UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Unitec is integrated into Te Pūkenga, which serves as New Zealand’s national network encompassing polytechnics, industry training organizations, and institutes of technology. Unitec specializes in a wide array of employment-oriented programs and short courses, emphasizing practical skills and career prospects, and conducts its teaching across two campuses situated in Mt. Albert and Waitākere.

The institution’s roots trace back to its founding as Carrington Technical Institute in 1976, located on the expansive 55-hectare grounds of the Mt. Albert site, historically known as the site of the Whau Lunatic Asylum, later renamed Carrington Hospital. Notably, the hospital building, Building 1, stands as an impressive brick Italianate-Romanesque structure, once the largest of its kind in New Zealand, constructed in the 1860s. The hospital ceased operations in the early 1990s and is now an integral part of Unitec.

Over the years, the institution underwent name changes, evolving into Carrington Polytechnic in 1987 and eventually adopting the name “Unitec Institute of Technology” in 1994.

a) Type of university: Public University

b) Affiliations: The Unitec Institute of Technology is a component of Te Pkenga, a nationwide network of polytechnics, business training programs, and technical institutes in New Zealand.

c) No. of students: 16,844 students with 1600 of them being international students from 80 different countries.

d) Location: Building 180/139 Carrington Road, Mount Albert, Auckland 1025, New Zealand

e) Website: https://www.unitec.ac.nz/

f) Campus locations: The Unitec Institute of Technology has two campuses in Auckland, New Zealand: Mt Albert, and Waitākere.

There are flats with three, four, or five bedrooms in the student village of Auckland, New Zealand’s Unitec Institute of Technology. The communal facilities, including the kitchen, living room, and bathrooms, are shared by the flatmates and are rented out as separate rooms.

Tuition fees for international students are between NZD 20,000-24,000.

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