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159 - 161 Temple Chambers, 3 - 7 Temple Avenue,
London EC4Y 0DA.
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) is the largest training and education provider in the upper South Island of New Zealand. Its wide range of vocational and academic programmes, available at certificate, diploma and degree level, attract some 2,700 full-time students every year. This figure includes around 500 international students from more than 40 countries. NMIT also offers an internship programme and English language courses.
NMIT: quality education and professional support
NMIT is a government guaranteed institution offering high quality programmes of study. Its career orientated programmes are approved by the New Zealand Qualification Authority (NZQA). NMIT's key features are:
»Friendly learning environment with small size classes
»Excellent student support, learning and computing facilities
»Dedicated international support team prepared to meet the needs of all international students
NMIT's programmes and courses reflect the local region’s economic strengths as well as national and international employment needs.
Location, location, location
NMIT enjoys a fantastic location in the beautiful Nelson-Marlborough region, famous for its sunshine, beaches, arts scene – and wine! The area is at the top of the south island of New Zealand at the centre of the country and provides great opportunities to explore the rest of the country. It’s an area of small, friendly, safe towns and is renown as a recreational paradise, with its national parks, glorious mountains and golden beaches. Nelson-Marlborough also enjoys New Zealand’s best climate with the highest number of sunshine hours, hot summers and sunny winter days – tourists and students come from all over the world to enjoy the relaxed lifestyle, educational opportunities and fun atmosphere created by festivals, cinemas, bars, theatres, sport clubs, cafés and the area’s many vineyards and wineries.
What can you study?
»Business – the well-regarded programmes include certificates, diplomas and a Bachelor of Commerce degree with majors
in accounting, management, marketing and information systems plus a range of Graduate Diploma programmes
»Computing – these very popular programmes run from certificate level right through to a Bachelor of Information Technology degree
»Tourism – diverse programmes in travel, tourism, adventure tourism, outdoor recreation, cookery, restaurant and hospitality
»Nursing and Health – NMIT offers exceptionally successful foundation and degree level nursing programmes, as well as nannying and social services courses
»Visual Arts and Media – from certificate level through to a Bachelor of Visual Arts
»Viticulture – employment orientated training featuring the Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology plus diploma and certificate programmes
Other programmes include certificates and diplomas in aviation, aircraft maintenance, seafood technology, forestry, automotive and mechanical engineering, organic horticulture, environmental science, and professional hairdressing.
Facilities and services
The modern, purpose-built Library Learning Centre has a well equipped computer centre with free and unlimited internet access. Friendly Study Support staff are always on hand to help students with computing, mathematics, and to provide general academic support. The Student Centre has a cafeteria, recreation centre and a student lounge. NMIT International Education Services offer advice to students on how to achieve their personal and academic goals. They also arrange the arrival orientation programme, help with student visas and meet all international students at the airport on arrival. An NMIT Recreation Coordinator will arrange weekend activities and put students in contact with sports teams while the Health Centre has a nurse and student counsellors to give health related advice if needed.
“I started NMIT in February 2007. A main concern before starting was whether I’d feel old but NMIT has lots of mature students! In my class there is a huge mix of ages ranging from 18 to 58.
“My Bachelor of Nursing course is great. At the beginning it was daunting, as I hadn’t studied in a while. Some of the terms were very alien and the timetable confusing but once we got into classes it wasn’t an issue. The course involves weekly lectures where all the class is together, then we’re divided into three smaller groups for tutorials. In these you go more into practical detail of what was covered in the lectures. Two involve labs which are very interesting, and one is set up like a ward in a hospital, and each week you learn something new – for example how to take blood pressure, pulse etc. The main thing that’s stood out so far is the placement in the hospital, which was great and really reinforced why I wanted to do nursing. I’m enjoying the course more and more as time goes on. The other students are very supportive, as are the lecturers.
“There is so much support here for international students. There is a learning support centre attached to the library where you can get help if you’re struggling with any aspect of study, and at the start of each semester they run workshops on things like time management, effective studying skills, how to research for assignments etc. It’s easy to make appointments to see the academic staff if you need to.
“Nelson is lovely, there is so much going on. It is really more of a small town. New Zealanders are very open and trustworthy – a big thing I notice here is that people are unbelievably helpful – if you ask something and someone doesn’t know, they’ll go out of their way to find out and help you.
“Studying overseas is great, I feel I am in a safer country, the scenery is unbelievable and the people are lovely. I do miss my family and friends, but I don’t regret my decision to study here and feel more at home here than
I have anywhere in a long time.”
