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Country:
NEW ZEALAND
 
Name:
NELSON MARLBOROUGH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (NMIT)
 
Address:
322 Hardy St,
Nelson, 7010,
New Zealand
 
Profile:
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) is the largest public Tertiary Education Institution at the Top of the South Island in New Zealand. NMITs main campus is in Nelson with other campuses in Blenheim, Marlborough and a new Global Campus in Auckland. It has been providing tertiary education in the Nelson-Marlborough region since 1904.[2] NMIT offers 100 programmes at certificate, diploma or degree level across a broad range of areas and has a yearly enrollment of around 3,000 equivalent full-time students,[3] locally, nationally and internationally.

NMIT is an NZQA approved Category 1 tertiary education provider[4] and ISO 9001 certified.

The regions economy includes New Zealands largest concentration of fisheries, wine and aquaculture. It also has substantial forestry, horticulture, aviation, tourism and arts industries as well as a sizable conservation estate, including three national parks. NMIT has developed programmes that sustain the regions infrastructure as well as specialized programmes in niche areas.

NMITs programmes include Viticulture, Aquaculture, Nursing, Maritime, Adventure Tourism, Creative Industries, Business and Computing. It also delivers a wide range of trade qualifications.