Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) is a public tertiary education institution at the top of the South Island in New Zealand. NMIT's main campus is in Nelson with other campuses in Blenheim, Marlborough, Woodbourne and Richmond. It has been providing tertiary education in the Nelson-Marlborough region since 1904. 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, locally, nationally and internationally.

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

The region's economy includes New Zealand's 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 region's infrastructure as well as specialized programmes in niche areas.

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

On 1 April 2020, NMIT was subsumed into New Zealand Institute of Skills & Technology alongside the 15 other Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs).

History
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) originated from the Nelson Technical School founded in 1905. Initially offering courses in various disciplines including cookery, engineering, and commerce. NMIT expanded its operations into Marlborough in the 1980s, establishing the Ballinger Horticulture Centre and later developing campuses in Richmond and Nelson. By 1992, NMIT began offering degree-level education, enhancing its focus on local industries such as horticulture, forestry, and viticulture. The institution's growth resulted in its renaming to Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology in 2000, to reflect its regional influence. Today, NMIT remains a pivotal educational institution, offering a diverse range of over 100 qualifications from certificates to master's degrees, with specialties in aquaculture, maritime, viticulture, wine, and aviation engineering.