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Why us

We are New Zealand’s specialist provider of open and distance learning at tertiary level and the only nationally focused polytechnic.

Our students

Nearly 29,000 students enrolled with us in 2010, studying anything from basic skills to degree level and living throughout New Zealand and in over 40 countries overseas.

Student stories

What can I study?
Workload
Textbooks

How to enrol
Key dates
Fees and costs

Applying to graduate
Attending a graduation ceremony
Academic transcripts

What is it like to study by distance?
Make distance work for you

Getting support from your tutor or lecturer
Learning support
Open Polytechnic Library

International students studying from overseas
International students studying in New Zealand
New Zealand students studying overseas

Open Polytechnic can provide quality vocational and higher education programmes to senior secondary school students through a selection of our courses that can be funded through the STAR and Gateway programmes.