Computing & Mathematical Sciences News

Imagimation and the University working together to provide practical education opportunities (16 January 2020)

Imagimation, a social enterprise based in Hamilton, has created a learning working environment for interns from the University of Waikato.
Recognition for Pacific student who quit his day job for a design degree (21 November 2019)

Video gaming, tech gadgets and te reo Māori inspired 41-year-old Emry Daniels to quit his job and study a design degree – a path that lead to recognition at this year’s TAPA Awards.
Design tutor’s font makes it big on Google (15 November 2019)

A fun project created to engage her design students has led University of Waikato Tutor Carolina Short to the top of the Google Fonts rankings, with a font based on her own handwriting.
Waikato students can “breathe easy” thanks to new scholarship (31 October 2019)

A new scholarship is available to University of Waikato students thanks to the generosity of Waikato alumnus and Tauranga entrepreneur Jay Thomas and his wife Teri.
Waikato Data Scientists awarded $13 million (23 October 2019)

Data scientists at the University of Waikato have been awarded $13 million from the Government.
Uni campus hosts STEM Festival in Tauranga (16 October 2019)

As a main sponsor of the country's first world-class STEM Festival (STEMFest) event, the University of Waikato's Tauranga campus saw more than 3,000 visitors join in a celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics on Saturday (12 October).
University of Waikato secures more than $6m in MBIE research funding (17 September 2019)

The University of Waikato has received more than $6 million in research funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
Time-of-flight technology and internet behaviour secure Kudos Awards for top researchers (6 September 2019)

Two University of Waikato researchers have been recognised for their scientific prowess at the Kudos Awards dinner last night in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Student gets internship to NASA (27 August 2019)

A University of Waikato student has landed the opportunity of a life-time by securing an internship with NASA.
Nice work if you can get it (13 August 2019)

Young Londoner needs a job, walks into Waikato and becomes a research programmer.