Unitec New Zealand

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Unitec New Zealand is a major polytechnic tertiary education institute situated in Auckland, New Zealand.

The main campus is situated in Mt Albert, while a secondary campus is situated in Henderson.

The name of the institution was changed in March 2004 from UNITEC Institute of Technology to Unitec New Zealand.

1 Study Areas
2 Qualifications
3 History
4 University status
5 External links

[edit] Study Areas

Accountancy and Finance
Applied Technology and Trades
Architecture and Landscape
Communication
Computing and Information Technology
Construction and Engineering
Design and Visual Arts
Education
Health and Community Studies
Language Studies
Management and Entrepreneurship
Māori Education
Natural Sciences
Performing and Screen Arts
Sport, Travel and Tourism
Foundation Studies

[edit] Qualifications

2 doctorate degrees
15 masters degrees
17 postgraduate and graduate diplomas and certificates
21 bachelors degree programmes with 28 majors
72 diploma and certificate programmes.

(Stand 2005)

[edit] History

The area on which Unitec's main campus is located was formerly home to the Whau Mental Hospital, a psychiatric hospital established during the 1860s. The hospital building, an imposing brick Italianate/Romanesque structure, located at the northern end of what is now the Unitec campus, was the largest building in the colony when it was built in the 1860s. Also known as the "Oakley Mental Hospital" and "Carrington Hospital", the hospital was decommissioned during the early 1990s, and the building is now part of the Unitec campus.

Unitec was founded on the site in 1976 and was originally called "Carrington Polytechnic". It provides a wide range of courses in business and technical subjects, as well as an English-language school.

[edit] University status

Unitec applied for university status in 1999, but the New Zealand Government voted that Unitec did not warrant university status. As such, the Government delayed consideration of the application. In January 2005 Unitec took the Government to court, and on 7 July 2005 the High Court ruled that the delays breached the New Zealand Bill of Rights and that the application should have been considered in 2000.