of the original council and its chairman for two years. For New Zealand residents entry to most courses is open, with a few exceptions. Performance Music requires an audition. There is selection for entry into the second year in degrees such as the LLB, BAS and BDes. BA in criminology and creative writing is also based on selection. It owns the New Zealand School of Music. Faculties The faculties are: Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation Wellington School of Business and Government Wellington Faculty of Education Wellington Faculty of Engineering Wellington Faculty of Graduate Research Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty of Law Wellington Faculty of Science Wellington Faculty of Health Faculty of Law The Faculty of Law is located in the restored Old Government Buildings at the centre of the country's law-making precinct, in close proximity to Parliament, the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, and the District and High courts. The faculty is rated 65th in the world in the 2021 QS World University Rankings and led New Zealand's law faculties for research in the most recent Performance-Based Research Fund Evaluation in 2006. Academic profile Academic rankings Research centres and institutes Victoria has more than 40 research centres and institutes, including MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Robinson Research Institute Ferrier Research Institute Malaghan Institute of Medical Research Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand Language Learning Centre Adam Art Gallery New Zealand Electronic Text Centre Antarctic Research Centre International Institute of Modern Letters New Zealand India Research Institute To see more, browse an A-Z List of Research Centres and Institutes Student life Students' associations and student media Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association (VUWSA) Salient (student media) Halls of residence Victoria operated Boulcott Hall (catered) Capital Hall (catered) Joan Stevens Hall (catered) Katharine Jermyn Hall (catered) Te Puni Village (catered) Weir House (catered) Willis St: Cumberland House (catered) Willis St: Education House (self-catered) University Hall (self-catered) University Hall: Whānau House (self-catered) Privately operated Victoria House (catered) Helen Lowry Hall (catered) Everton Hall (self-catered) Stafford House (self-catered) Controversies In 2010 there was widespread condemnation of Victoria University of Wellington removing the Gender Studies department. In 2017, a minor in Gender Studies was made available. In 2012 a Facebook page that is associated with Victoria University of Wellington students, Overheard @ Vic, was in the media for the many rape