Eastern Institute of Technology
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The Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) is a government owned tertiary education institution with three campuses:
, New Zealand. It is also referred to as EIT Hawke's Bay, EIT Tairāwhiti, and EIT Auckland. EIT serves as the main regional higher education centre for the Hawke's Bay and Gisborne regions.It has two faculties. The Faculty of Educations, Humanities, and Health Science includes Te Ūranga Waka – Te Whatukura, Toihoukura, Education and Social Sciences, Health and Sport Science and Nursing schools, and an Ideaschool. The Faculty of Commerce and Technology includes Tourism and Hospitality, English Language Centre, Trades and Technology, Business, Computing and Applied Science schools.[2][3]
The Eastern Institute of Technology has a 28-hectare (69-acre)
History
The Eastern Institute of Technology, as it is named today, was officially opened as the Hawke's Bay Community College by the Minister of Education, Phil Amos. Mr Amos laid the foundation stone, on 4 October 1975. In 1987 the Hawke's Bay Community College was renamed the Hawke's Bay Polytechnic. The next name change – to the ”Eastern Institute of Technology" occurred in 1996, the Institute's 21st year.
EIT had 10,000 students in 2014. Approximately 400 international students study at EIT each year and come from over 40 different countries.
In January 2011, EIT Hawkes Bay officially merged with
Courses
In 2015 the teacher student ratio was 14.5:1.[11] EIT aims to meet the demands of the region's key industry groups as well as the wider employment market, and networks closely with the community. Programmes such as Viticulture, Wine and Food Science and Nursing are unique to the region.[citation needed]
There are now more than 130 programmes offered at masters, postgraduate, degree, diploma or certificate level, across a range of subject areas including:
- Agriculture
- Animal Care and Vet Nursing
- Art, Design, Video, Music and Fashion
- Business
- Computing and Information Technology
- Education
- English Language Courses
- Grapegrowing and Winemaking[12]
- Hair, Beauty and Massage
- Health and Development
- Horticulture
- Maori Studies
- Nursing and Health Professions
- Trades and Technology
- Science
- Social Sciences
- Sport and Recreation[12]
- Tourism and Hospitality
Notable staff and alumni
- Aayden Clarke, rugby union player
- Clare Harvey, professor of nursing
- Carla Houkamau, professor of psychology
- Elizabeth Kerekere, politician
- Annemarie Gillies, professor of Māori research
- Derek Lardelli, tā moko artist, painter, carver
- Kay Morris Matthews, emeritus professor
- Patrick Power, operatic tenor
- Kim Robertson (athlete)
- Mary-anne Scott, writer and musician
- Caroline Seelig, academic administrator
References
- ^ a b https://www.eit.ac.nz/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/FINAL-EIT-Annual-Report-2016-Web-version-02.05.2017.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b c "Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke's Bay : New Zealand Educated". Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "Annual Reports". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ Community campus off to exciting start – Hawkes Bay Today – 2008-06-13 13:55:00.0 – localnews
- ^ a b "History". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "EIT Hawkes Bay Student Residential Village > Holiday Parks > New Zealand".
- ^ "Student Residential Village". Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "MoodleMootNZ08 at EIT Hawke's Bay".
- ^ http://www.moodleman.net/archives/232 Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine Live-blogging MoodleMootNZ08
- ^ Kenny, Lee (29 October 2019). "Wanted: 'Sophisticated' leader to head NZ's mega polytech". Stuff. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "EIT Hawkes Bay, Annual Report 2015" (PDF). www.eit.ac.nz. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ a b "EIT Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti". EIT Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti.
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