum and median GPA by degree for 2020 – 2022
2020
No. of Minimum Average
Degree
Students
GPA
GPA
Bachelor of Arts
42
8.
00
8.
43
Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Laws
3
8.
13
8.
50
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws with Honours
3
8.
00
8.
35
Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws
3
8.
25
8.
56
Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws with Honours
2
8.
00
8.
14
Bachelor of Environmental Planning
4
8.
63
8.
80
Bachelor of Environmental Planning in Science and the Environment
4
8.
13
8.
38
Bachelor of Environmental Planning in Society and the Environment
11
8.
00
8.
61
Bachelor of Laws
13
8.
00
8.
41
Bachelor of Laws with Honours
6
8.
00
8.
19
Bachelor of Management Studies with Honours/Bachelor of Laws with Honours
4
8.
15
8.
26
Bachelor of Media and Creative Technologies
3
8.
00
8.
07
Bachelor of Music in Performance Stream
8
8.
00
8.
42
Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Science
2
8.
89
8.
94
Bachelor of Social Sciences
32
8.
00
8.
40
Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Psychology
2
8.
00
8.
06
Bachelor of Social Sciences/Bachelor of Laws with Honours
2
8.
15
8.
28
Diploma in Law
2
8.
00
8.
43
Graduate Diploma in Psychology
3
8.
38
8.
54
Master of Laws
2
8.
00
8.
25
Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology
3
8.
13
8.
50
2021
No. of Minimum Average
Degree
Students
GPA
GPA
Bachelor of Arts
19
8.
50
8.
67
Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Geography
2
8.
75
8.
75
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws with Honours
2
8.
64
8.
82
Bachelor of Environmental Planning in Science and the Environment
3
8.
63
8.
79
Bachelor of Environmental Planning in Society and the Environment
7
8.
63
8.
71
Bachelor of Laws
7
8.
50
8.
61
Bachelor of Laws with Honours
4
8.
50
8.
78
Bachelor of Music in Performance Stream
5
8.
50
8.
58
Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Science
3
8.
50
8.
80
Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws
2
8.
55
8.
77
Bachelor of Social Sciences
13
8.
50
8.
66
Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Psychology
2
8.
63
8.
67
Graduate Diploma in Psychology
2
8.
50
8.
68
2022
No. of Minimum Average
Degree
Students
GPA
GPA
BA
29
8.
00
8.
40
BA/LLB(Hons)
2
8.
50
8.
56
BBus/LLB(Hons)
2
8.
10
8.
22
BEP
7
8.
00
8.
48
BMus
3
8.
25
8.
52
BSc(Hons)
2
8.
13
8.
38
BSocSc
24
8.
00
8.
40
BSocSc/LLB
2
8.
25
8.
40
BSocSc/LLB(Hons)
2
8.
00
8.
15
GradDip
5
8.
13
8.
43
LLB
5
8.
00
8.
48
LLB(Hons)
10
8.
00
8.
43