Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE

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Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) is a TAFE institute located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It has six city campuses located at Preston, Collingwood, Epping, Fairfield, Greensborough, Heidelberg, a country campus at Ararat, and several country training facilities.

A wide selection of study options are offered from pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships and traineeships through to certificate, diploma, advanced diploma level, and bachelor degrees. In 2007 more than 40,000 students studied at NMIT at over 500 courses, under the direction of 1,240 teaching and support staff.

Faculties at NMIT include Arts and Social Sciences, Building and Construction, Business, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Further Education, and Tourism, Hospitality and Personal Service.

[edit] History of Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE

The direct antecedents of NMIT are Preston College of TAFE and Collingwood College of TAFE which amalgamated in 1988 with the Parkville horticulture campus. The new organisation was called Northern Metropolitan College of TAFE. Initial campuses were at Preston, Collingwood and Parkville with the Institute developing new campuses at Heidelberg, Greensborough and Epping. A further name change to Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE occurred in 1996, with the NMIT acronym adopted in 1999. Training centres at Eden Park and Yan Yean were developed. In 2002 a new campus was opened in Ararat, and a new training centre at Yarra Glen in the Yarra Valley. In 2004 the Parkville campus close and a new campus opened at Fairfield.

[edit] Campuses

The institute’s main campus is located at Preston on St Georges Road. Other urban campuses are at Collingwood, Epping, Fairfield, Greensborough, and Heidelberg. A Victorian regional campus is located in Ararat. Rural Training centres are located at Yarra Glen, Eden Park, Yan Yean, Whittlesea, Strathbogie Ranges and Northern AMEP at Broadmeadows.